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I made the part bigger and bolded it, as I think this is key. The PCs are going to continue to enjoy accumulating bonuses from other sources aside from the +1/2 per level part we're talking about here. Yes, the DMG describes how monster stats are built using +1/level, but unless we were ready...

I agree. To try and see the effects of ruling a versatile weapon being used two-handed actually counts as being a two-handed weapon, what other rules does that interact with besides the Power Attack feat? I have books, not PDFs, so can't easily search for that string in the Core rules. IOW, what...

I immediately thought of a a large number of kobolds with X's for eyes laying straight as boards and stacked up like wood in a cord. Not sure what they're stacked up like that for but.... I like Cloud of Daggers simply because it's another way to stay involved in the game until my turn comes up...

But overall it sounds very natural for the Young Blue to strafe a round or three and, if it gave more damage to the PCs than it took, fly away for awhile feeling superior. As a DM that might be the best way to get my players to really focus on how the PCs can best deal with this threat. They...

Thanks much for this, firesnakearies! There's errata for the following: Neither of which really clarifies the issue we're discussing here. Alright, Nail, I've had a chance to look at it. IMO since a cube is just as Long as Tall I'm going with a Reach of 1 by the flavor text and how I see the...

As long as it was selective, or the DM couldn't surprise the players which, IMO, would take a lot of the fun away. As always, let's start with the RAW and see how many of our questions it answers (whether we like the answers is entirely a different issue). If you or someone else can replicate...

IDHMBIFOM, so I don't know what the Gelatinous Cube entry looks like in 4e. It's not something I reviewed for our session nor to date for this discussion. I'm not sure how it attacks, but after reading your post I immediately thought: assuming it's a Large creature that is as Long as it is Tall...

Agreed! As I said, a Minor Action I'd be okay with, but if you had any movement left over from your Move Action when you Jumped you essentially forfeited it when you switched to your Standard Action to attack. At JackSmithIV: me too, I think because it's hard for me to envision exactly how...

In my mind a PC uses their Move Action to jump up a certain distance, then uses their Standard Action to attack before gravity pulls them back down. Their Minor Action would have to be before or after all of that, not in between. And I'm just as okay with that as using the Move Action to make a...

Except that's exactly what the Athletics skill does with the Jump rules; thanks to abyssaldeath for adding that to our conversation. Without RAW to guide us further consider the following similar situation: The party wants to cut a reinforced rope stretched parallel to the floor, 10.01 feet...

Nope. It's never going to be that easy. I can't find where I said "any medium humanoid" and with good reason, because not all Medium-sized humanoids are exactly the same. Comparing a 6.5" tall Dragonborn with a greatsword to a 4.6" tall Dwarf with a Dagger (or his hob-nailed boot!) isn't going...

Of course I'm not sure, since it's not spelled out in the RAW anywhere, but look at that picture of the Dragonborn and the ooze discussed a couple posts back: a 6.5' tall Dragonborn with a 4' long sword reaching over his head with his long arms should be able to attack and otherwise interact...

<looks at picture> I'm pretty comfortable saying that Dragonborn can reach quite a bit higher than the ooze with that nasty, two-handed sword he's holding, tyvm. :) I'm honestly not sure what an Intelligence score of 1 really allows; is that really discussed anywhere? Since there was a Flaming...

Disclaimer: I'm Nail's DM. ;) This was essentially my thinking exactly. In prepping for this battle I had taken the time to look at the Size table on MM pg 6 because I thought maybe one or more of the PCs might try climbing the cliff face in the room to get away from the ochre jellies and...

But Monsters get the same underlying bonus as PCs since their ability scores are calculated the same way (plus one-half the monster's level, DMG pg 184) so I'll agree the portion of Initiative directly derived from Dexterity contributes less to the total as levels increase, but it's far from...

I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree, as I don't see Dex as a dump stat for Wizards because of it's benefit to Initiative. The Controller role can be described as: getting rid of minions with blast powers (Scorching Burst, Burning Hands, Thunderwave) reducing the...

I think to a Wizard it's more important, which is why the fact that Int doesn't help Initiative feels like a bigger deal to me. Since both sides are intent on charging and getting all mixed up and/or spread out which powers a Wizard can bring to bear seems to be most open early on in the combat...

Cool. :cool: Nope, but I will clarify that currently my group is only using the PHB and I have the Adventurer's Vault. I don't have FRPG (not likely to buy it soon for just the Swordmage class) and won't allow any classes from Dragon until they're truly in print (and therefore hopefully way...

I don't want to derail discussion here but: Not at all. My complaints about Intelligence and to a lesser extent Wisdom & Charisma vs the physical abilities have little direct correlation on my "non standard character creation system" but consider the following: PHB pg 18, Method 3: Rolling...

DracoSuave, I agree with everything you posted. Well said. OTOH, Nail has the right of it, mostly. As I said in post #223, because I have players who want to roleplay a PC with below 8 stats (in my last campaign a Con of 6 IIRC, in the current one Nail's got a Human Fighter with an Int of 6 & a...