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Does anybody else think it's funny that fighter abilities are called "exploits" in 4E? :)

I thought ranged attacks were just at +4 against helpless enemies rather than auto-crit?

In this particular case, I'm having trouble coming up with fluff that both fits the mechanics and makes me happy. And I was hoping that the designers would do it for me, since I'm willing to pay them for the effort. Why does striking out with a ray bolsters endurance and striking out with a...

I don't like it. It's good that we're stepping away from the full-plated warrior-priest. I would've preferred if clerical attack magic were more along the lines of cause fear than searing light, but I don't mind it too much. But I really dislike the fact that there seems to be little...

Adventurers vs. Green Dragon. It's a fighter, a rogue, a wizard and a cleric, going up against a dragon, in a dungeon. It is D&D.

No katanae-wielding ninjae? No hammer-wielding dwarf rogues? No rapier-wielding duelists? Although I suppose there might be mechanics along the lines of "... treated as a light blade for the purposes of...".

... no matter how small she might be. :)

Did this ever bother you in 3E?

OK, now I like the ability better. Thanks. :)

I really dislike Zehir's Tongue (the yuan-ti's ability). Why does a wounded enemy being close to the yuan-ti let the yuan-ti hit you harder? Reminds me of Whirlwind + Cleave + bag of rats trick from 3.0. OK, it's not quite as silly; it seems like an interesting way to shuffle numbers around...

d10, no Con and triple hp at 1st get him 79. d10, no Con and triple hp at 1st get the fighter 52 (and he has 50 listed). Maybe the minis rules ignore bonus hp from Con?

This thread is made of win and awesome.

Is this truly the most important character type a fantasy action RPG needs to model?

It's easy enough to reduce 3E skills to "trained"/"untrained" (and "cross-class trained") for single class characters. An elf 10th-level rogue with Int 14 has 10 skills. "Untrained" is +0, "trained" is +13, "cross-class trained" is +6. A human 3rd-level cleric with Int 10 has 3 skills, "trained"...

It's your game and all, but this was against both the spirit and the letter of the rules: "This foe must pose a threat to you or your allies in some direct, immediate way."

If you've just been in a fight and more opponents are likely to come along, doesn't it make more sense to stop for a minute and catch a breath than throw yourself into looting?

"Rest 1 minute" is an in-battle recharge mechanic. It's just a question of cost-efficiency. Taking that kind of reasoning to its logical extreme can get really silly. "Sorry guys, I know we are fighting the evil lich king and he'll cover the land in 1000 years of darkness if we fail, but my god...

With a recharge mechanic it's still s easier to do UBS then HotG than UBS twice. To do what you want, you need something like sorcerer spellcasting: "your powers are UBS, HotG and LtSD; you can use a total of 3 powers per encounter, in any combination". Depending on how you spin it, either...

I certainly hope you're wrong.

Why is it artificial or difficult to believe that you need 60 seconds of rest to get your powers back, but not that you need 6 seconds?