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I want to like the bard, but I was never much of a fan of the bard (albeit, I think there was a certain mystique about the 1ed bard, and in 4ed I felt they lacked flavor- which was a good thing IME). If a player is very into the bard, it's history and what not, it works better. But in my...

Thanks, I'm glad to be back. I had so much fun with 4e and its intrinsic dynamics, etc. I foresee me coming across some upgrades/house rules/tweaks to it too. No rush, I have much preliminary work to do/assemble. Once settled, I'll be frequenting this forum hardcore and I'm sure I will find who...

I played 4ed hardcore, but after 4e officially faded into the sunset I started toying around with other games, but I found myself missing 4e. Now I want to make my return. The problem is I gathered a lot of material (and had everything down to a Science), official and unofficial, for it but lost...

It seems pretty cool. I don't mind it being so region specific, I'm usually quite overwhelmed when trying to learn about an entire setting, thus, I will be able to digest things easier. That said, I'm not confident that they'll end up covering all the regions in FR. Consequently, that could very...

That would be fine and dandy if it had a material component, true. I wouldn't even be asking the question. But, the spell does not have a M material component. They didn't make it like Shillelagh for some reason, and I'm thinking they might have did that for a reason, i.e., perhaps ensuring you...

Magic Stone. (V, S) "You touch one to three pebbles and imbue them with magic. . . " Do you need a free hand for the somatic component, or can it be the hand holding the stone(s)? I'm thinking, by RAW you need a totally free hand. Note: Unlike Shillelagh it has no M component per se. Right...

I would like to see a 5ed War Devil.

Given that it seems that there is a decent amount of consensus that there won't be another MM for a while, therefore, WotC tried to put as many monsters in there is as possible, I think the art could have been smaller, to allow for more monsters, and perhaps more crunch options. Art is great and...

Heck, there's no rule against making evil characters. A group can make a party of evil characters and do the most evil things imaginable. Thus, game designers aren't being risque' whatsoever creating baby monsters to be killed, compared to you can make a party of psychopaths if you want.

When selecting items for one's Lair Assault character, can one select items in Dungeon Magazine? Thanks

Like I stated. I don't have faith in CS, but our DM does. Yes, the extra damage rules are pretty straightforward. The only way they don't seem straightforward is if one nit-picks the words. I for one do not argue rules at the gaming table, but I think it is fair to do outside of the game. And...

Haha. Yes, I have no faith whatsoever in CS. I don't even know why I ask them anything or why they even exist, to be honest. It's just that when I challenge my DM with one of her rulings she always wants me to be able to cite some kind of reliable source (she thinks CS is reliable haha). After...

Update: Ah, yes, the always dependable customer service (hence, why I said in the above 'for what it's worth'). This time they said that the extra damage from Promise of Storm isn't maxed on a crit, but I don't see how Promise of Storm is any different than say, Power Strike. "Thank you for...

For what it is worth, I asked customer service if these things were maximized on a critical hit. 1. Power Strike 2. The orc racial power Furious Assault 3. The Executioners Weapon Finesse and Assassin Strike 4. The Thief's Backstab. This was their reply. (Note: This answer came specifically from...

I myself don't like the ruling that sneak attack, hunter's quarry, and warlock's curse are maximized on a crit. It just seems counter-intuitive to me. And, if they are going to have those things max on a crit, then I think it should be universal with similar mechanics. I mean, why "nerf" the...

Well, you are definitely one of my "go-to" people when it comes to rule questions, and I'm going to go by what you stated. And it does make sense. And I'm glad, because I didn't want to get in a debate with my DM. But through the extensive on-line research that I have done concerning the issue...

I understand that damage from sneak attack, hunter's quarry, warlock's curse, are maxed when one scores a critical hit, and it's my understanding so is extra damage from things like power strike, assassin's strike etc. And although I do have official reference that damage from sneak attack...

Yes, the wording is sometimes poor, and there was a lot of ambiguity before the RC, but given that the RC now states that the trigger of a immediate reaction is completely resolved before the immediate reaction takes place, I think this clears up most of the ambiguity. In the case of an...

:/ Thanks. That's what I thought. It's frustrating playing in an organized event (LFR) in a clique (that I'm not part of), when the DM makes up a lot of her own rules that are not in the "grey area" category, e.g., forced movement without maintaining LOE, becoming Hidden without having total...

The RC states that the "triggering action or event occurs and is completely resolved before the reaction takes place." Thus, lets say a monster's trigger for its immediate reaction power was: Monster x is attacked. Now, if the monster is hit by an attack would one apply the result of the...