Recent content by mwiedmann

In the case of someone being granted a saving throw by a special power then they could shake off the effect without suffering from it. That was part of our house rule I didn't mention. I was more curious about the case with the poison dart. Seems cheesy that they skip the 5 ongoing in this case...

Setup: Let's say it is a player's turn and he moves his character across a room to attack a foe. On the way there he triggers a poison dart trap. The dart does a few hit points of damage but the character is now suffering from 5 ongoing poison damage (save ends). Question: Does he get a...

The description of this ritual says nothing about restrictions on smmoning the chest across planes of existence. Can someone really summon this chest from the Mortal World into the Shadowfell or the Astral Sea? Seems pretty powerful for a 6th level ritual. I'll ruled no on this in my campaign...

As the party was engaged in a skill challenge with a very powerful female Drow in an attempt to get her help, and doing poorly, they started to take a different angle. (Trying to keep this PG) they wanted to see if they could get her help in exchange for a roll in the hay (or insert your...

Yes, the players would benefit from some "until the end of the encounter" powers and I would take this into account if they were interrupted. For the most part I only interrupt their rest if it makes sense. If there are another group of monsters down the hall there is a good chance they will...

Thanks for the replies. Even though the rules state that encounters are separated by 5 min rests, if the party decides to skip the rest and move forward, I usually consider the next battle a new encounter for the purposes of milestones for action points and such. It usually takes them a few...

I had a cool situation today. While looking to rescue some slaves, the party barged in on some Legion Devil minions who were apparently looking to have their way with a few slave women. I described the scene as the women were sort of laying on the floor in tattered clothes looking a little...

I find that my power-gaming players always want to take a 5 minute rest after an encounter so they are fully healed and encounter powers restored before they move on. I try to only let them do it every-other encouter or so by having patrols or wandering monsters interrupt their break. Having all...

Standard Action Close blast 5 Target: Each enemy in blast Attack: Wisdom vs. Will Hit: You push the target 3 squares and knock it prone. Effect: You and each ally in the blast gain resist 5 to all damage until t he end of your next turn. Sustain Minor: The effect persists. Question - Does the...

Line of effect yes, but I'm talking about line of sight. What if the Basilik is behind (or in) a Stinking Cloud and can't see the characters. Can he still use his Gaze attack? A gaze I would think implies (perhaps) that you need to see your target(s).

Does the Venomous Gaze attack of a Basilisk require line of sight? Its a strange burst 1 ranged Gaze attack and it's poison based. Let's assume he does need line of sight. Does he then only need line of sight to the target square (since this is an area burst 1), or could someone in the burst...

Duergar are immune to illusion, so how does that affect something like Phanton Bolt or Illusory Ambush that both have the "Illusion" keyword but deal "Psychic" damage? "Psychic is a keyword of the spells as well. There appears to be 2 parts to each spell: 1. Psychic damage 2. Another effect...