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I think you could pull this off ok if you make sure the player comes out hindered but not too badly so. So I'd negate the -10 to Perception (he still never gets to use "sight-based" percepetion anyway and would be used to compensating for simple 'Did you notice something?' situations, and...

Fair point. Just I think this is the only case I can think of where a Ranged power is usable with a non-ranged weapon - without it actually being a Implement power used by a weaplement character. Actually it seems the swordmage allows some of these "ranged with a melee weapon" powers but it...

Wouldn't that be more of a Implement attack than a Weapon one tho (if the weapon isn't used as a weapon at all just as a "thing to hold and swing")?

Yes. You have invented a ROLE, and are PLAYING in accordance with that ROLE. Last I checked that was the only prerequisite for roleplaying. Not making up longwinded explainations, not avoiding the use of a "game term", not breaking the rules because it fits your opinion of how the story should...

So if my Wizard who loves to show off his longsword use (Melee Training[Int], WotSpiralTower PP, Bracers Of Mighty Striking and a Ranger MC) chooses, because of the personality trait I gave him purely for RP reasons - and knowing it was suboptimal, to teleport behind a monster, declares Hunter's...

I'm with you - my group often rolls, and I am almost always below the Points-Buy totals (unless I roll for a NPC for some reason). But I do like rolling for stats, just because it also allows outriders like having a 6 in a stat, or having a 18/18 character.

Good point but I suspect they can mitigate this by making the powers low damage potential (so a Striker Ranger is less likely to want them) with some of the control being Build-based riders. That way if you aren't a Controller Ranger you would be getting a low damage, minor control power - a...

To this I present the following 3 points of note/possibilities: 1: There is nothing to say that the Ranger will be BA-spamming. Just because the Fighter and Rogue are doesn't mean the Ranger will be (this may be WotC's way to reintroduce At-Wills, Encounters and Dailies to the martial power...

IIRC: Shaman' Spirit = Summoned Conjuration. As such it has the typical Defences of a Summoned Conjuration. These are the summoner's defenses (not including any temporary buffs/penalties).

The first part of this quoted section suggests that Swarms don't happen enough for a change in rules to matter much - so why do they occur enough to require a change in rules? Plus you seem to think that grabbing is something only done as part of the "generic grab" which is the type of grab an...

No. The power is a Close power (so it falls under Close rules not Melee rules) and it explicitly tells you to make a close attack targetting all adjacent enemies once the pulls have happened.

So you are just asking for a different way of saying "I use .... skill" or you are assessing the RP and saying "Not good enough, you don't get a roll". Basically you have "I threaten him" = "I use Intimidate", "I massage his ego" = "I use Diplomacy" etc. Or you are asking someone who may not...

This draws a fine line tbh between being just "I ues my .... skilll" by any other name, and actually being a description. With an Intimidate roll it is no biggie - pick the first scary thing you can think of and say you threaten that. With Diplomacy it gets harder, as Diplomacy varies from...

If "I use my Intimidate skill..." is unsatisfactory then you have assessed the roleplaying and found it lacking. Roleplaying is about thinking and acting like a person not yourself, not about having the ability to actually do it. So choosing to Intimidate with your character when you are a...

Yeah, this was the problem he was mentioning I think. With the following situation: SGD - S = Start Point, D = Destination EGE - E = Empty Square, G = Gap to jump over JGE - J = Where he jumps from By moving 2 squares down (from S to J) the player can then do the 2 squares jump (from J to D = S...

Can a swarm be grabbed? RAW = Hell Yes. How? You use a free hand to swirl about through the swarm stopping them running away (the gerbil runs from one hand to the other repeatedly trick) or you make a small vortex by swinging your arm in a circle sucking in insects. Both these could apply the...

Dwarf: Stumpy Bearded Rock Elf: Treelover Natureboy Eladrin: Fairyboy Port-pup Dragonborn: Lizard Scaleface Tiefling: Hellspawn Demon/Devilchild Hornhead Abyss Ape Human: Also-ran Infestation (as they are normally the "norm"/most prolific race) Halfling: Child Halflife HalfElf: Crossbreed...

True. In our game we have had a Bystander be teleported out of harms way as tho it was an ally, then had it healed by the Leader but left out of "All Allies" combats buffs. My Category 4 wasn't intended to stop you being treated as Ally or Enemy, it simply exists (in my thinking) to cover...

I agree Bag-Of-Rats is a rule to apply gently. But as you said, common sense is part of what decides that application. Common sense also calls for the existance of my Catergory 4. Not everyone in the universe is Ally or Enemy - some are just Nobody/Victims/Bystanders and I feel when you have a...

I see Catergory 4 as a corrolory of the "Not Ally = Enemy" and "Bag of Rats" rules. A Bag of Rats don't count as a true enemy for any "If you hit an enemy" rules but they are not your allies either - so they are Catergory 4. Not a stated rule, but one that comes out of the rules that are stated.