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Trying out an invoker for the first time. Looking like a pretty cool class. Got a question about some of the powers: The invoker has some powers that do (for instance) a Close Blast 3, or a Close Burst 3. Blasts/bursts are positioned in relation to the caster. What happens when these are...

OK. . . so my 14th level human fighter/dreadnought was using a +3 Bloodclaw crag-hammer. Doesn't seem like a great choice now. What alternatives would people suggest - assuming I want to stick with a crag hammer - so no blade or axe enchantments. Allowable magic item sources are: PHB AV 1 AV 2

We have a fighter and a paladin in our party - and stuff rarely gets by us. Come and Get it is critical. . . as is good tactical positioning. I view our role as stopping the big stuff. The smaller things that die easily can be handled by the back rank, but is the real tough bruisers that we...

Doesn't look like there's much to prevent you from playing a barbarian armored like a battleship. You don't get your free point per tier of AC. . . but the heavy armor vastly outclasses that. Costs you a feat, but oh well. Any particular reason why you shouldn't do this? Seems like you get...

Figured out what the problem was: http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/266362-terrible-experience-troll-haunt-warrens-module.html

So a few days ago I started this thread "monsters not dishing enough damage" because we were breezing through everthing that was thrown at us, using characters that while effective, were not uber-optimized. As it turns out. . . the monsters aren't the problem. Its the module writers. Richard...

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what we were considering doing. We've got 1 player who wants to wait until the end of the campaign to make any changes. . . but I think 12 levels is plenty of time to identify a problem and fix it.

Yeah, they have proved more difficult for us in the past. Our party power/item makeup is gradually evolving to counter the threat.

I don't want the combats to revert to the old "he who wins initiative, wins" of previous editions. . . but I do want to feel threatened, and I don't want to have to deliberately look for ways to nerf our party in order to feel that way. It may be ok for the DM to occasionally fudge on the part...

I'm fortunate that our group consists mostly of people we started gaming with in college. . . and we all graduated more than a decade ago. Having your players be your friends away from the game table is important for maintaining group cohesion. Friends are a lot more likely to continue playing...

So. . . Does it seem to anybody else like the monsters just don't hit hard enough? My 12th level fighter only becomes bloodied if I want him to be - and that is with the party healer having to expend minimal effort. He usually has daily-healing left over at the end of the day when we stop to...

My 12th level fighter is using a bloodclaw weapon, single handed and its working fine. As others have mentioned, its the two-handed version that causes the problem. I'd say they just need to errata it not to provide the bonus for two-handed use. Or. . . Just change it to a x1/x2 bonus. I'd...

Thus far I haven't seen anything in 4th that would compel me to upgrade. With each previous edition, the upgrade has always been a "is it worth it" issue. . . since I am usually selling/trading away a 3' pile of books by the end of it. Sure there are a few things that could be better. . . but...

Yes, Rain of Steel is not an attack, its an effect. As another poster pointed out, considering it an attack breaks it in a couple ways. 1st - Anybody starting next to the fighter becomes marked at the start of their turn if the fighter wishes. 2nd - Feats that add to opportunity attack...

I have a question about this power. Its the 12th level utility power for the battlefield Archer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer's Glory One enemy falls, and those that remain are about to learn what heroism is all about...