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  1. GorTeX

    D&D 4E 4E combat illustrated

    WOTC has clarified that the Combat Challenge only works on marked enemies. (see the KotS FAQ from WOTC)
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    For those KOTS people: Can someone explain the surprised condition?

    Non-Suprised combatants get one Standard action on their initiative Suprised combatants: -Grant Combat Advantage -Can not take actions other than free actions -Can't flank an enemy
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    D&D 4E 4E combat illustrated

    Area attacks: one damage roll, separate attack rolls Note that Ongoing effects (the fire damage the fighter was taking) happen at the 'Start of Your turn, not the start of the round Similarly, saves are made at the 'End of Your turn, not the end of the round.. So, the dwarven figher takes the...
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    Tiefling Warlord for KotS + Extra Skill Challenge

    The Tiefling doesn't have Commanding Presence either, and has another unmentioned class feature in Tactical Presence. Looks to me like you have a choice of class features but can't take them all...
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    Orcs preview

    I'm curious now. Why do you base your opinion on the quality of Armor by the amount the AC is over their Reflex defense? By this method, the Orc Raider (wearing leather) has worse armor than the Orc Raider (wearing leather) (+2 vs +3), while the Orc Raider's armor (leather) is just as good as...
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    Increase Base Speed

    Dwarven Barbarian/figther in Mithral Full plate with boots of Striding and springing = 40' move in Full plate.
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    How 'medium' is mithral full plate?

    where in the PHBII? The MIC still leaves ambiguity..says "Movement, profieciency, and other limitations'. What is 'other limitations' Does a Battlesmith get his sacred AC Bonus when wearing Mithral Full Plate that he has made? IMO: it should be: Mithral is treated as both its normal...
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    MIC - Runestaves

    It does need to bee on your class list, but the spell doesn't have to be one of your Spells Known (for a sorcerer) or in your spell book (for a wizard)..
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    Sor/Wiz 7 spells

    don't forget Food (9 course banquet for 12 people PER Caster level...fed a lot of refugees in an AOW campaign this way once) and Servants (almost-unseen, 2 per caster level) all in all a much freindlier space than a rope trick...
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    Vampiric Touch and temporary HP

    you did it right, just wrote it wrong here. you were at 50hp (20 of which were temporary) Then took 40 damage..damage comes off of temp hp 1st, so you were at 10hp, but 0 of it was temporary then third VT put you at 32hp, 22 of which were temporry..(take another 40hp and you'd be at -8 with no...
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    Sor/Wiz 7 spells

    limited number of spells per day. There is just no way to always have just the spell you need prepared for every situation you run into. Either you don't have it memorized or (heaven forbid) you don't even have it in your spell book yet (this happens to me most when I'm creating a new wizard...
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    Improved Buckler Use feat?

    So either way, you can use the AC from a buckler with a two-handed weapon. 1) If you rule that wielding a 2-handed weapon counts as using an 'off-hand weapon', then the IBD feat will allow you to keep the AC bonus 2) If you rule that wielding a 2-handed weapon does not count as using an...
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    Improved Buckler Use feat?

    Isn't one of the balancing factors of Two-Weapon Fighting is the inability to use a shield--same as with Two-Handed fighting. IMO, if you can use IBD whild two-weapon fighting with a double weapon, then you can use IBD with Two-Handed fighting. You are using your off hand either way.
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    fly and movement

    actually, the spell gives you Good Manueverbility, not average.
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    PHB2: Melee Weapon Mastery - am I missing something?

    that last bit doesn't work. Even tho it's an unamed bonus, it doesn't stack if it comes from the same source (the MWM feat). No, you don't get +4 to hit and +4 damage with a morning star if you have both MWM(Bludgeoning) and MWM (Piercing).
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    Beating the 10-level cap on direct-damage spells. Where does it start?

    kinda a pet peeve of mine--and one that is relatively insignificant really--but you are slightly off here. an empowered Scorching ray does (4d6)x1.5 damage per ray, not 6d6 damage. an empowered Fireball does (10d6)x1.5 damage, not 15d6.
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    Cloak of Displacement vs Ring of Blinking

    With the vest of resistance now available, I like the Minor cloak of Displacement best of the 2(3). Minor Cloak of Displacement: Constant 20% miss chance for your opponents. 24k Major Cloak of Displacement: 15 rds per day fo 50% miss chance for opponents. 50k Ring of Blinking: On command, 7...
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    Tank Building: 101

    For a tank, the dwarven ability to not lose speed in medium and heavy armor makes up for their general lack of speed. Dwarf in Full Plate: moves 20 Human in Full Plate: Moves 20 (Dwarf barbarian in Mithral Full plate moves 30 as does a human barbarian)
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    Tank Building: 101

    I agree with you here. Check with your DM tho, as WOTC continuously rules that Mithal makes armor one category lighter for all purposes--so Mithral Full plate is medium armor and Armor Optimization won't work IIRC, they only count as difficult terrain if your oppoent starts his action in them...
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    Int Gain

    By making skills based on current INT, and not retroactive, it means you don't have to recalculate your RANKS in skills every time your INT changes (up OR down)..once you learn it, you know it and can't forget it--you may be better or worse as stats go up or down, but you have the same number of...
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