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The rules say explicitly that allies provide cover, so I'm confused. Are you disputing cover, or Superior Cover? The standard "Cover" and "Superior Cover" are different degrees of cover, and it appears that with the examples given, Superior Cover is possible.

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They don't have to take up the 5x5 space to provide superior cover. In fact, I drew out the examples Ladislaus gave on graph paper to help visualize it, and even using small circles (that took up only a portion of the square), superior cover was granted by the allies. In both examples, about...

You're missing the point. I said multiple times that the closer to a 45 degree angle, the less accurate 4E becomes, so in the literal 'corner case', it is off noticeably. I'm not arguing that 4E is more mathematical, but rather than it's not mathematically inferior to such a degree that it...

If your goal is to get the closest to 8, then yes, 7 is closer to 8 than 6 is, but that's not really the goal now is it? If you were actually making the mathematical calculations, you would certainly not round up from 7.21 to 8, you would round down to 7. Both of them are 1 off. The fact that...

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I remember when this was being discussed over on Gleemax before 4E was released. If a person supported 1:1, it was inevitable that they'd receive some snark from some elitist who seemed to jump to the conclusion that if you didn't prefer 1-2-1, then you were bad at math (or at least inferior to...

I'm going to have to disagree with Keterys this time, based on the very same quote that he referenced. This definition clearly indicates the High Crit occurs when you score a critical hit with "it", which is "a high crit weapon". Again, it increases the weapon damage, which doesn't effect...

The rules don't address 3D combat. However, 4E is not a computer game that is easily fooled by such a silly exploit. It is run by a DM, and no reasonable DM is going to say that a sword on the ground is going to provide cover to anyone, with the possible exception of if the sword is dropped...

I think this is a misconception. I would say it's easier in 4E than 3E. In 3E, NPCs were all expected to follow the same rules, have the same available powers and limitations as PCs. This is no longer true in 4E. In 4E, if you want your NPC to have a power, item, or Ritual that does...

Good examples, I would agree that those would provide superior cover. I'd also agree with above that by the rules, a large creature would provide superior cover as well. I'm glad this was brought up though, I had not really considered these situations, but I'll make sure to keep this in mind...

There are countless possibilities to write him off, even without death: He gets a disease and has to be left behind to be tended back to health. Maybe some mysterious dragonborn disease. He has to go back to attend to some emergency back home, to help a friend, loved one, or family member...

That's kind of nitpicking, isn't it? She didn't use arcane powers to make explosions either, but you seem to be ok with picking up artificer if it allows explosions, right? I was just trying to answer the question that you appeared to ask of how you can mechanically achieve explosions for your...

How about picking up Alchemy to emulate this? You can make bombs that way, along with a few other gimmicks.

I'd personally not call it "Wyrmscale", but it's reasonable to let the players do this, if you are ok with setting a precedent of hacking up the monsters they kill for parts to make stuff. That's up to you and your players to decide. However, if you are going to allow this, I suggest this: 1)...

I really want to throw in my support on this statement. I can't tell you how many times the games from an otherwise good DM's have become tedious and frustrating because the DM arbitrary restrictions on players (that were more restrictive than the basic rules) for the sake of "realism". I...

Not at all. *This*, friends, is what is truly meant by an exception based system. Being unable to take actions is not a direct result of dying, but an indirect one. When you are dying, the rule says you are "unconscious", though technically doesn't actually state you cannot perform actions...

I don't read it that way. The second sentence is an addition, not an exception. When poison damage is a type of damage, it is covered by the first sentence. When poison is a keyword, then the second sentence applies. These statements are not created as an exceptions, and do not forbid both...

The rules also don't say that you can't walk vertically into midair... I think that there are some things that are assumed to be simply understood that the meaning is clear, such as when your character dies, it means he's dead. So death is defined by the conditions that cause death, and the...

I think you are under the false impression that most people are reasonable and cooperative. This kind of crazy talk would never work! ;-) But seriously, good advice.