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If you're grappling you can.... Move You can move half your speed (bringing all others engaged in the grapple with you) by winning an opposed grapple check. This requires a standard action, and you must beat all the other individual check results to move the grapple. Special Attacks ...

4th edition IMO removes the 'before they were awesome' stage that has traditionally held the first couple of levels in D&D. I think it's possible to do this with 4th edition, so here's how I would do it: 1.) XP. You could start out at 'level 0'. Getting to level 1 could be accomplished by...

There's no right or wrong way here, there are only preferences. However, it's incredibly difficult to create a campaign with both preferences. Let's say one person wants to play an everyman villager who found a strange arrow one day. He spends years carrying it around until one day his wife...

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Probably a topic for a forked thread, but does 4E only define combat roles? What about non-combat roles? I prefer to play a DMPC for non-combat reasons. No matter how well you describe something as a narrator there are always going to be gaps between how the DM interprets a situation (since...

When the preview for the Nature Priest did not include Channel Divinity I lost a lot of hope for this product. Power sources IMO should be consistent, and if the paladin and cleric have access to these feats I would expect all divine classes to have this.

Yes. The target is already affected by a dazed condition of the same duration (save ends). As a result the second save would now only remove the weakened condition.

If Cool Power 2 hit after Cool Power 1 then its only effect would be to weaken (save ends). These are multiple powers causing the same effect (daze). 'Effect' when listed under a power means the power produces 'effects' that take place regardless of whether or not an attack succeeds...

Right, and that example was really just to illustrate RAI. If 3.5 spells could not be dispelled (as is the case in 4E) you would only need to track the duration of each character's conditions. If the same condition is caused by multiple spells (powers) only the longest duration would need to...

I was the DM in this same scenario and was rushed for time (RPGA game). I made a call, but now I have time to look this up. PHB 278: "Overlapping durations: If a target is affected by multiple powers that have the same effect but end at different times, the effect with the most time...

If you do not enjoy Apocalyptic Settings then why do you play a game founded by a backdrop that was inspired by the Dark Ages and fall of the Roman Empire?

I've been experimenting with different map techniques for some time now, and this looks very nice. That said, I want to add that I find these pregenerated maps inferior to all other forms of maps. The lack of a fog of war breaks suspension of disbelief. By having it all laid out in front of...

For now, yes. This is a something immediate to give people a chance to play a 4E druid, but I'd like to see a focus on the power source first followed by class design. A 4E class is power source + role. I'm guessing WotC will have something like a primal controller (totemist), primal striker...

I think the original point is that "tastes" are both immediate and subjective, so it is futile to try to change one's mind. The OP appears to be trying to boil down the complex variety of role playing experiences into a simple food metaphor. The choice of topping is especially ironic...

Our group will hopefully finish #4 this week.

I feel like I've made a mistake by posting Nick's name here, and I asked the mods to please delete this thread. He responded to me when I asked if he was going to do any material for Eberron when it comes out next year. I was very sad to hear that he won't be writing for the setting. On the...

If the GSL comes down to 'you cannot produce OGL after producing GSL' or 'we will not pay for writers who do not follow the GSL', how will that impact the future profitability of OGL?

Right, Mike mentions the rumor of employees. Nick is a freelancer, however. Mike then responded:

I was chatting with Nick Logue last night and he said he received a sad email from WotC saying they could no longer use his work. He said it was related to the GSL and his employment at Paizo. EDIT: Nick Logue has cleared this up in this post. The situation is different from the one described...

Do you picture yourself, in a few years, possibly playing a 3.5 based campaign for nostalgia purposes? How long do you think it'll be before you feel like taking a trip 'back' to 3.5, if ever? If you ever do switch back, how will 4e influence the way you play 3.5? What would you rather pick...