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Point him to the D&D FAQ page regarding knocking a gelatinous cube prone. It specifically said to apply the effects even if you have to refluff things (as Mengu suggested).

Buh. I guess I need to read up on the errata.

Frankly, I'd put the onus of explaining how the race fits into the existing campaign world squarely on the player. Unless the campaign is one where there are no strange creatures and where magic/psionics doesn't exist, I can't honestly fathom how something can't just be dropped into the...

The wording for Burst (pg 272) implies differently. "Unless a description notes otherwise, a close burst you create does not affect you." It seems that the property of excluding squares with a burst is not with the origin square, but the position of the caster. You can change the location of...

It most definitely is Bait and Switch. The players are expecting to play 4e, and are forced to play something else. I don't know what else you can call it. However, I don't think what Gabe is doing is necessarily a bad thing. For a one-off, or short campaign, I think it can definitely work.

I would say that WotC is going out of it's way to reconnect with these older players as well as making 4e easier to understand for newcomers. They're making a new basic red box that that contains everything needed to run a game. That in itself is a signal that they're trying to make the game...

I saw someone multi-class into Ranger to pick up the Cobra Stance daily 5 power. It basically allows you to use a basic ranged attack as an OA when opponents approach. Couple with the White Lotus daily 1 power (use MM as minor once per round), he was basically like a gattling gun. Pretty neat...

Oh, and if the "C" is in the middle of the room or inside a small box rather than in a wall between rooms, it meant chest.

"C" meant "Concealed Door". Similar to a secret door, but not as hard to find. Whereas a secret door was purposely built, and usually have some secret catch that you need to find in order to open, a concealed door is just obstructed in some way (debris, old painting leaning against the wall...

Absolutely correct. You don't feel as good when you touch yourself. It's really great though when you touch others and make them feel good.

Well, you're not really sacrificing anything. Charisma is an attack stat for paladins, so you're still hitting just as hard as others. You get plate armor proficiency and heavy shields as a class feature, so you don't need Str/Con to qualify for those. Hospitaler in itself is a ridiculously...

Well, they work really well for some builds. I created a half-elf Paladin that plans on going into Hospitaler and act primarily as a healer. Started with 18Cha, 17Wis. By the time he hits 16th level (and 22Cha) he'll be getting three times his Cha modifier to lay on hands (both feats + 16th...

Life Transference allows the cleric to target himself with the effect. He takes his healing surge in damage. He heals twice that back. He can heal everyone in the party this way, with time being the only resource spent. Really, this spell should either exclude the cleric from possible targets...

The spirit is a conjuration, not a summoning. It has more in common with a Wizard's Flaming Sphere than an actual creature. That's the reason why it can't fly, because it doesn't have a fly speed (or any move speed). The creator moves it like a spell effect.

A lot of parties just take a few short rests back to back and use the two encounter healing powers that most leaders have to boost healing. At 6th level and higher, it's better than the song of rest in terms of hit points healed. The only downside is several people hanging around half-healed...

Going by the popularity of the class specific boards on the WotC forums, I'm not surprised. If those boards are any indication, then it's going to be a striker that will win this class survivor challenge.

Played LG a lot back in the day (was Pale triad). I currently play a lot of LFR (I have 2 game stores within 20 minutes of me that run games on different nights, so I can usually play several times a week if I wanted to). The mods are not as important as who you play with. The amount of fun...

Yeah, I read that interview this afternoon. So Shadow has to partly sacrifice themselves to gain power. A bit opposite of Primal, which is just bursting with life as a side effect of their connection to that power source. Hmm... Shadow - opposed by Feywild/Primal Elemental - opposed by...

I won't deny that there's people that I too would avoid in the local RPGA scene, but I wouldn't let a few bad apples sour me from an entire group. The RPGA scene covers the entire range of players, from casual, RP intensive groups to hardcore, tactical optimizers. It pretty much runs the full...

With the Assassin preview in DDI, we get a taste of the Shadow power source. What unifying theme do you think the Shadow Power source will have? For example, Arcane seems to give all classes with that power source a touch of controller and Divine gives a touch of leader (as well channel...