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Punch to the face! Did I get it? Edit: looks like a miss :(

That's crazy talk! Don't you know that's how paper cuts happen? -Dan'L

Hmm, that's interesting. I was looking at a straight-up B.S. Skeleton from the MM1, which has the same feature just with lower attack & damage modifiers. It does not list an action, nor are there any changes to this in any of the rules updates that I could find. Given that no other source...

Not to worry; the boneshard skeleton's Boneshard Burst is not an immediate action. It has no listed action, but since it can trigger at 0 hp or less, it would have to be "no action," if anything were specified. -Dan'L

I think a big reason that humans didn't get an extra +2 was because it wouldn't retro-fit to existing PCs. If you have a pre-essentials dwarf, for example, it's easy to see it's compatible with the options presented in essentials products. However, a pre-essentials human would be defacto...

We've seen lots of response to your other questions, but this is the one that I'm going to focus on answering. Yes, do not delude yourself, you absolutely did single her out. You had your reasons for doing so, which you outlined in your post, but you made the final decision each time to focus...

A number of years ago, I got my wife to try the Babylon 5 RPG (not the d20; the first one). When it came to actual game play, I could tell the moment she "got it." She looked up and proclaimed "Oh! This is just like playing dollies!" (This coming from a then PhD student!) After the other...

To be fair, every class has had this since PHB1. Each class has a section where they outline first level builds with predetermined At-wills, encounter, daily, feat, and class options specified as good starting points. -Dan'L

Just because someone makes product "A" and product "a" and gives them the same essential name doesn't mean that I as a consumer have to disbelieve the evidence of my own senses. Coca Cola bottling company may tell me that Coke and Diet Coke essentially taste the same, but I know that they...

I have to admit, this is the bit that bugs me the most (based on what we've seen of the build so far; there may be a rules restriction coming that we haven't seen yet: "you do not benefit from stances when making OAs or charging" or similar, but I somehow doubt there will be one.) Basically a...

No, no, we've been promised: All the bloat we've come to know and love over the past two years will still be there. This isn't a replacement, it's only more "100% compatible" goodness.;) -Dan'L

Respectfully, no, it's not the Fighter. It's very similar to the fighter in many ways, but: - It shares essentially none of the same class features, but instead has new ones that are (or may be) similar but not the same. - It has a (slightly) different list of class skills. - It has a...

According to undisclosed sources* I've gotten hold of a sneak peak at more upcoming details from the Essentials line! Apparently, in an effort to maintain balance between the classes, in light of the recent change to Magic Missile, other classes will receive similar "auto-damage"...

Long winded post warning!: Check out this Vancouver store:Board Games, Chess Sets, Backgammon, Clay Poker Chips, Vancouver Canada, Drexoll Games, Coquitlam Their Vancouver store is set up for retail in the front and game play in the back. They sell a small amount of snacks, but I'd suppose...

I may be the odd-man-out here, but I don't think that miss effects on all wizard encounter powers are something necessary or desirable. Some occasional option where it's balanced in, sure. Every one as already is, plus miss benefits? No, thank you. That sort of thing irked me nearly as much...

Except for the DMG p. 113, "Drawing Diagonal Walls" tip: I'm not sure how this would be any more difficult than learning to square of hexes? In my (admittedly short) time DMing, I've already made several encounter spaces with diagonals and erose caverns and circular/curved walls. It's only...

I'm confused by the errata to Eruption of Steel. It seems that now it is not two separate attack rolls during the primary attack, but only attack roll that uses both weapons. How do you calculate the attack roll? Do you get to add weapon proficiency and enhancement bonuses from both...

But again, why does your character think it's an unwise thing to pull the chain? In this hypothetical scenario, there is nothing to indicate it outside of apprehensions brought in through players' metagame knowledge of what typically can happen in D&D with the DM With the Maniacally Evil Grin...

Why does your 18 WIS character feel that pulling the chain is a bad thing? Your resident trap-expert, the rogue, has already examined things and determined that the chain is not trapped, after all. You, the player of your 18 WIS character, has decided this in-character vocalization. What's...

A thick-headed bastard :p -Dan'L