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It's very simple: TWF rangers get sexier abilities because melee combat is more dangerous and difficult than ranged combat. A ranged character gets the luxury of being able to more freely select their target while avoiding melee attacks most of the time (assuming the defenders are doing they're...

Your at wills represent your core competencies, and must be from your main class, unless you go with paragon multiclassing. 4e is intended to be a largely single-class system, and to be a "true" multiclass character (that is, a character with core competencies in two different classes), you...

Wielding a double weapon is not the same as wielding two weapons. You cannot gain the bonus from Two Weapon fighting or Two Weapon Defense when wielding a double weapon. I think. I don't own Adventurer's Vault, this is only my memory from a book store.

They changed it because actually rendering an opponent unarmed in many cases effectively kills them; you've taken away their primary method of dealing damage. I like the idea of using it as flavor for slides. Alternatively, you could decide that after dropping an enemy to zero hit points...

He can certainly wield two weapons, but one of them has to be off hand, and he won't be able to attack with both in one round unless he multis as Ranger (or perhaps Tempest Fighter when that book comes out). He could use a pair of throwing hammers, or a warhammer and an throwing hammer, but...

There may be situations in game where a ranged basic attack is the best tactical choice for a melee character. A fighter can mark an enemy with a cleverly-placed thrown axe. Melee characters might have to fight off a bunch of artillery enemies across a chasm while waiting for an excruciatingly...

The very concept of a double bastard sword is silly; Bastards swords, or 'hand and a half' swords, are names such because they can be used either one or two-handed, hence they are bastards that belong in neither family. Since all double weapons are two-handed weapons, then he essentially...

The off-hand property gives the Axe and hammer more versitality than the javelin. Of course, this matters little now, since the only class in the PHB that could benefit from having a off-hand weapon is an ARCHERY ranger that happens to take some melee powers, since TWF rangers can just use...

Ballistae and other siege weapons should be handled by the DM's whim, not by dice rolls. Especially if its an NPC that's using it. One of the facets of 4e designs that I like is that the DM basically dictates what happens when the PCs aren't directly involved, like when a large battle occurs...

The Correct answer is: however much you want. Since the dragon is an NPC out of combat, he can basically do whatever the DM's story requires of him, since the next time he faces the pcs, it will effectively be a new encounter. You can heal him to full, or, if you don't think that's fair, give...

I have it, and I'm disappointed. It's all chewy info, which I normally like, but there's nothing particularly good about in it. They basically took old FR and blew it up, getting rid of half the regions (by either destroying them or combining them into larger nations), and adding a bunch of...

When they say that you can't you a ranged as a melee weapon, they mean that it's ineligible for use with melee-range powers that have the weapon keyword and keep it's normal proficiency bonus and damage values. You can still use it as an improvised weapon. For example, A fighter couldn't fire...

EDIT: Never mind, I misread your initial post.

RAW, The fighter does not get the attack. Since the Bulette is not shifting (he is jumping as a free action) and will (likely) no longer be adjacent to the fighter when he attacks, and he does not provoke an Opportunity Attack, there is nothing the fighter can do about it.

The rules are pretty consistent that being pushed/pulled/slid does not screw you in any way aside from being moved, so the hex only affect voluntary movement. When something happens when a creature moves, generally, the rules mean a move action or a shift, but only once per turn. So a creature...

My monk is done, but it got moved the the house rule forum, which I didn't know existed until yesterday. Take a look if you wish. http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=238104

Forked from: Seeking opinion of role of 4e monk Here's everything you need to make a 1st level 4e monk. Opine as you wish, and I will heed, counter, or ignore you as suits my whim. Monk Role: Striker You are an athletic and mobile combatant that can strike your enemies with sudden...

I already have my monk in the works. I'll post it here when I'm done. Here's a preview of what they can do: Certain weapons some new (eg nunchaku), some already existing (quarterstaff, sickle, shuriken eg), will gain the special quality "monk weapon" that allows them to be used with monk...

That's the type of defender I was picturing. Not tough, per se, but able to fight off a bunch of enemies. Perhaps I will make him as a striker, but with a few powers to hit multiple enemies a la the ranger. Or perhaps a "defender monk" and a "stiker monk" could be made as two seperate classes...

I'm trying to make a placeholder monk class for a fourth edition game, and I was wondering if there had been any word on the role the monk would fill in the party. The obvious choice would seem to be striker, since monks have a lot of mobility and can inflict various conditions on their...