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So I've seen it stated that the v************e of 4th ed has been so broken that it can't be treated as a roleplaying system and that they now have to treat it as a board game like heroquest or monopoly. Could i just get a list of what breaks the game so that it may not be treated as an rpg (I...

No we are assuming the wizard has haste, fireball and dispel magic prepared. Then he has scrolls of knock, comprehend languages and flight. Oh and that he will get to rest when the cleric runs out of healing.

I don't believe that its a sacrifice of one for the other, i think its kind of a trade off between the two, there is verisimilitude in 4th ed it just trades some of it for game balance and (dare i say it*) fun. From what i've seen of the threads around here people have been baiting for someone...

Game balance? Is game balance not important? because thats why the powers are done like that. To address the issue of verisimilitude then no its not very believeable, I do believe that 4th ed has sacrificed verisimilitude for game balance. This doesn't seem to have affected my players who...

Why would you want a character to have 5 hit points? Any monster would floor the character in one hit. If you want to play as a peasant why don't you just remove all the powers and abilities of the class and leave them with the lowest hit point value and healing surges of the classes, ie the...

Then 4E can't handle that, its a class based system, with those classes fitting into various defined roles, the system is balanced around a party with classes that fill certain roles, theres a section on it in the DMG, if you start veering off from your predefined role then the game reigns you...

Because you are smashing someone you have a reason to kill / subdue while you utter a prayer to your god, who is then blessing you with the ability to help that go a little more smoothly. If you miss god didn't hear/wasn't interested, perhaps your weapon and the act of hitting is part of the...

At 11th (paragon lvl), if you have all the multiclass feats, you can "fully" multiclass to swap one of your at-will powers for an at-will power of the class you have multiclassed into.

Warlocks don't necessarily have a good int or dex for AC and they aren't likely to be going for heavy armour, i see the power as enabling them to catch up with the other strikers in term of AC.

Have you looked at the class templates for NPCs in the core rulebooks? It gives the monster the class abilities and an appropriate number of powers(not the same but 1 or 2 of at-will/encounter/daily/utility) for the monster so it doesn't give you a headache to run when you face the party off...

Player: I attempt to yank and disarm the orcs bow with my mage hand cantrip. DM: Okay let me look up the description of mage hand *leafs through the phb* alright you can try it. Player: great, what do i roll? DM: Make an intelligence attack roll as if casting a spell. Player: hmm a total of 15...

Wait a minute, so is a dragborn fighter / fighter/wizard able to mark multiple opponents with a breath weapon/scorching blast? I have ruled that he can as the rules are written.

Just a small comment on the number of play options available in combat to people. Given that all classes use the same power progression, all characters will have the same number of viable options in combat as each other except for a couple of small exceptions. -Characters focused on str will...

As stated basic weapon damage is now automatically maxed on a crit, but magic weapons and the high crit weapon property can lead you to rolling 9d12 at 30th, you're looking at max damage with a greataxe +1d12 +1d6 with a vanilla +1 magic greataxe, which you may get at lvl 1(?).

Line of sight is not blocked by invisible walls/glass. Line of effect does. You can see but can't pass through. Line of sight gets blocked by fog/darkness/creature is invisible. Line of effect doesn't. You can't see but can pass through. An orc hiding behind a huge rock that you can't see has...

If you have a lvl 1 Daily and a lvl 5 Daily you can used both the lvl 1 and lvl 5 Daily, they will then be regained when you take an extended rest.

I must say I'm playing in a 3.5 game where plate armour is almost impossible to get hold of, as anywhere that sells it we are shuffled away from (having to do some quest for someone) before the however many weeks it takes to make and surprisingly enough its the wizard (with levels in hag = nat...

Yeah the blade cascade seems to be a bit insane, perhaps if you just limited it to a maximum of 1/2 your level of attacks to fit elegently in with everything else. But then again you are banking everything against a 1/20 roll, given the luck our players have been having the past few sessions...

Poll? I see no poll, boo hiss. On the otherhand quite excited I suppose, can't wait to get back in the hot seat and DM a game. Oh there it is, hmmm didn't vote cause none of them sum up my feelings really. Theres no i'm excited/optimistic about what i have seen of 4E and want to play/run it.

and doesn't the zombie get to maintain the grab as a minor in future rounds? It means the character can't retreat or move (good against strikers) and that other zombies get +2 to hit, probably more appropriate than zombies trying to flank the characters.