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    Warlock's Shadow Walk Ability in Combat?

    I'd treat it like Granny Weatherwax's ability to fade into the foreground. It's not that you can't see him, but that you just don't notice him. Not unless you're really perceptive anyway.
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    Stealth in combat. Evidence and advice.

    From the opening of the info on Stealth: 1) You have your crossbow drawn, you move into cover (make a stealth check), attack (leaving hiding). 2) You move into cover (making a stealth check), draw your crossbow (making a stealth check), attack (leaving hiding). 3) You draw your crossbow...
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    Maps for Encounters

    Edit: Never mind. Need to think.
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    Warlord Build Help & Discussion

    I statted up a halfling warlord, and it looks like it's going to be fun. He's going to run around the battlefield drawing OA and getting missed all over the place. As his first feat, I chose Lost in the Crowd, to better fulfill that vision, rather than a warlord feat.
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    Stealth in combat. Evidence and advice.

    If the combat is taking place in a dimly lit room, then everyone without low-light vision is taking a -2 to his attacks; why add another penalty to the stealther for something that's already penalizing everyone? Just let the stealther make his rolls as normal, but with the caveat that he won't...
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    Targeting "closest enemy" with curses, powers

    It's only useless if you plan on ignoring minions and the bonuses they give when they die.
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    Commander’s Strike (Warlord)

    Even at first level, sneak attack damage would make a basic attack worthwhile even for an artful dodger.
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    The highest-damage fighter power is level 3?!

    Rain of Blows gives you two attacks (otherwise no one would take it; it only does 1[W] damage). If you're wielding the appropriate weapon, you get to make an additional attack. It doesn't say anydamnthing about getting a secondary attack as a result of either of the primary attacks connecting...
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    10 Characters, 7 Goblins, and a Hill Giant

    The Theater of Pompey was one of the places where the Senate would occasionally meet. This confirms.
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    Creating PCs above 1st level

    Y'know, 143 was Mister Rogers' favorite number. He spent a great portion of his life trying to maintain 143 pounds as his weight. He loved 143 so much because the word "I" has one letter, "love" has four, and "you" has three. Mister Rogers was a sappy sap sap. It's why he was great with...
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    10 Characters, 7 Goblins, and a Hill Giant

    Um, Caesar didn't perish in the Rubicon. He perished in the Theater of Pompey. The Rubicon is a river north of Rome. The river marked the boundary between Rome and the province of Gaul, and the law of the time was that the Roman army was not allowed south of the river, thus preventing armed...
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    Multiclassing - please explain

    At the time you gain those powers, the highest level that power is available from is, respectively, 7th, 10th, and 19th level. You can retrain them later.
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    Versatile doubt

    Because you saved about $20 and DANG if it ain't stylin'.
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    Halflings - What's the Attraction?

    I statted out a halfling warlord for a game; he's going to be awesome, running around the battlefield, dodging OA and setting up flank.
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    So what's the speed of character growth, real time

    It's roughly 10 encounters per level.
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    When you get a Twice-per-Encounter Power once per day...

    Again, as with the Student of Battle feat, the Initiate of the Faith feat doesn't say that you gain the healing word power. It says The warlord multiclass feat says exactly the same thing, only you replace the word 'healing' with the word 'inspiring'. In short, you do not gain the power, you...
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    Halflings - What's the Attraction?

    ... what race has an "always on" ability? All I can see is that humans get a bonus to defenses to make up for their lack of a second +2 to an attribute. Tieflings get fire resistance, but that's not always applicable. Other than that, everything else is situational. Dragonborn only get +1...
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    Damage Interaction Question.

    After. Vulnerable means you take additional damage. So you take the damage from the attack (which is halved) then you take the additional damage from your vulnerability.
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    Halflings - What's the Attraction?

    A 1st level halfling rogue (artful dodger) could run across the battlefield virtually unimpeded. If he took the Lost in the Crowd feat, he'd choose to run toward the most dangerous spots. He'd get a +7 to AC vs OA an increase of almost 50%, making him almost untouchable ( +3 [16 Cha] +2...
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    D&D 4E 4e Tumble. How do you do that?

    There's no tumble skill. It's simply that some rogues now get a bonus against OA, regardless. Oh, and halflings, too.
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