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as often as we miss with important powers, I would not say that the extra +1 prof bonus from longsword makes it inferior to the scimitar. Also - according to the PHB, you could make a halfling TWF ranger with two scimitars, correct ?

I believe I remember reading that the encounter does not end until any characters are either A) Conscious or B) Dead. Your party cannot take a short rest (leaving the encounter) while someone is unconscious. I can't remember where I read it. The DC 10 or 15 skill check then becomes the necessity...

Again, the wizards 4E FAQ spells out that you can not ever "stack" temp hp's. It does not help that they have the FAQ obscured and nearly impossible to find.

Nope - not from my understanding, at least. It does come into play with power attack, though.

we have a fighter in the party that marks everything he can - we provoke those things to make an oa at us, and the fighter smacks them first. Usually two to four a combat, if we're lucky. For the most part, fighters can only take OA's with basic attack actions. So would this be good for our...

They should have made it simple and just left the answer at no. If a power would ever allow it, it could say it in the power - just like they want their rules to.

The answer is addressed pretty finally in the FAQ : http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1396 Question 12. It asks : Can you ever stack temporary hit points? No. If you receive temporary hit points from more than one source, just use the...

When I first read eye of the warlock weeks ago, I assumed the save did not apply if you were using it on an ally. The power seems reasonable this way - but an ally making a save to prevent it from happening would severely nerf the ability. What I think the power implies is that a save will end...

So is "Sustain (action) : The zone persists" a default wording for zones that do not have any "new" functionality once sustained ? It seems like this one threw me because that was not in there.

Hi there - I was talking with my DM about Zones, and after reading the text about sustaining powers, zones etc, we still could not determine exactly what happened when you sustain the warlock daily (5), Hunger of Hadar. It creates a zone that damages any enemies that begin their turn there or...

If you get temporary hit points from different sources, use the higher value as your temporary hit point total instead of adding the values together. I don't even see how this is a question. Look at the power levels of the other boons. Note also that the star pact boon specifically says that...

Yup. I was scared at first, but look at cleric, paladin and some warlord powers - quite a few let one or more players use healing surges immediately - no action.

Guys - I work in publishing - they have a right to protect their intellectual property. The language is very generous compared to some legal braintangles I have seen. I think the very fact they are advertising this to the public shows how they want to promote this new edition. You also need to...

Honestly, I feel that by time my party gets to those levels, we will have members purchasing copies of the Tome of Treasures and the like to implement in game.

I would suggest first - really. I say so for all of the same reasons as above and also about the book. It has been said often that the new PHB plays much better than it reads - and it's going to take some doing to get the first few combats down. I really stress first, because as I read the...

I had a little concern over something like this possibly happening. I know that the real-world minis are costly to buy random packs of crap that most people will never use at their table. If the virtual mini utility was free, you would see a steep drop in the number of players buying the plastic...

What I meant was that If you look a many of the higher level fey warlock powers, they begin to literally embody the normal term of controller. Being able to mentally deny your enemy from taking actions and later on, to control them to make the actions you choose is the very definition of...

I found the fey pact warlock to be more literally control oriented - like an enchantress or beguiler. I was kind of hoping to see a little bleed over from this to the wizard also. No Charm Person (or no hold person for the cleric, for that matter) ? The earliest mental power the wizard gets is...

Ok - I've got one. What if you are a warlord with initiate of the faith ? Do you have two separate versions (an encounter and a daily) of Healing Word to keep track of ?

Cool - thanks guys. It seems to be a pretty good lead in to Keep on the Shadowfell That I plan on using sometime soon for some friends who are entirely new to the game.