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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking about Hypnotism. There's no damage roll with it, so you don't add any damage modifiers. You always add the enhancement bonus of your implement to hit, though, to every power that has the "implement" keyword. The next power down is another Int vs. Wil...

All correct, except you don't add the feat bonus to the magic missile damage. Implement Focus adds to damage rolls; Magic Missile has no damage roll. This is why the "if the implement has an enhancement bonus, add that to Magic Missile" has to be spelled out as an exception. Burning Hands does...

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Yeah, I think it's "City of Dis," and "Fortress of Dat." Sorry. <Hides>

No, not really. In any case, in the campaigns mentioned everyone character takes the benefit, so who is getting penalized by not having it?

For like two rounds. Orb of Imposition was errata'ed to affect a single saving throw roll, and most items that affected saving throws were changed in the same way.

I have done tests. My previous assertion stands. There will be a degree of error with most dice, but certainly not to the extent that you'll observe them with any level of mathematical confidence that "they appear random after 100 rolls." As for your 4th year student, I've taken graduate stats...

I'm going to dispute this video. RPG dice are not rolled to an extent where tiny imperfections make any significant changes to probabilities. You can test this yourself - do a Chi-squared test on your "regular" dice vs. some of these Gamescience dice. In fact a series of numbers generated by a...

I was just hatched from a cloning vat two weeks ago so imagine how I feel.

D&D in general, and particularly 4e, is really not built for Player Character vs. Player Character combat. There are no guidelines for such a fight, so basically, it's up to your DM.

I like things the way they are.

I was never really that fired up about any of this stuff. Back in 1988 I found a Red Box to play with. Anything after that is just gravy. I mean, no company really "owes" me anything, eh? I either buy their product or I leave it, it's as simple as that, I don't stress about it. Especially about...

At the same time, I'd like to be informed of a potential problem, before I sit through a few hours of playing something that sucks in certain ways 'cause I don't know the game. At least have the explicit option of knowing that it sucks in certain ways.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with playing a fighter with 8 Str, a swordmage with 8 int, a Sith Lord or a badger or another character's awakened spoon in D&D, but you can't deny that there are certain assumptions in the game to make it function in a way that is typical of a D&D adventure. If...

I agree with jdrakeh. To me, Armadillo, it seems that you warned your players clearly enough. However, in general, I don't think "players should learn when to run away" is as much a problem as, "DM should learn to set a consistent tenor of lethality for his campaigns." D&D is not a life...

Combat is actually quite systematic and repetitive. As an aggregate over many fights, lots of same things happen over and over with some peculiar new things thrown in there from time to time. If you have a sword, you generally try to cut the other guy with it, and that takes up most of your...

I don't find it a social obligation, exactly, but there shouldn't really be any special consideration on the part of the DM to allow for the continued existence of ineffective characters. Combat is brutal business, and it's highly improbable that the smart-but-weak fighter or the strong-but-dumb...

:erm: I simultaneously really love and hate this.

I'm in agreement with the Capn.