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Note that you can use friendly targets as cover. The 4e wizard is harder to hit if he hides behind the cleric or the fighter. And this actually makes sense, since it's a reasonable tactic. If the wizard is hiding behind other gnolls that he is fighting in melee, well, he has bigger problems. I...

Again (why did everyone ignore my earlier post? :.-( ) it only matters as often as it happens. The overwhelming majority of ranged attacks come from characters/monsters who are good at them. The rare moments that feature a melee focused character using a ranged weapon simply don't merit an extra...

It's true that 4e allows a cleric to shoot a bow into a melee with the same lack of penalties that a ranger has. This is part of the new notion that the game doesn't have to make sense all the time (since it has never done so anyway). It only has to make sense when we're watching. For example...

I gave WotC a 5. I'm happy with how things are working out. Also, I can't really point to another company that is more professional in this field. I've played a lot of RPGs and all of them have had problems of some kind. It's easy to expect a perfect product from WotC and excuse the failures of...

It depends on how you picture it all. The rogue hits with Setup Strike, knocking his opponent off balance. However, the flailing enemy luckily connects, dropping the rogue to the ground. Angry and bloodied, the rogue hops to his feat, stabbing at his shocked foe. Sounds like a good fight to me.

I've noticed that clustering monsters together (minions or otherwise) is a great way to make the wizard in your group look like a god. If the minions cluster, they die. The trick is to position enemies far enough apart to discourage AoE, but still close enough that they can charge to each...

Dwarves can ignore Dex and start with 16 in Str, Con, and Wis. They can get Chainmail at level 1 and continue adding heavy armors as they go, since they easily qualify for plate. MCing over to fighter isn't bad- they can pump Str+Con and go for Iron Vanguard or Str+Wis and be really nasty as Pit...

I can't speak for the OP, but Rogues are good at that sort of thing, so who would complain? Rogues who MC into Paladin are also good at that sort of thing. I think we need to know the context here. It sounds like the OP's group has no defender characters. Let's say the DM asks, "What classes...

Shield spec is actually pretty good for fighters and paladins. Anyone who has a decent Dex and wears plate gets more from Shield Spec than from Plate Spec. +1 to AC & Reflex is better than +1 to AC. Flail, Heavy Blade, Light Blade, and Spear users all benefit from a good Dex, so this would be...

Next issue: how do we feel about charging while slowed? It's probably kosher by RAW, but it makes a silly picture in my head.

Is Wand of Accuracy usable with cleric prayers? The book says you must wield your wand to get the bonus. I would interpret that as using the implement in the attack, which means wizard or warlock spells only.

Forgive me, but can we call this a Rouse-roll?

ThirdWizard, should all those halberd attacks be d8?

Cure Disease: I like that it's Cure and not remove. Oh, nostalgia. More importantly, Cure Disease is not something every cleric and paladin ought to be running from village to village casting on every sore-encrusted peasant in sight. When it was a spell with no material component, it sort of...

The OP of that thread was one of the lowest things I've read. And I used to hang out at Fark and the WoW boards. We can't seem to get the trolls banned over there. That one guy has been through a few accounts, but everyone knows who he is and he's still around. Sad times.