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    Abdurant champion and mage armour?

    Yup. Otherwise, 1st-level monks couldn't take Improved Grapple as their non-bonus feat, because they wouldn't have the Improved Unarmed Strike pre-requisite feat yet at the point that feats are chosen. So, it doesn't just matter for prestige classes. Other examples--a Ftr1/Rgr 2 who takes...
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    New Playtest up...

    Is something wrong with the one on pg. 130 of the DMG? ;)
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    An elegant solution to unfun combat healing

    I don't see that anyone answered this ... For the record, the Devoted Spirit martial discipline includes stances and maneuvers that issue 'automatic' healing. Egs. the Aura of Triumph stance, which heals 4 points of damage to the Crusader and one ally within 10' on any successful melee attack...
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    New Noonage

    This isn't necessarily how it works. (It probably is how some DMs do this, of course.) But may I revise your example? Session before last, our party's monk suggested a re-arrangement to our overland marching order to make us less susceptible to ambush. The tactical understanding of the player...
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    D&D 3.x 3e/4e as Operating Systems: An Argument for Grognardism

    There's one big difference between something like an OS upgrade and an RPG edition change; most of us only have one computer, which can only run one OS. I fully expect my current 3.5 game to continue on for at least a year past the D&D 4 release, probably longer; and I wouldn't be shocked to...
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    If you play DnD, how old are you?

    My vote of 38 just pushed that age out of a tie with 37 to grab the lead for the coveted 'Most Common Age' title. Damn, I feel so ... ordinary now. :)
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    Abdurant champion and mage armour?

    I'd say not. With the duration of mage armor, this would be a considerably more powerful ability than it is as written ...
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    "Sudden" metamagic feats...am I missing something?

    That's an alternate rule for the standard metamagic feats published in Unearthed Arcana. We've been using it in the campaign I play in, and I haven't seen any balance issues ...
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    D&D 4E 4E - What Rules Need Staying?

    You know, when I was doing crafting for everybody in your game (you know, before that ugly friendly-fire incident), the limiting factor for creating items seemed to be more time than XP. Although had it been up to me, we would have all taken a four-month break and crafted everything on our...
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    Do you think 6 months are enough for playtesting?

    The bolding is mine--and that's the part that really concerns me. There's absolutely no way, given the production schedule they've committed to, that any substantial changes can be made on the basis of playtester suggestions. Even if they could rush them to the printers for the actual books...
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    First official defector?

    See, that's what I said to my son. "Are you saying you don't want to play any D&D until after you graduate from fifth grade!?" I mean, eight months is a long, long time when you're ten years old, isn't it? That's, like, forever!
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    iterative attacks and TWF

    Multiple attacks can be split between opponents. Which, again, can be very handy versus mooks. A Tempest can mow down goblin Warrior 1's at a ludicrous rate ...
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    Question: Do Arrow Have Size?

    PHB 3.5 pg 114: Arrows: An arrow used as a melee weapon is treated as an improvised weapon (-4 penalty on attack rolls) and deals damage as a dagger of its size ... (emphasis mine) So arrows definitely have a size. From the table, it looks like bow damage is based on the size of the bow; it's...
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    Skills?

    5) Put in 1 rank on a trained-only skill. (Just for completeness. Count me in for liking the general idea of re-thinking this system, even if I can't say that I'm certain I'll like the actual end result ...)
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    First official defector?

    I've been running a D&D campaign for my two pre-teen sons for some time now. I offered to run a short session tonight after chores are all done, and got this from my ten-year-old: "Um ... nah, I'm only interested in 4th Edition." :\
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    D&D 4E 1st level 4E characters are already Heroes

    Ooh! I think I found my first 4th Edition house rule!
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    Gno more gnomes?

    :lol: "Good morning, Major! You're looking well today." "I feel awful." "Well, it looks like a lovely day!" "It's humid." "That's a very nice sweater you're wearing." "It itches." :\ "Life stinks." "MY POINT!!"
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    Rules bits we already know

    Typically, this sort of mechanic would have the caster roll against the defense. So, the wizard might have a +8 on his third-level spells, and he'd roll against the Reflex Defense of the targets. The enormous advantage in gameplay for this is that there's only one roll, applied against the...
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    Druid Shapeshifting from PHBII and other questions

    Is Shapeshift a magical effect? Yes. Did it increase his size? Yes. Then Enlarge will have no effect. Is Shapeshift a magical effect? Yes. Did it increase his size? No. Then Enlarge will work. Or would, if the Stone Giant/Ogre's type was Humanoid instead of Giant.
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    my what a dashing entrance.

    Latest news on the outage from Gleemax: So, there you go. :\
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