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Yes, except if you have the special ability "threatening reach", that some monsters have (and I expect a feat to give it while using a reach weapon)

Are your sure about Carful Strike having been changed ? From what I remenber, it has indeed been changed, but *before* D&DXP : it used to give a reroll to your attack (roll 2 times, keep the better), and has been changed to give a +4 bonus instead (I think that for a power useable at will, it...

The difference is that instead of using 3rd level orcs that won't be able to hit the PCs with anything else than a natural 20, and that have almost no chance of making their saves against spells of your 15th level wizrd, you use 15th level orc minions, that do less damage and have less hit...

Or, to keep the martial theme, you take the warlord training feat instead, as warlords have been said to have some uses for INT. Hell, you could as well play a warlord if you're into playinga smart fighter. (and then maybe invest in some fighter training if you really want your shield bash...

... and it might be used for the reflex defense instead of dex, if the theory is true.

Hum, I realise that the halfling is equipped with a short sword, and do 1d6 base damage, not 1d4. I suppose that the wepon sizes from 3.5 has been scrapped, and we're back to universal weapon sizes as in 3.0. So the halfling use a short sword for the same damage than a human, but if he want to...

We will certainly get int powers for the warlord, so the smart fighter might be better modeled by a warlord. And of course a fighter could also take a warlord training feat (or wizard training feat) to get access to one such power. Did nobody see that the warlock had a wizard power using his...

About the darven fighter : the bonus with blunt weapons might come from CON, and not STR (from original article about fighter weapons, where one was saying he might play a fighter with a mace and going for high CON) And then of course you add the proficiency bonus for each weapon. I expect...

Note the *opponent* part ...

What could be found in a draconomicom book : - stats for different dragons types (don't forget that dragons are supposed to have more difference between the different types) - dragon rituals - dragon-themed powers - dragonborn racial powers - dragon themed feats - dragonborn racial feats -...

Yes, skills used as an attack roll. Weapon attack roll : ability bonus + 1/2 level + wepon proficiency bonus (I expect proficiencies to give a bonus to attack, see war pick entry) + weapon bonus + misc bonus(es) such as weapon focus, or the dagger bonus for rogues Skill attack roll ...

"I'm Batman !" power name, you will be missed ... :p

Note that nothing prevent several subclasses from using the same secondary, while still being two different styles. Moreover, I wouldn't be surprised if some classes were first released with only one default subclasse (with other option in later splatbooks of course). The fact that we could...

Those seems like reasonable house rules, but I think it will probably be better to first wait for the game to be released and try it RAW first, before making houserules.

I am currently running a campaign where I started making some change imported from Star Wars Saga and what I think will be in 4th edition. I will not write about all of the change I did, but one of them was about the healing powers : if they use the version that now works at will or per...

On the topic of a 4th level group beating a 11th level solo monster, note that with the 1/2 level progression, the base number is just a +3 difference (+2 for level 4 versus +5 for level 11, as I supposed it will be reounded down) Of course, if you add paragon powers or items to the monster, it...

Exactly : if you really want to convert your existing characters, just recreate them keeping the overall concept. There will always be some very niche character build around a single spell or ability that might be harder or nearly impossible to convert as it is (at least until there are enough...

There was speculation (I think) about familiar being useable as another implement (staff, wand and orb), probably released in a splat book later

I started roleplaying games when ~9 years old (and I'm now 30), and one of my first RPGs was BECMI (aaah, the good old basic set ...). This year, it will make 8 years since 3.0 has been released. Do you realize that between 3.0 and 5e they will certainly have been enough time to growth the...

In this kind of situation, the character and monster levels are totally irrevellent. The ogre mage could as well be a great wyrm or a small goblin. The challenge here is not really the monster itself, but the pseudo-trap it represent. The same way, I sometimes use as an exemple an adventure...