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    D&D 5E Barbarian

    Going to be doing a human barbarian soon. How have people found them in play? I'm leaning to the berserker specialty at 3rd, but some of the totem abilities look fun and you don't have to have just one animal. Thoughts?
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    D&D 5E Dealing with a trouble player and a major blow up

    In our longstanding game I DM with only a couple of hard rules that alleviate most of this kind of thing. One: Let them play. Do make suggestions where it may be helpful to another player, but do not ever assert that 'You aren't playing that character right.' You're out of line. Another is that...
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    D&D 5E Do you think we will get an Oriental Adventures setting for 5th edition?

    Honestly, OA is one of the things we're hoping for most. Shugenja, Wu Jen and so on could be specialties of wizard or sorcerer and if use of the word Oriental is such a concern, they could say Adventures in the East or whatever.
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    D&D 3E/3.5 Comparison to 3.5e

    We're just now going to go into 5th edition. A player has expressed missing 3.5 which we played for years. Since there is no online support at WOTC for 5e we're planning a character generation night with one encounter which I play tested successfully with my kids. Still, I'm facing the desire of...
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    Stealth and Shadow Walk

    Quite correct. But shadow walk does not grant 'total concealment' as does invisibility (combat advantage, -5 to hit, others cannot see you by normal means. Shadow walk is 'concealment' which is enough to hide from while you have it. It also makes you harder to hit (-2). Neither makes you...
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    Adent Champion. Rules lawyers required

    Exactly so. I hate burst some munchkin bubbles out there, but "score a critical hit" means as described in the PHB. The PHB says specifically that your roll must be high enough to beat the targets defense in order to hit unless you roll a natural 20. It also specifies that even if you have...
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    Adent Champion. Rules lawyers required

    DracoSuave is correct. Per the PHB, only a natural 20 is an automatic hit. If a natural 20 is not a high enough numerical result to hit, then you still score a normal hit, (not a critical hit). Powers and feats that give you the ability to critical hit on 19, 18 or lower still do give you this...
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    Spirit Possessed Domination

    Should being dazed while dominated, and only able to use at-wills apply to being spirit possessed (template in Open Grave) once the possession becomes permanent? It would seem not since the recharge power of the template recharges. It would also make any foe with the template easy to defeat...
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    squares vs hexes?

    I've been using hexes in D&D through 3.0-3.5 and on into 4th for a total of over 10 years now. Make coridors and such any shape you like. If somthing doesn't match the bee people shape, rule that a square partly occupied by a wall or whatever is crowded. Havent had a complaint yet. (at...
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    Multi-Class Warlock

    Question, on several of the new power entries in Arcane Power for the warolock, there are effects that include, you place your warlocks curse on the target. Does, should the ability to use curse as part of the power be included for a multi-warlock? since these characters do not have the...
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    Pure Glow decimates minions?

    Let him do it. Then once in a while give them minions with a rogue eidolon, or gargoyle with the demonic acolyte template. Then the minions within 5 of their boss gain resist all 20 or 25 while the boss is using stone form or hallowed stance. It also gives them one or two other resistances when...
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    Dominate: Can you compel free actions?

    Using an action point is not at-will, it is a limited resource. On that grounds, I would rule that using action points is not something that you can be dominated into doing. Using an action point allows you to make an extra action normally, but when you're dazed, things are not normal.
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    Broken things errata'ed, July 2009

    One of the designers came on a prior thread and said very specifically that the intent was for a maximum of four attacks. One fellow even got upset and started arguing with him about what his intent was (believing it impossible for his own opinion to be shown incorrect). The July errata makes a...
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    Broken things errata'ed, July 2009

    You couls still use guileful switch to give a particular ally the chance to act before another allies 'until the end of your next turn' effeect ended.
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    Broken things errata'ed, July 2009

    So, if Righteous rage of Tempus now does extra damage based on the dice you would roll if you had rolled a critical, hit, what if you don't get any? Takes the power from very potent to useless unless yuo have a magic weapon or another feat like devastating critical, even if you do get a critical...
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    Monster Manual 2 and Elite/Solo design

    They don't seem in MMII to be using the tables in DMG at all: I went on a bit about this on another thread. Demogorgon and Dagon, the highest level solos in the book have basic attacks with 3d8+8 which does not appear for any level (up to 30th therefore lower) in the DMG new monster design...
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    Monster Manual 2 and Elite/Solo design

    I went on a bit about this on another thread. They do not seem to be incresing damage, at least not consistently as I can see. They also seem not to be following the suggested damage tables for monsters in the DMG. Demogorgon and Dagon, the highest level solos in the book have basic attacks...
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    Monster Manual 2 and Elite/Solo design

    I went on a bit about this on another thread. They do not seem to be incresing damage, at least not consistently as I can see. They also seem not to be following the suggested damage tables for monsters in the DMG. Demogorgon and Dagon, the highest level solos in the book have basic attacks...
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    Monster Manual II Design changes

    By the way, not to (continue to) be nit picky, but they aren't doing a standard by role/level either. The ancient gold dragon is the same rope as Demogorgon, and a lower (but still high) level, and even without the bonus dice does more damage with a basic attack. Look at a few similar...
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