Recent content by mstanton

If a character does a charge attack as a standard action and gets interrupted along the way such that the charging distance is cut short -- say, a fighter with combat superiority lands an opportunity attack, or difficult terrain pops up from an immediate interrupt power -- then would you rule...

Yeah, maybe, but 4e seems to put "game balance" way ahead of "simulation" under RAW. I've already warned the "Clash Of The Titans"-loving players that a medusa's gaze attack power ends when she is killed. I'm rejecting the old "medusa-head-on-a-10-foot-pole" trick of opening a door, sticking...

Good ideas. Lacking logical a skill challenge to do this, I might make the PC roll a "ranged attack" instead of a regular skill challenge, on par with banking shots in billards. First mirror to "bounce" is AC 15, second mirror is AC 20, third AC 25, etc. -- and "landing" or effecting the square...

Asking for opinions/direction to prev posts about 4e line of sight rule... Could a PC use angled mirrors to target a creature or space around corners or obstacles for powers that require line of sight? Also, similar question: Can gaze attacks be made "through" (or "off") mirrors? (A player...

Thanks, that's something better... but I'm still struggling to accept in DnD4e that neither differences in target's level or size play any part in some of these "automatic" Defender class features and powers. The idea of a 1st level fighter or warden halting the charge of Orcus just by marking...

TYPO, sorry... with no roll required to cause a complete interrupt (and cost the acting enemy its standard action).

OK, that makes sense. The part which boggles me as DM comes from a 1st level power having an easy trigger (marking the target), with no roll required to cause a complete the interrupt. The warden stopping a titan happened during a game tonight, and my old skol D&D assumption tripped me up. Per...

Question about interrupt action; PH states the following: "If an interrupt invalidates a triggering action, that action is lost. For example, an enemy makes a melee attack against you, but you use a power that lets you shift away as an immediate interrupt. If your enemy can no longer reach you...