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You get ability damage as the power specifies, which Ranged Basic Attack does, so yes. Just to point it out so there's no confusion, and since we're talking about Rangers, they don't add ability damage on Twin Strike.

Hmm... come to think of it, making a WC3 custom map based on D&D 4e could be very fun... :)

Here's my dilemma: I'm the only leader in our merry little band, and I'm an Inspiring Warlord. We recently got a new player, taking us up to 4 PCs, including myself, and we have no defender. Well, healing in battles is starting to get spread a little thin. I get the feeling my experience comes...

Son of a gnoll! Well, I suddenly feel short-changed as a Warlord. Oh, well. I can still stand on my own two feet as my party's healer. A pity there isn't even a feat for that feature for Warlords, though.

I'm a little confused about this statement. Healing Word and Inspiring Word are exactly the same, mechanically speaking. Did I miss something?

Depends on what the other half is...

I think it should be Constitution-based, working off the assumption that any dwarf at any given time will have a baseline of alcohol in his system based on how much ale he can drink before becoming ineffective in combat. I'd make it follow the Dragon Breath attack values (+2 at first level...

Sounds like an interesting plot hook for a campaign: some evil magic company is strip-mining a country into ecological death. Time for rangers to step in (since there aren't any druids yet).

Technically, Commander's Strike doesn't work unless the warlord is within melee range of the target, but even if you knew this, I applaud you for making the decision to allow it to work for the sake of a badass encounter.

When and where Warlords use their powers will determine their effectiveness. I want to make this very clear: Warlords are near useless in a vacuum. Furious Smash is not there to deal damage, it's there to make sure your allies' Encounter and Daily powers hit mire often. Commander's Strike is far...

I play an Inspiring Warlord myself, and so far I've only had an ally go down once on my watch. It's worth mentioning that it was also the case that 1) the group was separated, and 2) we had a new player, so healing was spread a little thin. Since we have more people, I'm thinking of retraining...

It honestly sounds like your friend just doesn't want to play a Warlord. I play an Inspiring Warlord myself, and I fully understand that it is not my job to acheive victory in combat, but to enable it. That's just what Warlords do. They are D&D 4E's quintessential team player, even more so than...

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think your argument is incorrect. Paladins are mentioned in the flavor text of the Holy Avenger stat block. And even then, it just says that Paladins seek them, not that others don't. By contrast, Avaunt Foe's examined text is in the rules section of the...

I've been wondering about this too, and I agree that WOTC missed this point. However, i imagine that they had their reasons for not making the Brutal property so universally applicable, perhaps because they take advantage of this mechanic elsewhere in some way (or will later), such as an item...

It's option 1, use the Rogue's weapon enhancements. The Weapon keyword is just intended as a reminder that the Warlord must be in melee range in order for the strike to work. This allows for a Warlord using a Reach weapon to make a Commander's Strike from 2 squares away. Remember, weapons add...

I have to respectfully disagree. A couple of night ago, my Dragonborn Warlord with Enlarged Dragon Breath took out five minions (out of the eight there were) in a single minor action at the beginning of a battle. With only three people on our team, and no defender, this made for an awesome move...

Disengage, All I can say in response is that I hope your players are having fun. If your DMing methods work for them, fine. But I can't imagine wanting to play at your table, myself. It sounds like I'd be coming to your game to be disciplined, not to have fun.

1 & 2) Yes, although keep in mind the "weapon" keyword is required in order to add the weapon's energy to a power. And this really is a key to answering these first two questions: these keywords are added, not changed. Untyped damage is more of a blank slate, so the damage type isn't converted...

Ah! I found it! PHB 226: "When you use a magic item as part of a racial power or a class power, the keywords of the item's power and the other power all apply. For instance, if a paladin uses a flaming sword to attack with a power that deals radiant damage, the power deals both fire damage and...

Ginnel, You can choose to shift between physical and lightning damage on all attacks as a free action. The crit is always Xd6 lightning, but you can otherwise turn the lightning off for lightning resistant creatures. To the OP, I don't have the PHB with me, so I can't quote this, but I...