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NO NO NO NO NO!. Concept drives mechanics. The mechanics are there to fit your concept, choose the best mechanics that fit your concept. There is no dichotomy between the two. Players and Characters both have reason to be the best they can be. So you say "this is my concept" and then you use...

That doesn't work because they are both armor bonuses. The real problem is wielding a shield, holding a dagger in that hand, and gaining the two weapon bonus to damage with your main hand and other such ridiculousness. Or as already stated, wearing plate armor over cloth armor and getting the...

It would not. Why would it? The rules are in place to prevent rules abuse by stacking multiple items, be they mundane or not. Its the same reason you cannot "wield" a dagger in your off hand and benefit from both two weapon fighting and a light shield even if a light shield lets you hold a...

No, you either get the cloths ability and AC or the plates AC. The argument you are relying on to say that you can use the non-magical shield and magical bracers would also support that you can gain the plates AC, the cloths enhancement bonus(since its a flat out bonus to AC and not a bonus to...

No, only two of them work as per the item slot rules. You get to choose. He is saying he can use a shield and bracers at the same time. He cannot, he gets to choose. Non magical rings have no benefit so it doesn't matter whether or not you stack up on them. Page 224 is my reference. Right after...

You're right. Pain in the butt. Guess i am going to have to change my operating procedure. Still works for the most part though. It does work on a charge if pinged on movement, the movement happens first. As soon as it crosses the threshold for the readied action it goes off.

C. Both the Warlock and Wizard are arcane power sources. Both easily fit into the same character concepts. Furthermore, personality has nothing to do with class. Just because you are bold and brash does not mean you have to be a fighter. Nor do fighters have to be bold and brash. Class...

There are two options 1. The fluff example in the DMG is erroneous 2. You cannot wear bracers and benefit from the AC and Reflex bonus that a shield grants, nor benefit from any power that requires you to be wielding a shield since the fluff example in the DMG explicitly states that you may not...

Not true. While it works by the slot rules, it does not work by the "can my character wear these things rules". For the same reason that you cannot dual wield and wield a two handed weapon at the same time or dual wield and use a shield or wield a two handed weapon and use a shield at the same...

Not unless you have a third arm you cannot for the same reason you cannot dual wield and use a shield at the same time either. As a shield fighter, in a situation like this here will be your optimal course of action, where E is an enemy, R is the rogue, F is you, and C/W is your cleric/wizard...

1. No. Rangers and Rogues do far more DPR than sword and board fighters even when sword and board fighters are making combat challenges every round(they only get one). They have fewer hit points, less effective healing surges, and fewer healing surges. This means that its, most of the time...

MAD, no cantrips and/or no curse. Its not a terrible multi-class, not its not really effective. If you are going to multi-class it pretty much has to be Warlock -> Wizard though. Fairly close. Each one can supplement their abilities to do other things with feats(ritual casting for the warlock...

Different =/= Better. You get +2 AC/Ref. I get to breath underwater when its necessary. You get +2 AC/Reflex, i gain an extra 50% of my total hit points per day. This is only true if your DM is a retard. Lets hope your DM is not a retard. I say this because there is an expectation that your DM...

Why would you spend a feat to lose the +1 damage, power attack, Bracer's of Might Striking, no free hand, etc when you can spend the feat to do something entirely different? Like, Durable, any of the +defensive feats, back to the wall, racial feats, toughness, skill training, a multiclass feat...

Warlocks are a lot better for damage and are pretty darn versatile. Wizards are versatile out of combat but very specialized within combat. Cantrips are really really strong especially if you are creative, and wizards, especially at later levels are one of the few things that will turn a big...

#1 That makes the 1 handed option a lot better. Its still a better two handed build since the purpose of the OA is to punish and not to tickle and two handers can add a lot more damage onto their OAs than others can. But No, just saying there is nothing wrong with them. Greatswords are...

Multi-class clerics do not use implements as clerics do, only as implements. They need to be wielded and not just worn. PHB 208. both of them are a damage die down on the Greatsword. The Glaive only has a +2 proficiency. High Crit is not usually worth more than an extra damage die, being worth...

You can also do this with readied actions, but watch out for other enemies whose turn it is not still getting their OAs. E.G. Wizard readies thunderwave on trolls attack Troll charges rogue and attacks for a critical hit Wizard says "my thunderwave goes off first" Wizard misses the troll, hits...

I really dislike when people say that they don't optimize. Because not doing so is beyond retarded. Its retarded from a player point of view, and its retarded from a character point of view. Think of this from a characters perspective. They are a "hero", but they suck at it... and they know...

Not in the slightest. In fact, great weapon fighters are usually stickier for the greater part of their career than sword and board fighters. Why? Because fighters have two methods of keeping enemies close. 1. Abilities 2. Deterrence For the most part, abilities are about equal. Everyone can...