So, for anybody who cares, I DM'd my first real 4e session on Friday. I totally killed half the party. Much of this is attributed to being a level appropriate encounter, but the party is only a 4-man group, with us ditching the extra DMpc/npc cleric in favor of game knowledge and tactics.
So, I'm going to make a new DMpc at one level lower to suppliment some healing, but not really be a 'level appropriate party member'.
The party is 5th level, so I'm going to make a 4th level Half-Elf Paladin/multi-Sorcerer with a Raven Familiar. Focusing on healing and support with charisma, secondary constitution and intelligence (which the party will need).
I'm temporarily lacking a few books, so, I can't look up everything (like the actual stats of the raven familiar), but I'm really terrible at picking good dilettante powers. Help?
(Edit: Yes, I did rip the idea from another thread on the forum.)