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I have been DMing 4E since the pre-release, but I have never run for a group like this. The party is composed of an Avenger, Monk, Ranger, and a Sorcerer. I will definitely give the nod to lack of monster variety. Part of the skill challenge involved an arcana check to discover that these...

You are probably right about encounter diversity. For the majority of the encounter the Incubus were intent on knocking the party out of the tower then retreating back to the open room of the tower to defend it. One Incubus even sucked up a 20+ damage attack of opportunity just to get back to...

I'm looking for public opinion on a minor issue I had with one of my players the other day. At the end of every game we have a quick discussion of our favorite and least favorite part of the game. I already knew what this player was going to say because her character had died twice in this...

I wonder if you can ready your action for the moment the next enemy takes its 'Standard Action'. Such a readied action might work well if there is only one adjacent enemy.

First of all: I cannot believe they did not issue errata for Harmonious Thunder! How could they overlook the craziness of this power? Should I take this to mean that the power is working exactly as intended? Second of all: Nothing in the May errata about the Battlemind, so it looks like...

Where is Enduring Health armor?

Thank you for the recommendations so far! To be honest, the antics surrounding opening and closing the door have gotten pretty ludicrous. For example, on more than one occasion the party saw me have monsters ready their actions to come bull rushing through the door the moment the party opened...

I'm having a lot of trouble with this magic item. It's like Rope Trick on Steroids. The party is using the knife to easily retreat from any dangerous situation, and then potentially do any of the following: Get an extended rest, if time allows. Use a portal ritual to go someplace safe. Get the...

Every major rules debate on this forum should involve someone putting up their avatar or signature or they must back down from their position! :lol:

I hope we can still be friends! :p Regarding the Original Post. It is my humble opinion that you should be able to Hit an enemy and optionally deal no damage to them. Too many powers in this game require you to inflict damage, and that severely limits their use out of combat. One of the chief...

I'm very fond of Sweeping Frostblade. It's enemy only, a close burst, and even immobilizes on a miss. Combine it with anything that pushes the target back 1 square and you can make several melee enemies lose at least one turn. I'm very fond of a Lightning Weapon and Mark of Storms for this...

From a roleplay perspective you might feel justifiably responsible for setting loose a conjuration that begins to bash skulls on your behalf, but there is no mechanical penalty. Weapon-users do not get to argue that it's really their weapon that deals the damage unless the weapon is a...

You are wrong. Page 59 of Player's Handbook states "A conjuration uses your ability scores and defenses to determine the outcome of attacks it makes and attacks against it (if such attacks are possible)." Show me where in that line of text it states that 'it doesn't make any attacks, you do'...

I don't see the issue. Spiritual Weapon is a Conjuration, and cannot trigger Pacifist Healer. The Conjuration uses the summoners ability scores and defenses if necessary, but it is a distinctly separate entity as described on page 59 of the Player's Handbook. The player can sustain Spiritual...

Stereotypes exist for a reason, and I believe that a short term goal for this project should be calculating a party of four (Controller, Defender, Leader, Striker) using commonly selected powers with commonly selected feats fighting their way through four encounters per day. Each encounter...

I currently run for a group of four players that started at 1st level when 4th Edition first came out. They are now 26th Level and have more options to bring to bear against any given encounter than I can sufficiently prepare for. The primary problem comes from escalation of healing. Every...

Honestly, what I want to know most is if a feat exists that lets you become proficient in Divine Implements just like Arcane Implement Proficiency.

You are clearly forgetting about the power "Death Laser" located in the Player's Handbook 3 Preview.

Your interpretation of the rules is only made clear by exemption, but those are indeed the rules. You have two functional ways to rule this in your game: A) Either you are not your own enemy, which agrees with RAI. B) You are your own enemy, strike yourself with Area Burst powers, and cannot...

Lets work under the likely assumption that WotC is creating 4 of each power source. The origional PHB had 4 martial, 2 divine, 2 arcane. That means that the PHBII should have 4 primal, 2 divine, 2 arcane.tri Avenger: Divine Striker. This fills in the Striker slot. Barbarian: Primal Striker...