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Well I looked up "Rain of Blows" regarding 4 attacks or not. There is a heated debate on several threads, Customer Service gave an answer: That's good news for me. Here is the original power description: This is of course better than Hesitation Slash then. 4 attacks means more chances to hit and...

Hey I'm glad my thread made you learn something. There are tons of things that can be misinterpreted, particularly if no one else in the group you play has read the rule book (happened to me.)

I decided to dump Powerful Charge and the Barbarian Lvl 3 Encounter power for Hesitation Slash. The +4 on attack and CA benefit is just too beautiful. I think if there was a feat that would give you "+4 on attack and CA for one turn once per encounter" it would be hailed a no-brainer everywhere...

Rain of Blows is a maximum of 2 attacks right? I remember there was some discussion of whether it actuall grants up to 4 attacks. Anyway, I'd have to give up either Powerful Charge (+2 on damage when charging) or Surprising Charge (extra [W] when charging into CA). Since I charge a lot, this...

The Character Builder is the single best thing for you to use. Your players are not new to D&D, so you can quickly go through the creation of the character with the software for level 1. The great thing is they get all their powers printed out relatively neatly. When I started 4e, I wasted a lot...

fixed. Originally I wanted to start the turn with Hesitation Slash, which would grant the +6. That's an option when the enemy's AC seems really high. The power is very versatile. Worth investing a feat?

I'm playing a Level 6 Eladrin Barbarian MC Fighter with Greatspear, Strength 18 and Dexterity 18, and after searching the Compendium I found this little awesomeness: A Level 3 Fighter Encounter Power that adds Dex to the attack roll, deals 2(W) + Strength damage, and grants me CA towards the...

I'd say if being discovered by failing stealth check is deadly, and must be avoided at all costs, I would not look for stealth related stuff at all, because the likelyhood of one character failing at one point is high. Search the compendium for teleportation and invisibility. Tons of options...

We're going to have a very challenging Level 6 session on Sunday, with experienced players and a good DM. My plan is to try to hide *before* the encounter actually begins, thus gain CA in the first round for the very first charge attack. For example, let's say we know there are enemies around...

no, for flanking you have to be adjacent, and adjacent means adjacent :)

yes, you can attack an adjacent enemy with a reach weapon, but not when you charge. This has been discussed elsewhere at length. I also got a customer service answer confirming it. I really don't want to turn this thread into a discussion about charging with reach. If you charge with a reach...

This is all very interesting. Thanks. I want to add another twist to it. My barbarian is an Eladrin, MC into fighter (battle awareness from Martial Power). His main weapon is the Greatspear, which has reach. Reach weapons have a significant disadvantage: You can't charge into a flanking position...

Thanks! The barbarian has Pressing Strike at-will, which allows a shift of 2 squares before the attack, even through enemies. That might come in handy - I haven't thought about it.

Make it an all-Eladrin party, Rogues and Rangers. Eladrin Education grants a free skill (which would be Stealth if not included in class). You also enjoy the racial bonus on Dexterity, and of course fey step, which means the gang can just teleport whenever Stealth is too risky or impossible...

I've participated in charging debates a lot. I learned the best thing to do is to apply common sense. The DM eventually allows a charge or not. As much as I love to charge as a PC, as DM I would never allow a charge around a corner, or zig zagging. Charging means, with a howl, you increase...

I'm struggling with this one. I play a Barbarian with Dex 18 and Stealth. I want to charge from being hidden into the enemy, and gain CA from it. So far I've figured out the following procedure: Before I move, I look for a place to hide. A tree, bush, column, whatever. I move there. I make the...

Let's play devil's advocate here: What happens to a PC who runs into the cloud, then out, and in again, in one turn?

I don't think so. To quote the rules: Forced movement into the cloud IMO clearly translates into "entering" the zone. It's just that moving the cloud over creatures doesn't do harm.

From a DM's perspective, the Stinking Cloud can be a challenge. In general, I try to do my best to copy the PC's tactics and damage them as much as I can with their own stink. For example, pushing the defender with his oh so high AC into the cloud is a funny surprise. He gets a save of course...

In the 4E RPGA adventure "Return to the Moathouse" (good stuff) Mike Mearls himself created a green slime trap. It was pretty funny! Particularly when the slime lands on a ghoul, and then jumps back to a PC.