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So let me get this straight, if a half elf picks a dilettante power that requires a weapon/implement hes not proficient in, it sucks after the heroic tier, unless he multiclasses into a class that can use an implement. I feel that might require a bit of house ruling on my part for my game, as...

After playing 3rd ED and having 3-4 sessions go by where no fighting has happened, and the only place you get xp from is from fights, then yeah sometimes I wish for a lair to bust into and the slaying to start.

good point, they aren't allowed to take any actions.

Of course what happens when the hobgoblin is forced into hindering terrain and gets a saving throw, does he get two saving throws, or does he move into the square after the first. Then theres the matter of Death Saving throws, if there was ever a Hobgoblin PC...

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Correct, although you are now setting off a nagging doubt in me that i'd have to go and re-read the PHB to soothe.

You guys need to do more LRP if you do want a "realistic" (note how the word is incased in ironic quotation marks) view on how firing into melee works. When people are fighting they are not constantly standing toe to toe with each other hands around each others throats, within a round (6...

Yet the mechanics are there, -2 is an incentive, Divine Challenge damage is an incentive, Combat Challenge is an incentive. The fact that defenders tend to stay in one place so that you can flank them, stack up penalties etc is an incentive. Defenders should also be the first one/s into a...

Yeah thats what i meant, i mean if a squishy is standing near enough that a monster just needs to shift past the paladin for get a hit in then the squishy is doing something wrong.

I thought los was required for forced movement.

You mean -4 to attack (enfeebling + mark) and an attack of opportunity and damage from divine challenge 6-8 isn't enough of a disincentive? Also the fact the striker/wizard are likely to be in an AC just 3-4 points below the defender, plus they are going to be harder to flank because they...

A seperate index card/post it note for hit points may help, and we are finding coloured paperclips a god send, just have one colour for healing surges and another for action points. As i think i commented in the conditions thread, bent paper clips in circular shapes are good for conditions...

Just right click the link on the WotC page, select save target as, then add .pdf to the file name, it should open up fine.

Well i'd like pretty much the whole skill section detailed a bit more with examples of how to use them. Tracking probably needs some more expansion, like what kind of action, what speed do you follow the tracks at, can you take penalties to go quicker etc. A D&D insider loot generator, not...

Heres a short breakdown addressing reliable vs 1/2 damage on a miss. Reliable Pros Becomes better against monsters with Resist versus your attack Does more damage, meaning if the monster is near bloodied it spends less time at bloodied, possibly making it weaker More chances of getting a crit...

As have been said before, solo's may benefit from being the same level as the party with a few other creatures as well. Interesting terrain may be a good idea, perhaps boulders to push ontop of the monster, or icicles to topple on top of it, fires to push it into, that kind of thing. Possibly a...

Lets see, I've only run one proper day of adventuring and the party got through 5 encounter before being mostly beat up, that did include irontooth. Hmmm with the next days adventuring the fighter and cleric have already burned through 4 healing surges each on the 1st fight, and the paladin...

Hmmm i was quite sure you can't, i haven't got my books with me so i'll have to get back to you. Actually i have KotS on me its on the Adventure guide page 9, "you can't take immediate actions on your own turn"

Call me confused but in the new Dragon article there are some new magic weapons, on some of the daily powers it classes the action as an immediate reaction, then the power goes onto describe that you can only use it after the weapon hits. Is it me or would those powers only be able to be...

No, not really, D&D is based around a party mechanic, not solo. Also monsters have weaknesses, if the paladin was fighting against a ref based artillery monster you'd probably have a bit more trouble on your hands, while a bow ranger would be sorted. Also note that you are meant to be fighting...