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Seems to only have the PHB loaded into it yet? I searched for some monsters and got nothing.

Y'know . . . I was getting all set to go point by point on this, and then I realized I was tilting at windmills. You have fun playing in your game, I'll have fun playing in mine. I feel no need to put up with ***** behavior like arguing about a cloud of daggers not hitting innocent bystanders in...

I will never understand people who take something simple and easy and work so hard to make it come out stupid.

Just mark, unless Divine Challenge is specifically called out. "Marked" is a standard condition, like "Combat Advantage". Fighters, Paladins, lots of monsters, and probably a few other classes can all do it to people. Divine Challenge is special and unique.

Two things: 1) It's been a while since I stumbled into a good Derren thread. You, sir, are a master of your craft, and I respect your unparalleled ability to destroy rationality. 2) For any non-Derren people out there who are confused by the "credible threat" rule, here's how it works. It is...

Hmm - I guess that makes sense. Stupid question retracted. Dude, you know you're going to house-rule that out anyway when we use it. Besides, with all that flavor text about fighting evil and tyranny and operating outside the laws, if you're using the Wolves as an NPC group who can give you...

Hey Mr. Logue, if you're out there, I just wanted to say awesome job with the latest Dragon article. Upon reading it, I decided my Elf Ranger needs to multi-class into Warlord so that he can become a Packmaster. I just have one question about the 11th level feature: Maldeen’s Hunt (11th...

Really? I don't think I'll ever get a stat over 16 w/out racial bonuses. Buying 17 and 18 is way too prohibitive now, with all of the cookies and defences based off of secondary stats. And I'm not quite enough of a min-maxer to only base my race choice off getting me to an 18 in my prime stat...

I'm playing a ranger with a similar concept right now - dual hand-axes. The way my DM and I are handling it, if the power specifies 2 melee weapons, I can only use them for melee. If the power specifies 2 melee weapons or a ranged weapon (like Twin Strike), then I can throw them or hit with...

Sign me up for "this cow is too sacred to lose" train. You could get rid of hp, and it would still be D&D to me, but 6 stats 3-18, crits on a 20, and using all of the true polyhedrals are the three rules mechanics that tell me I'm playing D&D. (Well, that and the killing dragons and taking their...

Agreed. The two most essential roles are defender and leader. The only party I'd play in missing a leader would have to have at least two defenders, one of whom was a paladin. It's way too easy to mobbed into the ground, and you can't rely on just killing them before they kill you - with the way...

They're superior because they're the only ranged weapon that gets a +3 proficiency attack bonus. If you're a rogue, they also go up in damage die. They're not mind-blowingly good, but they're good.

Hmm - probably depends on your DM. If I was your DM, I would rule that the Summons of Khirad, while it doesn't have the push, pull or slide keywords, is still forced movement. Forced movement, acc to p285 of the PHB, does not allow you to move your target vertically. No drag and drop for falling...

I don't have the specific page handy, since I don't have my books w/ me atm, but I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that you require one weapon per target (magic weapons return after the attack, so you could use your magic dagger on the first one, but not the second, third, fourth, etc), and that...

The rules are perfectly clear. As multiple people have explained, cleave does str mod and ONLY str mod as damage. I suspect the confusion is coming from people thinking of it as 3E cleave (I get a 2nd hit against the next guy!). 4E cleave is a very different animal, that is tremendously useful...

Similar to the old warp-drive rule ("The ship moves at the speed of plot"), in my games lethality will be house-ruled to "whatever is best for the story". Bar-fight? Non-lethal. Melee with people who don't necessarily have any information? Lethal. Fight with the NPC holding crucial information...

What is this "General and Rules" you speak of? Oh, huh, there's this whole other website buried behind the excellent 4E news site I've been coming to for the last several months. I wonder if it's any good? >>>vanishes into rabbit hole

I am a long-term Gnome hater. Many of my characters have been irrationally racist towards gnomes. I consider the whisper gnome "the only gnome I can play without killing myself". When 4E announced that gnomes were moving to the monster-manual, I rejoiced and started planning out new character...

I won't be getting a second copy - I'm trying to subtly encourage the cheap-skates in our group to at least pony up for a PHB.

Hmm - I like the suggestion to have Dragonborn replace something other than Half-Giants. I wouldn't make Half-Giants or Thri-keen PC races, but a half-giant seems like a pretty awesome NPC opponent that it would be a shame to lose. I like the Tieflings and the Warlocks from Da's OP. Makes...