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Twist of Space a 7th level encounter power for Wizards in Arcane Power is what could be considered a prototypical controller spell, as it teleports all figures hit by the attack 3 spaces at the descretion of the wizard. Because of its potentially low damage output (1d6+INT) and minor negative...

The 7th level wizard encounter power twist of space allows you to teleport targets in a burst 3 spaces. I couldn't find any limitations around teleporting enemies (unlike other types of forced movement). There is no save to prevent being teleported into a hazard or any recourse to the effect...

According to the description for the Heal skill used for the purpose of treating disease, it is unclear if a person can do a Heal check on himself, or if the person doing the Heal check has to be someone other than the diseased person. From the DMG, pg. 50: From the PHB, pg. 185 As I think it's...

Do attacks from conjurations (such as spiritual weapon) suffer from penalties affecting the caster? Or are they considered independent from the caster and gain attack bonuses/penalties independently from the caster? ie. Cleric who is sustaining SpW is prone (-2 attacks) and target has...

The Cleric Ability Healer's Lore allows a cleric to add his WIS mod. to the number of hitpoints healed when using a Healing keyword Power. However, when combined with Divine Power (lvl 9, daily with Healing keyword), does the WIS modifier affect the healing granted by the regeneration effect...

I've been trying to understand the whole sustain minor aspect of the (fey) warlock power "Curse of the Dark Dream". The attack for this power is very straightforward, however, when you get to the wording for the sustain, minor it becomes a bit more confusing. Sustain minor: You slide the...

From the PHB While this is a clear ruling if someone gets temporary hps from a sacred flame and a lifedrinker weapon (as they are clearly different sources). What about multiple additions of temporary hitpoints from the same ability or weapon (ie. say gaining temp hps from sacred flame on 2...

I couldn't find a ruling in 4.0 covering OA against immediate interrupts. Specifically, if a bow Ranger is standing adjacent to an enemy and uses his Disruptive Strike power to "disrupt" an attack made by the adjacent enemy, does the enemy get an OA against the ranged immediate interrupt? By...

I'm a bit confused about how to apply a class template on a monster in 4.0. The functional templates are pretty straightforward in their application as they use the monster's lvl to directly translate into additional hps & resistances. However, the description of the Class templates looks...

I'm reading through the 4.0 MM and it mentions that all monsters have healing surges based on their lvl, but don't often have abilities to activate the healing surges (and are thus not printed as part of the monster description). However, if an ally has the warlord or cleric template applied to...

One of my players is trying to find a loophole in the rule about going from prone to standing. According to the AoO chart in the PHB this clearly incurs an AoO. He, however, is trying to circumvent this penalty by suggesting that a character should be able to expend 2 move actions to get up...

Is there any penalty for using a shield with no armor check penalty (MW buckler, or darkwood buckler or shield) for a character who doesn't have proficiency with shields (i.e. rogues)? As there is no armor check penalty, no subsequent non-proficiency penalty should be assessed for any actions...

I am trying to understand how the Master Thrower's feats work with sneak attack. 1) Sneaky shot - allows you to deny you oppenent his AC dex bonus on an opposed check. This would automatically qualify the target for the rogue sneak attack vs. the ranged attack. a) How long does this...

According to the description of the Improved Grab feat from the SRD (highlighted sections are parts relating to my questions). I have a few questions about this ability and the mechanics of it. 1) If executing a grapple action following initiation of grappling, the description suggests that...

The description of the next says that an entangled victim can break the net by doing 5 points of damage to the net. Is there a limitation as to what kind of weapons they are restricted to when attempting to damage the net while entangled? I entanglement that comes with being caught in a net...

I know this probably isn't the place for it, but I was wondering if the pbp system on dndonlinegames.com is dead. Usually if there are problems with the server, there is a notification for it, but I've received a windows "page cannot be displayed" window for the past few days. I'm wondering if...

If you combine defensive fighting (or combat expertise) with a special attack (such as trip, grapple, disarm, etc...), does the -4 attack penalty from fighting defensively apply to the initial touch attack, the opposed check following the attack, or both?

If your opponent succeeds in escaping your grapple, but the space you are grappling in is threatened by an ally, does the ally get an AoO on the opponent as he escapes the grapple since he is moving from a threatened space to a different space?

I was curious how people do the ranged bola trip attack. As it is a ranged attack, would the thrower's size affect the attacker's trip roll? (i.e. would a halfling throwing a bola have a -4 to his roll? or an ogre throwing a bola have a +4 to his roll?) And if it is determined by the size of...

Having never played a Druid character before, I was curious to put one together. I assumed that being primarily a spell caster that having a really high wisdom was very important (as it would increase the DC check on saves against the spells). I was surprised to find that the Druid spell list...