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    D&D 4E Another Review of 4e

    Seriously, I give up. 4e is a framework for combat driven and encounter based resolution. That's what the rules are for. Everything else is up to the players, which is *exactly* what a good system should be. DND is a framework. Official and 3rd party Campaigns are a packaged product...
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    D&D 4E 4E, Healing, and Suspension of Disbelief

    You ever fought, silentounce? I mean, really fought, in inter-personal combat? (Not gunfights. I can't comment on them.) I have, not for sport, or the army, but to save my hide. I've taken cuts to the arms and body from knives, and blows from fists and clubs. (I was a foolish teenager :D) The...
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    D&D 4E Heavy Concrete Data on 4e's Skill Challenge System (long, lots of tables)

    Stalker0, would it be possible for you to run a table based on one of the existing official challenges? I'm curious to see if a) they followed their own rules and b) if it matches your expectations of a standard challenge. One of the things I think has been missing.. BADLY missing, is the...
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    Make me a warlord

    By the power vested in my through the FSM, I dub thee Dux hong. /hands you a Legion. I've recreated my 3.5 Character, in a way that does reasonable credit to him. He was a warmage, now he's a Warlord with the Wizard Feat. Its not optimized in any real sense, however.
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    D&D 4E 4E, Healing, and Suspension of Disbelief

    Of course you're geniuses, you use the term grok. >.> (I always wanted to be Jubal, growing up. Lack the writing talent. Got the insightful cynic part down pat.) Regicide - You ignore it time and time again. The system is internally consistent. You choose not to view it. That's your issue, not...
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    Coup de grace: am I doing this wrong?

    You may only, according to the rules, Coup De Grace when somebody is Helpless. This, generally, only happens during unconsciousness. I expect the orcs did enough damage to knock him unconscious, then Coup De Grace'd him. (Actually, it states this.) Ninja'd.
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    Creating an Skill Challenge

    They should be thanked for trying regardless; Success means maybe something from the Husband/Father who works on the night-gate guard? Failure means dealing with the fact they let and woman and child die.. and perhaps earnt the emnity from that same Father/Husband, who is sure they would have...
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    Warforged - new benchmark for racial stats/abilities

    They will be horribly weak to most Will attacks. Which, to me, makes perfect sense.
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    Spell Focus

    Force of Will and Force of Personality, in my RL experience, are synonymous. And while I'll cede the Orb, it is also the function of the orb to do that channeling.
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    Spell Focus

    Charisma completely governs force of will. Frankly, if you're using Charisma in any other sense, you're using it against the grain of the last 3 decades of DND. Its not looks, its not charm. Its force of personality, and always has been. Ari, I think, or it might have been Keith Baker...
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    No Animate Dead?

    Er, Gumphrey? What? I wasn't talking to you. :D I'm not sure who you are talking to. There is even *less* preventing you from doing it now. With the addendum that, as per the article, it runs against core design issues. If you've got a workable method to get around that, or simply don't care...
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    No Familiars?

    I never targetted Familiars unless they were obviously being used with an 'untargettable' mindset. (IE, I have my raven familiar, which is flying everywhere, in a deep forest, full of orcs. Orcs with Bows. Or you know, a forest with Eagles and real birds of prey.) However, virtually no...
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    No Animate Dead?

    Fail. The 3e alignment system was explicitly stated to be absolutist. You can state your 'RAW = Autofail' but its an utterly pointless comment. In this instance, and this argument, RAW is the point. Anytime anything resolved to 'houserule it' it is no longer worth arguing about. Different...
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    Poisons? You're kidding right?

    So, the problem here is really in the save. Not the damage amount. Ignoring, for the moment, the 'save ends' condition, this poison would reduce the Tarrasque to 0 hp in 10 minutes. It would kill your average Epic character in 5 minutes. (Counting Healing surges, which would be conditional)...
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    Flaming Sphere

    I'd rule you need LOS, to actually know where to guide the sphere, but overall, MattDM has it correct.
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    D&D 4E 4e -- Is The World Made Of Cheese?

    This is also one of my disappointments. I am, however, tempted to head to the next local RPGA, and start bashing walls down once we start.
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    MI Daily Powers: Huh?

    Er.. alternatively, your magic items are powered by your own personal force, and you can only power a certain amount per day. Much like Action Points, however, you can generate enough personal force to power them again, after a few encounters. Personally, I think AP and Magic Item uses should...
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    No Animate Dead?

    Graf is completely correct. The issue is surrounding the economy of action baseline that they've set. Not one of ethics.
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    Is a Slide also a Push?

    No. They are different effects, and different keywords.
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    What does it mean for monsters : Saves +2

    The later. It affects 'Saves' the others Fort,Will,Ref, are defenses.
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