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The Battlerager is not a terrible defender if you outfit him correctly. I have a 5 Dwarf Battlerager that uses a shield and has an impressive amount of defender feats/powers like Shield Push, Devoted Defender, and Shield Bash. He pretty much can't get hurt and deals sick damage with a Crag...

I think the way I'm going to play it is this: 1. Monster declares close blast 3 spell. 2. Monster defines area and declares targets. 3. Fighter interrupts by pushing. 4. Monster is allowed to attack targets that he has already designated as being within the original burst that are still...

In my opinion, it's important for a defender to dabble in several different areas to be viable. The only one I've played so far is the Fighter, which is arguably the best of the available options, so that's what I'll focus on. A fighter has to hit his mark to actually deal damage, so he does...

Shield Push isn't a power, it's a feat that says when you hit with Combat Challenge, you may push the target 1 square. And my thinking is similar to yours, cmbarona, in that he's initiated the use of the power, and if there are other targets in range he could still hit them. When it gets weird...

Consider this setup: X=Fighter Y=Friend M=Monster |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|M|X|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|Y|_| The Monster is marked and uses a Close Blast 3 spell, provoking a Combat Challenge attack from the fighter that hits and knocks it back one square to this configuration: |_|M|_|_|_|...

I don't have a link, but to mark something, you have to attack it. The damage to another target isn't an attack, it's a secondary effect that occurs if the original attack hits.

Yeah, it's a situation where all I can do is facepalm and try not to hate myself while grinding this character for an upcoming convention.

I'm not the DM, and I'm new to the table, so I don't want to be the one raining on their parade. Guy last week told a woman playing that no, Beacon of Hope did not give everyone 5 hp at the start of each of her rounds until the end of the encounter and got yelled at, but finally the DM agreed...

I've been playing a similar dwarf fighter in RPGA games, with a very close build to yours. Firstly, I definitely agree you should change to Brash Strike. It gives a better bonus to hit than charging, makes you do ridiculous damage (In your case I think around 1d10+10 or 11), and if you're in...

For the first question, I can't find anything that says unconscious characters get a save, but the part about conscious characters saving is in the PHB under Falling. Opportunity attacks must be a melee basic attack as a general rule, though feats like Heavy Blade Opportunist overrule that...

The first time I played a warlord was when we were starting a new campaign and I rolled TERRIBLE stats. I mean my best row was gawd-awful, think my highest stat was 14. So I said to myself, I'm just going to play a warlord and give the Barbarian and Paladins swinging those Execution Axes free...

A damage roll is considered all of your [W]s and the modifiers added together, not each individual throw of the dice for [W], so you get (all the damage you would normally get)+2. In the Brute Strike example you'd get 3d8+2+Str.

This guy I've recently started playing with uses Hellish Rebuke, then on his next round he uses his pact blade to "cut himself for 1 point of damage" as a minor action. He claims this triggers Hellish Rebuke, as the text reads "if you take damage before the end of your next turn, the target...

Would give everyone 10 extra starting HP though.

In addition, powers that grant saves to the affected party members trigger the progressive mechanic as well. If the cleric tries to help an immobilized fighter out, he may end up killing them because he fails a save. I think they really need to look at other ways to design this mechanic, as...

The Orc raider has a fine ranged attack that can ignore concealment within a few squares if I recall correctly. I would use those for some of the orcs, but a hobgoblin archer is a deceptively strong artillery for a 3rd level mob, especially attacking from an advantaged position. Depending on...

Wow we've been playing that cover prevents OAs since we converted to 4th! This definitely changes a lot of things, as both players and DMs in my group were using tactics like walking through other allies' squares to avoid OAs. Thanks for pointing this out to me!

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Thanks for your responses, and for the google site search suggestion.

This has probably been asked before, but I've browsed through and haven't found anything. If I use Commander's Strike, can I add the higher of my ally's proficiency bonus or mine to the roll? Like for instance if they are using a +2 prof weapon and I'm using a +3, would they get +1 to hit...