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I feel your pain. I'm currently at level 8 with a Dragonborn Resourceful Warlord, and I've been struggling with many of these same issues. So many of the powers end up being situational, and the at-wills lackluster, that I've spent many rounds in combat actually throwing MBAs because it's been...

It's in Player's Handbook 2 in the Appendix for Rules Updates: -Dan'L

Actually, the term is "Critical Hit," and much the same way that a titmouse isn't actually a mouse, a critical hit isn't actually a hit. Is it unfortunate that they chose this term instead of simply "critical" or "crit" or even "critical damage?" Yes, it is, because it confuses the issue of...

Let me get this straight... you're arguing a point based upon a premise you yourself hold to be faulty? Why? There are over 500 posts that seem to indicate no "devil's advocate" is necessary here. Don't poke the bears! -Dan'L

Without going back & searching all the posts, from what I remember: quite possibly it can't be done. The individual who posted that CustServ had green-lighted Holy Ardor's auto-hit-crit followed up that it had been a telephone conversation, and therefore had no written record of the exchange...

Ah, the irony. 2nd edition is the first use in the game? I guess earlier iterations using the ability scores are lost to the prehistoric times known as the 1970s and 1980s. Well, not so much with the base mechanic of point buy, but the door is still open with method 3's rolled ability scores...

Well, having played a Resourceful up through level 7 (so far), I'd say you definitely take note of your party composition & play style. Warlords really need melee allies to work some of their best. So if your Paladin is Str, and your Rogue is a melee monkey you'll be okay, but if it's a...

This is absolutely, positively, provably untrue. There is no text which supports the assertion that Precision's context is uniquely "an attack roll." Why you put this in quotes, when this phrase appears nowhere in connection or context with precision, I'm not sure. What are you quoting? What...

Okay, I've been trying to stay out of this, but this has been bugging me. Explicit is what Draco has been arguing and showing, and implicit is what you've been maintaining. So please, then, show how Precision explicitly applies only to single attack rolls, or to attack rolls at all, since...

Isn't this a 24 point build? You'll need to drop one of those 14s down to a 13 if you want it to be 22; I'd recommend Con, but it'll depend on what else you want to do with it. You cannot take learned spellcaster with this build, because you need a 13 in Int as a prerequisite. If it's the...

This is an unsupported claim. Let's walk through what we have from the actual rules. 1) As per the specific rules governing crits, on p. 278 of the PHB, scoring a critical hit, which is allowed might occur through features such as Holy Ardor (Precision), means you calculate the maximum damage...

Right. It's just a little bit below that on p. 276, under the heading "Miss" where it explicitly states: "If your attack roll is lower than the attack score, the attack misses." - The only exception found to this rule of "miss" is the aforementioned "Automatic Hit." - There is nothing in...

None of your bolded text says that you actually get to apply the damage of a critical hit simply because it is a critical hit. In fact, the parenthetical clauses of Precision and Maximum Damage make it clear that there are times when you do NOT get to apply the damage (I've gone ahead and...

So, then, would you consider that the "newly created situation" of rolling doubles then still also qualifies as "roll(ing) numbers?" And that if these numbers are not 20, then it further would qualify to "roll(ing) numbers other than 20?" I really only bring this up because of your incessant...

Let's try this: So now: - I've got two dice. - The dice have rolled "2" on each. - "2s" are "numbers." - Holy Ardor says "score a critical hit" because I have rolled these "numbers" - Holy Ardor is a "feature" - Precision says "Some class features and powers" (like Holy Ardor) "allow you to...

The PCs cannot do it with the Enchant Magic Item ritual. From PHB p. 304 (bolded bits for emphasis are mine): So, once an item has one enchantment on it, it is magic, and cannot be enchanted again with this ritual. A DM can place whatever they want into their campaign. -Dan'L

I will add in my agreement that the feat only applies to meeting the pre-requisites for wielding the weapon, and not for actually changing the weapon's properties. The "as if" is to apply an exception to the general rule that a one-handed weapon without the off-hand property cannot be wielded...

If it helps, think of the "slots" kind of like chakras. They're key spots on your anatomy where specific spiritual/magical forces can channel and flow, and be manipulated and harnessed for various effects. But only so much energy can flow through any one given slot, so cannot power more than...

I asked this same question myself a little while ago. The response from WOTC customer service was a quick and unqualified "yes." The response from this board had a bit more "no" to it, as you are seeing. After some inquisition, it seemed that the "no" boiled down to: with strict RAW, the...

I would have thought that pushing something was pretty much a Bull Rush: Str v. Fort. So the strength-based Athletics seems appropriate enough, and actually allows possibly a slightly better "to hit," depending on the DC you set & skill boosts from training, powers, feats, & equipment. -Dan'L