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Just be sure to compare them to other light sources; I doubt anybody's going to spend 50 gp on the top-of-the-line sunrod when they can get a nonmagical lantern for 7 gp. The lantern has the same illumination and runs for 8 hours on a pint of oil. Unless oil is really expensive(I was unable to...

Yup, that makes 'em different. I'll be editing part 5 of that box with my first house rule.

Perfectly! Well done! According to RAW, Sleep is not an attack. Neither is Magic Missile, as it does not apply other effects. And Ray of Frost ceases to be an attack if it misses, as it does neither. A generous reading of the rules would say that Sleep deals no damage, rather than not...

So it all comes down to what the technical definition of an attack is. Check page 26 in the PHB. The box titled ATTACK. I will reproduce the relevant portion here. A slight rephrase: if you make an attack, then you roll 1d20 and add appropriate modifiers. The rules of logic then say that if...

I've rearranged the quotes from your post a little, for narrative purposes. This is what I was referring to in my first response(post #4). Some people use the word "attack" to refer to "attack powers". I believe this has confused some of the responders, which is why you got the answer you...

My reading: To mark the enemy, you have to attack it. So you have marked it with the power you used to attack it, so you have affected it with a power, so it knows exactly what you've done to it and what conditions you've imposed.

Well, we've got two options: 1)Accept that the attack type targeting rules work for things that are not attacks. 2)Accept that every power is an attack. Note that every power includes one of the five attack types detailed under "Attack Type and Range", beginning on page 56. Take your pick...

Just because something has an attack type for targeting doesn't make it an attack. Wall of Fog uses the attack type of "area". That doesn't make it an attack.

Some people have been using the word "attack" to indicate an "attack power". This is causing a great deal of confusion to a great many people, and based on what you have shown, the CustServ responders do not seem immune. In the description of attack types(PHB pages 270-272), it refers to all...

You are correct. An attack power need not include an attack. It may include an attack and things that are not attacks. It may include multiple attacks. Being included in an attack power is not enough to make something an attack. The d20 roll is a necessary part of an attack. Any part of...

If you make an attack, you roll 1d20. If you do not roll 1d20, it is not an attack.

I think I may have been misunderstood. What I was trying to say is that, for 3rd edition at least, it was impossible to raise a whole army of undead because there were formal rules for raising undead. Absent official rules, a necromancer can raise and control however many undead the DM wishes...

So...you want formal rules on how many undead a necromancer can raise in a given time? That strikes me as living in the realm of plot. If the necromancer is going to roll his undead armies across the land when he has 1000 more corpses in his army, and the DM wants the heroes to have a month to...

Take my advice with a grain of salt, because I'm just working off the top of my head. I'd say there are two ways to tell what level a power is appropriate for. 1)Find a monster with a similar power. That can give you a feel for what abilities are appropriate for monsters of that level. Note...

An attack power is a power, not an attack. The text is that a missed attack never damages a minion, not a missed power. To convince yourself that an attack power is not an attack, please examine the following powers: Guardian of the Faith(cleric 1) and Twin Strike(ranger 1). Guardian of the...

Thank you for fixing the math. Note that if the rogue drops his second weapon in favor of a heavy shield, he ends up with 10(base) + 9(dex) + 5(armor) + 2(shield) + 1(feat) = 27 giving us a reasonable cap on what a character's AC will be. Given that a warlock with no interest in defenses...

ozziewolf: Don't let it freak you out. To pull even to the defender, the striker needs to start with a 20 in dex or int. This is really expensive in point buy and really difficult by rolls. Xorn or Xorne: Your math is really messed up. I recommend recalculating everything, and...

Okay, things to consider: 1. AC needs to be higher than others, because AC is probably more likely to be targeted and attacks targeting AC usually have higher bonuses. 2. Reflex can be increased by a shield, so we don't need to spend as many ability points on dex or int if we have heavy armor...

Yes, note that the target must move closer on its own turn. Usually(but not always) that means of its own volition, so the warlock is not able to force it to take the damage by moving closer to it.

I'd point him to either a cleric or a warlock. With some specialization, you can get some of the effects he wants. Clerics get a handful of summons: Astral Defenders(9), Knights of Unyielding Valor(10), and Knight of Glory(19) all summon creatures to do your bidding, assuming your bidding is...