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I voted three before I read the post. I bought Martial Power, Adventurer's Vault and Forgotten Realms Player's Guide . . . I'll probably buy more as my budget allows. However, I also have a DDI subscription, so I guess my total should have been 6 (5?), and I've also bought minis, so maybe 7 or...

I disagree. Close and area attacks say: Close blast 5 Targets: Each enemy in blast or Area burst 2 Targets: Each creature in burst There is a target line, designating the targets of the power within the designated area. I will maintain that a shaman's 'pet' can't be targeted by these powers...

I was most interested in this article to read about how to use the delves as competition between the DM and the players, as I already know how to mix and match encounters into an adventure. Unfortunately, the topic I was hoping for was skipped because it's apparently going to be in the actual...

Whenever you create your own rules to allow a monster to do something interesting, but something PCs shouldn't be able to regularly do, make sure to formulate a mechanic that works well in this particular situation, or for this particular monster, but not all the time. Or, it should just be...

I was kind of up in the air between kobolds or dopplegangers, but as they make a lot of sense to be in the Eberron book, I chose the race that might not otherwise have a home. ~

Honestly, I don't know how everyone was so sure of this, as I really didn't think the evidence was concrete to any degree . . . but, I contacted customer service and I'm now convinced that you are all correct. Sneak Attack, Warlock's Curse, Hunter's Quarry, the flaming weapon damage Caliban...

I just reread the errata for this . . . I didn't realize this was the case. So if you have 'resist 5 fire', and you take '5 fire and necrotic damage', you still take full damage? That seems kind of silly, but these feats do make a lot more sense now. Also, it does remind me that monsters tend to...

Yeah, plus the spiked chain just doesn't seem all that defensive to begin with, regardless of how many hands you're using. (I don't know much about weapons, though, so I could be totally wrong about how fighting with one works.) ~

It would be more clear if it said "(this includes additional damage from things like Sneak Attack, Warlock's Curse, etc.)". I don't feel that your reading of the rule is as cut and dry as you're making it out to be. While it's plausible that the writer of the rule expected us to assume he was...

Yeah, and also note that the justicar himself doesn't gain these benefits. It actually seems kind of crappy to me. If you happen to be making saving throws against some effect, and it's tactically acceptable at the time, you could move adjacent to the justicar for the bonus . . . if you're...

I'm also a big fan of this article. However, what does everyone think of the Blighting Power (heroic) and Blade of the Raven Queen (epic) feats? The mechanic seems pretty weak, especially for an epic-tier feat. Is changing damage types really that powerful? The only thing I can think is that...

The reason it doesn't specify weapon damage is that not all attacks that could crit involve weapons . . . for example, an attack from any warlock, wizard, etc. I don't feel that your reading is 'clear as all day'. I'm much less convinced of my original standpoint and more willing to consider...

Hehe yeah I did. I got average joe; all 10s. ~

I just listened to this podcast; I feel ripped off. ~

I would totally allow that. And that's before even considering that players can change the names and flavor of any of their powers, describing it any way they choose. A minotaur player (completely off the wildhsape issue for a second) could describe his goring charge as a flying kick instead...

Not really an optimal build considering no ability score bonus overlap with the druid's key scores, but . . . Wildshape says, "While you are in beast form, you can't use attack, utility, or feat powers that lack the beast form keyword, although you can sustain such powers." No reference to not...

I just tried to make a monster for the first time using that program . . . it was a horrible experience. I gave up when I couldn't change the range of the ranged attack. Anyway, I did export my half-finished monster to an html file and it worked fine. I looked in the source code, and it looks...

What happens when a creature (including a PC) is standing outside the light source? Can they see the stuff that's within the area of light? ~

No they don't. Only the actual damage roll gets maximized, not things you add to the damage roll like sneak attack, hunter's quarry, warlock's curse, magic weapon/implement critical entries, high crit properties, etc. ~

That sounds like more of an issue with the character builder not having a 'slot' for an unslotted item (the holy symbol). Characters do not have to hold their holy symbols to 'wield' them (use them in an attack). A warforged paladin in a game I play in has his holy symbol in the form of his...