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    Challenge! I want to convert your concept!

    Oooh, may I get in on this? I'm a knight. From birth, I had everything I ever needed handed to me, so I immersed myself in studies and education, attending the finest schools of Dementlieu. Today, I stride out against the twisted creatures of the night with a horse and full armour, but my true...
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    D&D 4E Everyone's a swordsage; Thoughts on 4E after my first read-through.

    Flails and chains aren't distinct from hammers and maces? Not sure what the policy is on posting powers wholesale, but... Ach-hem. Chains of Sorrow - Fighter Attack 13 You deliver a ferocious blow and catch your enemy’s armor, shield, or claws with your weapon as you draw back for another...
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    D&D 4E Obligatory dump stats in 4e: the irrelevance of Intelligence

    Weeeeeeeell, it wasn't so much tactical advice as pointing out what the horrible gibbering rotting thing du jour is and where to stab it. Ravenloft provided a lovely, lovely feat - University Educated - which made knowledge skills Class skills. Of course, even as an Int 20 human, there weren't...
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    D&D 4E Obligatory dump stats in 4e: the irrelevance of Intelligence

    Well, here's the thing - if this is the case, I won't be able to make my favourite Third Edition character in Fourth terribly easily. I was quite excited to read about Fourth's fighters, because then Lindy Willian would be getting her chance to shine. Lindy Willian of Mordent (Strength 16, Dex...
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    Healing Surges innate Blessed band aids

    Actually, with mild hyperbole, that _is_ how hit points are described locally. You get hurt, and you shrug it off. But here's what I'd like to know. See, in Legend of the Five Rings, getting hit in a fight is more than likely the end of you - if you aren't rendered helpless by crippling wound...
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    Healing Surges innate Blessed band aids

    Judging from the way healing surges and second winds work, this is how I envision hit points: So a dude runs up to you and buries an axe in your chest. That really hurts! There's blood spurting everywhere, your ribs are shattered, there's bits of bone wandering off to explore important...
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