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I can't think of anything that really breaks the game, but all my fighters and rogues used to take a level in cleric with the magic domain to be able to use all the mage and cleric spell trigger items. Much easier than trying to pump UMD, though not quite as useful.

Good Core druid spells: All levels: Summon Nature's Ally. It's a buffed summon, combine with other summon buffers for a super buffed summon. Then go nuts. 1st: Entangle 40 ft radius reflex save or lose with negative effects even on a save and min/level duration. Quite possibly the best first level s...

I didn't know we had as many members as showed up for this poll.

I went with lokapala. I would have gone with Asura because it sounds right, but the things I associate that word with don't fit.

Howdy folks! I'm polishing up the Player's Strategy Guide (due for publication in May 2010), and one of the sections that needs some help is the spread on choosing the right class for your tastes. I don't want to belabor character role too much--this isn't D&D for Dummies, it's intended for exp...

It's been a while for me, but I remember that the huge thing with Planar Shepard is that they get to have the traits of another plane affecting them. So you you plug into one of those funny time planes and take like fifty actions for everyone other people take.

I thought that archers had fallen behind stuff like charge barbs, sorcerers, maybe warlocks, and exploit based radiant characters like clerics and paladins.

The Mnemonic Staff got a nerf, too. Motherfucker. You know, this nerfing thing in 4e is really pissing me off. It's one thing to have your character constantly compromised because new and better shit is always coming out. It's another to open your character builder and realize the character you mad...

Then again, it's not like a weapon talent fighter couldn't just go STR/CON, too... I always ago STR/CON, although I never seem to play anything that is not a cleric anymore. At low levels, you need a good at will to get by, especially if the DM wants to play the avoid the defender game, and for fig...

I wouldn't try out this build at low levels (like anything before level 15 or so) unless you're with a party that knows what they're doing. Even with Mark of Storm and Winged Horde there is going to be some non-negligible risk involved. Friendly fire is extremely dangerous in this edition. So you'r...

Winged Horde is a will targetting, party-friendly, psychic-keyword ranged burst which as a rider effect prevents enemies from taking opportunity attacks. Combined with Resounding Thunder and Enlarge Spell you have a 7 x 7 area that only targets enemies; that's crazy-good for an At-Will. Yes it is. ...

The reason to take Shifter over orcs is there ability to heal without using surges. Surge management can be a huge problem for you if you have to go through 4 encounters a day. It takes like 4 surges to bring you to full from almost dead and its is pretty easy for you to become almost dead. If you h...

All thrown weapons have the returning property in 4e. It's very silly looking. -Username17 I thought I remembered hearing that, but I could not find it anywhere. All I can find in the book was weird text about how light weapons do less damage but can sometimes be thrown multiple times. They serious...

I have been thinking about a 4e build for a while now. It's sort of a version of the 3e tripster. Polearm momentum let's you knock someone prone if you push them 2 squares or more. Between mark of storms, gloves of the ram, and shield push there are many ways to get there. Spitting Cobra stance let'...

A few notes: I haven't had time to look at everything, but I have no idea what the idea of this build is supposed to be at all. Seriously, give me some clues as to what you want to do in a round. I don't have anything called wizard's fury. This might be where are I am misunderstanding you. It might ...

I have never been that much of a fan of the melee ranger. Partially because I like archer ranger, but mostly because the ranger's defenses really blow. A STR/WIS melee ranger is pretty much a dead man walking. Your hp is under 30 and your surges are at like six or seven so the whole team has to stop...

Looking at the fighter again, I see I missed a few things. Brash strike has a plus 2 to hit and you only lose AC against one foe. I also forgot you got over one opportunity attack. In the end paladin and fighter are pretty comparable. Goliath fighter who takes platemail at first level can have 33 hp...

Let's see... the first thing to understand is that the defender role tends to focus like an implied social contract between you and the DM. Lots of DM's focus enemy fire on the defender, because the word defend is in his name and that was what's supposed to happen. If that's what happens in your gam...

Having everyone move towards being a striker really helps with number 2. Don't take the power that let's all your allies shift one space, inflicts a minus 2 penalty to defenses, and adds you charisma score to melee attacks. Just take powers that murder people's face off. The "you only get the b...

Is it me or does Bravura Presence have nothing preventing it from stacking with itself? Would a team of five Bravura warlords actually fire off four extra attacks after every time they spend an action point?

I'd give this a shot as well, but unfortunately I have a lot of problems with my internet right now. No MMORPGs for me unless I can find one that can deal with me being dropped every 15 minutes or so.

What date is yours? The updated hybrid classing rules were used in the July issue. Once you do that, select the 'hybrid' class from the class section. Well fuck me. I didn't expect it to be be wedged between assassin and monk. I thought it would be something you select after the first class. Starti...

This looked pretty bad when I first glanced at it, but it actually works out better than I expected, although it somewhat depends on you finding a team of all melee guys, something I have never seen. A few thoughts. First of all I never looked up the hybrid class rules and they do not seem to be ava...

Go Lasers. Righteous brand is a crazy at will and it gets better as you go along, but at first level Astral Sign is just nuts. You should be healing for 10 hp at first level. For comparison sake remember you will only have 22 hp at first level. There are many "healer" classes that can only...

The character builder never seems to add healer's implement to anything, so that's no help. Let's see, first of all you should have taken something like demigod. Divine spark means plus 8 wis and cha. That means you have 3 more hp restored for even 50 hp. Power of life gives and additional 8 temp hp...

I think that somebody just got sloppy with their language. I'm pretty sure they are supposed to stack.

I have to reinstall my character builder. Every time I fire it up it makes my system hang. How many Healer items can you stack right now?