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With 2 feats spent. ...And only if yer a dwarf. ...And only if you put a 16 in Con (+racial to 18). Which means yer Ref and Will defences are a bit low. Strangely, ranged attackers (controllers) often attack Ref and Will defences. Huh. ;) Another thing I don't see mentioned: Aura or...

You might be missing the point here. 4e is built arround the assumption that typical monster groups will fill many (but not necessarily all) of the roles. If most encounters are with only one or two monster types, you are not only short-changing yourself, but you are probably making the combat...

That's the key observation. Since there's no rule saying you can't target a conjuration up, you can do so.

Every melee foe? <chortle> Now that would be a great trick. Teach me how.B-)

As I'm sure you know, there's a correlation here. ;) If you don't use yer Dailies & Action Points, you'll use more Healing Surges....since you won't be killing the enemies as fast. That's a pretty straight-forward trade-off. If your players haven't grasped the strategy, you could gently...

Right; me too. Dwarvish BRV fighters have several serious advantages: those feats, the minor action heal, and that tasty 18 Con. That said, BRV fighters don't hit very often (since they lose Weapon Talent and favor low prof bonus hammers), so you might consider the Warforged instead for the...

I currently play a human BRV fighter (he's now level 2). It's been fun to play, and I know I'm not over-shadowing the other PCs in the party (doing so would be the definition of "over-powered"). I'm up in front taking the hits - where no other PC really wants to be - while everyone else has...

Right. I comes down to the question "Do I notice a change?" If the difference is seen as only 1 additional hit (or miss) out of twenty swings, most people would say "I wouldn't notice that." OTOH, if you say "you'll hit 10% more", they might come to the opposite conclusion.

What about another conjuration that doesn't "fly" as obviously as a floating hand, though? Say: Flaming Sphere?

Yup. It's those simple things that you miss..... <jk> Sadly, I know of more than a few players who have neglected to equip their PCs with missile weapons. It's doesn't help that there are few ranged powers. ...other than insults. Insults work.

Not at all. Healing surges is only one limit out of many. In the groups I've played in, the far more important controls on the "adventuring day" is other stuff, like your Dailies, your Action Points, your Magic Item uses, and whether there's a Timed Plot Device(tm). Besides, "exciting...

And the solution is: Missile weapons! Simple. B-) As far as your original question: It sure would seem as if a magical floating hand could go up, eh? What, exactly, is pulling it down to near the ground (within 1 square) and yet not forcing it to rest on the ground (as in "the hand lies on...

..but since said feat is only in Dragon.....who cares? :) I play a BRV fighter, and having that feat available might have been cool. Too bad it's not in a WotC book. :( So...in this thread are we grading stuff in Dragon mag too? That seems like a waste.

Nor do I. It's a poor assumption, especially given that some people mistakenly assume a Warlord's Int normally affects initiative.

<chuckle> ...'cause gee-whiz, there's a lot of dice rolling there. It's soooo boring! :)

Sure. You could just do this anyway, as "S.O.P.". The players say: We rest up, and the cleric helps. Everyone rolls a d6 and add the Clr's Wis to each healing surge you use." Simple. Come on: everyone likes rolling dice.

"Gauntlets of Ogre Power" are level 5 items. If you want to tweak them to make them more powerful, keep in mind you'll need to change their level. It sounds to me like you want them to be a level 10+ item.

(Ah yes, the "I don't think it's fair to use Healing Word outside of combat" thread. It's been a few weeks, we're due another one.) I currently play in two games with two completely separate groups of people. In both groups we've found that allowing the cleric (or warlord) to use their...

Thread derail: <"statistically trained psychologist" explanation> Cool. Still, there should be a "better" name for that.

I agree; although I think most people would "notice" it as "~10% fewer failures", since people notice failures more than successes.