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This is an interesting prospect. First, I just want to clarify what I thought the OP meant. First, remove the 1/2 level bonus from the PC's stat calculations. Then, subtract 1/2 of the challenges level from the DC of any target number in a challenge (be it a skill challenge DC, monster...

I'm in a 3E game with a lot of homebrew material that I am trying to convert to 4E. I think a lot of it can be done with 4E as-is, but there are a few minor tweaks that seem necessary. On a general note, this is a look-and-feel conversion attempt (remake each element in a way that feels the...

I believe that it is intended that the player knows the attack result for any defense when attacked (hit or miss). This is not explicitly in the rules, but consider this line, PHB p. 57. "Whenever you affect a creature with a power, that creatures knows exactly what you've done to it and what...

I'm just starting a 4E game, and there are some pretty basic things that I'm not comfortable with yet. Currently, my question is: Do implement enhancement bonuses apply to fixed damage from powers, such as the Wisdom Mod damage dealt by Cloud of Daggers? -- gnfnrf

The penalty imposed by Touch of Idiocy is a (minimum 1) type penalty, so it would just make the guy about as smart as a lizard. Which wouldn't really stop him from eating you. -- gnfnrf

I have inconsistent results. Sometimes, the main page loads faster, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes, the forums move along at an OK clip, sometimes they don't. Sorry I can't be more specific, but it really seems all over the place. -- gnfnrf

I've had a remarkably similar problem to this, and it's a tough nut to crack. First, discuss this (privately) with the other players and the DM, because any solution needs to be motivated by more than you. If either the DM or the majority of players also feels this is unacceptable, then you...

So, what you're saying is that it's not forced movement, it just forces them to move? -- gnfnrf EDIT: grammar monkey wouldn't stop howling

That's why they get a very good encounter power. -- gnfnrf

I think that you might be approaching this backwards, or possibly you just picked a poor example of your thesis. In my view, people are not embracing the "economy of action" theory because the developers said it. They are embracing it because it encapsulates a flaw everyone knew about, and...

Doesn't this happen exactly the same in 3E, except the merchant says "50%" instead? -- gnfnrf

So, under near ideal circumstances (Gauntlets of Destruction, 4[W] attack) and with a demonstrably better weapon (vorpal vs. nonvorpal), the falchion, which started 2 points behind on average damage, has snuck out to 2.5 points ahead. I'm not concerned. -- gnfnrf

I didn't mean to impugn your question writing ability. In fact, I appreciated that, after nineteen pages of debate, you spelled out the positions clearly. I just wanted to make sure that here in the record of this thread, all of the positions were recapped. Of course, I'm not even sure...

Isn't there a fourth option? I could have sworn I'd seen folk in this thread arguing that, while you took the maximum result on the weapon dice, you rolled them anyway, simply to check to see if they exploded. That is to say, you roll the weapon damage, replace it with max damage, and reroll...

Kobold minions are less accurate than these minion bats and have to deal with cover to all engage a single target. However, your point stands, and I imagine that in sufficiently large groups, they would be unusually deadly too. -- gnfnrf

Cut flyby attack? The problem with large groups of minions (from their perspective) is that not all of them can effectively come to bear on a single target. Flyby attack eliminates that concern, making them much more deadly. High movement and flight also add to this. Essentially, I think I'm...

Adding the charm keyword is a bad idea, IMHO. Consider your fighter in a battle against five or six strange, twisted, corrupted humanoids. He tries to goad them into approaching... but they're foulspawn berserkers (MM p 112). Now, he takes 50 damage due the magical feedback caused by...

Here is a list I prepared for my own potential character. Formatting is a little wonky. Asterisks are for sources that aren't optimal. Even options are listed once only, not once per source. Some of these (like the prestige class ones, and the planar domains) may be pushing it. I think...

My roommate was trying to convince me that nowhere in the description of the spellbook class feature does it say that a wizard needs the spellbook on hand to select daily/utility spells. I didn't agree, but you could argue that. -- gnfnrf

4th edition can't do this concept as a PC very well without some houseruling (it works fine as a monster). But then, neither could 3rd Edition. The 3.5 PHB p. 104 disallows evil PCs entirely. Surely it's not fair to present a concept only possible with houserules in one edition, and expect it...