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WoW is the most popular RPG on the planet by a long shot; heck I think it's the most popular anything. Wouldn't any game designer be a fool not to take some ideas from it?

Did you point them to the PHB to show them they were wrong? It's clearly up to the DM. I don't understand how anyone could not see that, unless they choose to completely ignore the bolded text.

My speculation - I think the designers liked the idea of a combat intimidation mechanic, but saw the potential for abuse. The best, or easiest, solution was to leave it up to the DM to make judgment calls, thus "...or a DC set by the DM" was included.

I wonder how many thousands of PDF uploads and downloads there will be while this lawsuit drags for months. Makes me wonder what the point will be - Will they collect enough from these 8 people to even cover the legel fees? Will enough people even know about these lawsuits, and thus be scared of...

Back in the day, we didn't have internet forums and blogs to complain on!! :p

A question came up in our game tonight. The Warden used the attack from Form of the Fearsome Ram. Knocked the heck out Irontooth, but she didn't want to to shift since she had 3 more adjacent baddies to hold down. I ruled OK, but I wasn't sure if it was right. The hit line reads: 2w+str, and...

The attack is a free action, not a reaction. I agree with Nightson, the zone is a single entity, and each square doesn't count as an individual zone. It still works as a decent control spell, especially for blocking off hallways. Monsters enter, on a miss you bounce them back and force them to...

One of my players took the daily wizard spell Grease from arcane power. It seems a bit over powered for a 1st level spell, unless I'm interpreting it wrong. Is moving within the zone the same as entering the zone? If not, then once you're in there its just difficult terrain. That's fine. If...

Nope, only your level or lower. I'm thinking it's 1st level so wizards can take it as one of their 1st level freebies, leaving room for better options for the 5th level one. Maybe AV2 will have some 1st level potions. I really don't know.

Whoa really? Link? edit - Oh, i see you answered. But no link. :(

I like all the options, but I just worry about the future. Exactly how many PHBs, powers books, and AVs are they planning? It feels like every addition bends the game a bit... don't break it!! :uhoh:

I'm pretty sure a DM gets to make decisions like that! :p The "rule" seems to written intentionally vague, so DMs can interpret on a per situation basis. Intimidate is not an at-will automatic insta-kill on a bloodied enemy.

Storm of Blades - You know you have to hit to make the next attack(s)? As soon as you miss, the chain stops. Might be obvious, but I didn't realize that the first time. :) Rain of Blows - Not a bad power, but it's given at far too low a level. It's should be nerfed or moved to a higher level...

Magic items -deleted- Reread, I'm pretty sure my assessment was wrong.

I think using the intimidate in combat rule as straight RAW can be bit silly. I would almost never let a PC force a surrender on a bloodied monster if its allies were all still fighting. I allow it is a solution if the threat of an encounter is over, but some monsters fight to death. Period...

So this is a recurring issue? Unless he's a friend, or you are hurting for players, IMO give him one more warning then boot him. It's hard enough to run a game without having to double check everything a cheater is doing. Cheating is lame. Cheating at a non-competitive story telling game is...

Here's the text - Terror Runes: Several runes are inscribed into the floor of this chamber, as shown on the tactical map. A DC 15 Arcana or Religion check allows a PC to realize that the designs are charged with an effect triggered by contact. A terror rune is triggered whenever a PC enters a...

Thanks for the input, I guess most of the time invisiblity and blindness lead to -5 to attack rolls. Maybe that's bad enough! One followup question: Stealth checks when invisible or against blinded foes, are those vs passive perception-10?

I'm wondering how people deal with "targeting what you can't see" in their games. I understand that you are supposed to "pick a square". That seems to only work if the creature is able to stealth and beats the passive perception of the entire party. Otherwise, the mini stays on the table, and...

Tide of iron and bullrush both grant saving throws before a creature falls into peril. I agree 1,000' drops are probably unreasonable, but house rules aren't, they are part of the game. On a related note, I was alerted to something in the draconomicon, via the gleemax forums: Portal drakes...