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I'm a Human Fey-Dark-Lock

A rogue, huh? Looks like it was a good thing I chose aegis of shielding. Rogues generally don't function well if their or their target's positioning is messed-up.

By the way, I'm thinking of spending my 10k on a vehicle. In this case, an ornithopter from AV. It's 3.4k and is a 2x2 square flying machine. That cool with you?

More Tests:

Feral Mauling
Daily • Beast Form, Implement, Primal
Standard Action - Melee touch
Target: One creature
Attack: Wisdom vs. Reflex
Hit: 2d10 + Wisdom modifier damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).
Miss: Half damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

ATTACK ROLL
+16

DAMAGE ROLL
+12 physical. The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).

+12 physical. The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

All effects are in bright colors; my first post in the set shows that.

Effects that affect allies will be a bright blue. Effects that affect only the character using them (i.e. me) will be dark blue, just to pick them out. Effects that effect enemies will be a medium pink, also to just pick them out.

In either case, any time there is an effect other than damage done to the targets labeled, it will be in a different color and the target of the effect will be plainly seen. I only say "the target does this" for now since I don't have any targets, and these are just tests.

For example, if I use Trephas' Grasping Claws, when I describe the power's effects, it will not say "the target is slowed", it will say "Human Mage 2 is slowed" (or whatever the target may be labeled as).

Or let's say I used Halaiden's Lance of Faith power. The effects listed after the damage won't say "and one ally Halaiden can see gains a +2 power bonus to his or her next attack roll against the target", it would say "[Assistance's character] gains a +2 power bonus to his next attack roll against Human Mage 2".

I think it's easiest this way, as it highlights all possible effects, each with it's own unique color.

The green, red, grey, and gold colors will only be used for power names, to say what kind of power it is. You can see examples in the two powers I posted already (for testing purposes).

I wish amazon would deliver my phb & phb 2 already

So do you count effects that are primarily monster-based but also affect players as well to be one that qualifies for highlighted text? Example would be Trephas' Pounce, which makes the target grant combat advantage to the next creature that attacks it. Truly it is a power that affects monsters, not allies, but it has allied effects.

And yes, I do believe that if all effects were in colors, it would still help, because
1) the bulk of the text is still in neutral black
2) they're differing colors, saying what affects whom.

And about the free/standard/move format, there are times when "following actions" (as they have been dubbed, for they come after in the format you're suggesting) are either dependent on the preceeding action (If the attack hits, I won't move, but if it doesn't, I'll move here) that can potentially over-complicate posts with lots of if-then situations, or would want to be taken in different orders...I may want to move before I attack; it's not mentioned in your skeleton format how situations such as those are to be governed, it merely appears that one must take those actions in that order. This is what bothers me.

As you said, and as I have said, I have never played by post before, in all my years, and in said years I've discovered and invented many tactics that are dependent on flowing action. Don't assume that I know how exactly you want the mechanics to be governed, because so far all I've seen is a basic outline of how things are to work, with a connotation that that is the only way to do it.

I read a few post by post campaigns to see how it went