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Am I misreading, or is the 14th-level power essentially free out-of-combat healing to full? Out of combat, the spirit bard uses Mystical Connection to roll the d6 until a 3 is rolled, then uses the "friends" tale, repeating without limit thanks to the feature not costing any Inspiration dice...

The post by @Vulf was referring to taking multiple short rests while the party was taking its long rest, after you had tranced for your own long rest.

I voted 5 (any official) but could have gone with 7 (any anything). I typically allow and encourage refluffing, and have taken advantage of such when other DMs offer me the opportunity. I once (in 4e) played as a "human" that used the rules for thri kreen. Was that character a human? To anyone...

Here's a purely-devil's-advocate alternate reading of the effect of twin-spelling a booming blade: "As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails." Okay; so we attack one...

Thanks to everyone for the feedback, though the thread has drifted a bit far afield. It's not too different than my initial idea, then, so it seems I might be on the right track; I just subbed 3rd for 1st in my list. I thought the initial simplicity and occasional frailty of first-level...

I am DMing a long-running campaign that has made it into the epic tier. After making it to 25th level, the group took a break from playing that campaign, including recently playing a bit of Dungeon World. During those Dungeon World sessions, we introduced a new player to the group (and...

I'm going off memory, being away from my books at the moment, but here goes: At class level 6 (3*LA, ECL 8), you can buy off your first LA. You do this by paying 7000 XP, which should reduce your ECL to somewhere in the level 7 region. You can repeat this at level 9 (ECL 10), paying another...

The levels of the stances you know are the same as the levels of the maneuvers that you can learn at the level you learn the stances. For example, if you learned a new stance (by taking the Martial Stance feat) at sixth level, you would be eligible for a 3rd-level stance. Basically, for levels...

If you want to enter the stuff yourself, yes. If you just want the information, there are data files available that have the information already entered. CBLoader can just compile them. If you want more information, the Something Awful forums might have more information available, or you can...

Minor Correction (Emphasis added) I agree with everything Empirate says, with one caveat. By the rules-as-written in the Book of Nine Swords Crusader section, only the expended maneuvers get shuffled and drawn. That being said, I just came off a long campaign where we had decided that the way...

As a 6th level Crusader, you have 7 maneuvers known, 5 maneuvers readied, and 2 stances known. Two of the maneuvers that you have readied will be available to you at the start any given encounter. (That last number can change to three if you have the Extra Granted Maneuver feat. Similarly, you...

Nope. Maneuvers, particularly strikes, are self-contained bits of rules. You spend what actions the maneuver tells you to, then do what it has you do. You have to use Bonecrusher as a standard action. As part of that action, you make one attack roll. If you hit, it deals regular melee damage...

You have eight non-initiator levels and one initiator level. Your effective initiator level would be (8/2) + 1 = 5. That means that your maximum level for maneuvers is 3rd. Crusaders tend towards slightly more defensive abilities, while warblades tend towards more offensive ones. (Both have...

Only in some mythologies are gods and primordial beings, "beyond mortal comprehension and mortal reality." In the Norse mythology, the gods were quite fallible; while superior to mortals, they were far from omnipotent. There are stories where the gods (particularly Thor and Loki) adventured with...

Picking a nit, here, but Encounter powers are (pretty much explicitly) once every five minutes (or so), assuming that part of that five minutes is a short rest. You recover encounter powers on a short rest, which is essentially resting and catching your breath for five minutes or so...

I love 4e. It hits my sweet spot for non-combat fun and interesting combats. I love how easy prep is. It's my favorite D&D.

The rules for item creation seem to indicate that you can always share prerequisites. The wording of the feats always is about "you" meeting the prerequisite or knowing the spell, but the rules for item creation say this: I suppose it could be interpreted differently, but the feat statement...

Philosophically speaking ... Just a philosophical point, but if people are interested in tweaking this power, which has a different cost based on the PCs ability scores (so Constitution-based warlocks pay less or nothing compared to Charisma-based warlocks), are people also interested in...

Errata location The errata is on p109 of the 08/2012 Rules update document. (The compiled version is found "]here.) It states this: The same information can be found on page 21 of the rules update for the Player's Handbook, which was last updated 02/2012.

Around the time that essentials came out, or possibly before, Wizards supplied errata to the whole "daily item use" thing. Now, the only limit is on the items, themselves. It is no longer the case that characters are limited to (1/2/3 by tier) + (1/milestone) uses of daily item powers. If I...