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I'm not a 3e player, so I didn't get my interpretation from there. Mine came from the PHB, pg. 158, and is supported by a clarification from a CSR. I was surprised when I first noticed people interpreting it in a different way. It's pretty obvious that Wizards have the spellbook to give them...

If you have a fifth level wizard, he has two spell slots: level 5, and level 1. With an ordinary spell book, he picks two powers for each of those slots (two fifth level powers, and two 1st level powers). If he has the expanded spellbook, he gets three powers for each slot. Then after each...

I like this idea. This does make zombie minions worth twice as much: half of minions make thier save, and then half of those save again, and then halve of those save again... on average, this means if there are 4 minions, it takes 8 kills to take them out. For the zombie rotter, which seems...

The Heal skill allows someone to make a saving throw, so maybe a slap would work - a gentle, healing slap :) If heal can wake someone up, maybe being hit has a similar effect - granting a saving throw.

This is ingenious.

If that's true, it's definitely broken. There's no way any single character should have any chance of taking out a solo with a single attack, no matter what the level. A solo is likely to be the most important foe you face that day, the big bad guy that the GM has crafted his most impressive...

When I saw the name "Pack Zombie," I was thinking, "the zombie who carries my pack for me." I've just realised it means zombies in packs, heh.

Hi, Calidarian. I've added an extra step below, which you have probably already taken into account.

The last time I saw the orb discussed the opinion that the Orb saving throw bonus was too powerful, espeically in combination with spells like Sleep. This was because you can apply the mage'Wizards WIS bonus as a penalty to a spell saving throw. The interpretation has been that this penalty...

Pewrsonally I think At Will powers should always be safe to use. The critieria you have: "(a) is more damaging than other attacks, but (b) gives them a big defense penalty" sounds exactly the sort of thing that should be an Encounter or Daily power. In any case, that -5 AC is a massve penalty...

I think some of the confusion in this thread is caused by this sentence: On your turn, you must engage the target you challenged or challenge a different target. What I think this sentence means is this: Each turn, you must engage the target you challenged or challenge a different target. With...

As has already been mentioned, this is answered on pg 180 of the PHB. It's "No Action" - you get one roll, you either know it or you don't. I allow players to roll whenever a creature is mentioned, or encountered. So, if the oplayers are hired to clean out a kobold lair, they would roll...

Check out page 41 of the DMG, section Searching the Room. It says that if the PCs have a minute or two to search the room, use the best possible search roll (a roll of 20 added to the best character's Perception score) and tell the players what they find.

That's an excellent stat bloc, thanks.

I don't see that as contradicting my point at all. A warhorse is a powerful beast. The gray wolf is level 2, so some natural animals are in there. The tiger I could easily see being level 4-6, but not level 9, which is what I was responding to. Edit: actually, now that I think of it, I'd do...

One of the things I find interesting about the new monster manual is the lack of mundane, non-magical animals. My impression is that it's not heroic for PCs to be mauled to death by badgers, so mindane animals aren't listed because they shouldn't be very powerful. 1st level characters in 4e are...

Here It's a comedic site that got posted a lot, and now a lot of people seem to think it came from the DMG. It's not an official rule. It also fails the reality test: in the real world, people (normal 0-level commoners, or maybe 3rd-level scientists) have fallen into lava, and survived. There...

Those penalties are the same, but the actual bonus to AC increases: Hide gives +3, Elderhide gives +5.

The bold bit isn't true, is it? Paladin acts: he spends a minor action and divine challenges an enemy. Then he either moves adjacent to that enemy, or fires a ranged weapon at him. At this point, the mark is in place. On its turn, the enemy then moves away from the paladin: no matter how far he...

Or - a little simpler - maybe, for each complexity, there is a set number of successes needed, and each player may suffer a number of failures. Once a player has reached his limit, he cannot contyribute to further success, but must aid others or do other things (like avoiding hazards).