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Correct Ah yes, you're right. My mistake. Good eye. Mainly interested in the actions of the power in question, and threw the math in without much thought. (I also originally figured 22 minus 27 to be -15, too.) Math is hard. :) Later! Gruns

Phb 276 Page 276 of the PHB should cover any other questions you might have regarding combat damage. Later! Gruns

Min/Max Yeah, it really isn't that hard to get +10 to damage. He can easily get another +1 with Weapon Focus, and another +3 with Power Attack if he doesn't mind the -2 to hit. The problem with the math was the +6 from Burning Blade. If he does have an 18 Str, this should be +4. That said, by...

Hmm. When I DM, I rule that "extra" saves granted from powers and items don't count as failed saves for the purpose of things that count as failed saves. I've always assumed this was a houserule, but was never sure. Apparantly so. Does anyone else rule like this? Later! Gruns

Ogre smacks your Rogue friend for 27 damage, but Rogue only had 22 hit points. Rogue drops unconscious at -5 hit points. *Your power is triggered!* You run past 2 hobgoblins to get to the ogre. They each take an OA, but luckily both miss. You attack the ogre, but also miss. In any case, your...

Part 2 While the first question was answered, I'll add an example for clarity. The feat Improved Initiative gives a +4 FEAT Bonus to initiative. The feat Quick Draw gives a +2 FEAT Bonus to initiative (and does other stuff irrelevant to this). Since both of those bonuses are named FEAT Bonus...

Actually... Actually it does. Sort of. Slow: "Your speed becomes 2. This applies to all your movement modes, but it does not apply to teleportation,..." The all your movement modes part refers to climb, swim, fly, burrow... any other modes that I may have forgotten. As for the original...

Misconception And this is what I feel is the biggest misconception about 4E. Character roles are more restricted? Explain please. I remember my 3.5 cleric. Know what he used to do? Pretend to prepare some spells that wouldn't matter, since they would be Cure xxxxx Wounds anyway. Prefight...

Really, if it's that annoying/hard to grasp for you, simply ignore the magic item bonuses and just let them benefit from the occassional Daily power from an item. Or, to add slightly more complexity, just add +1 to the creature's attack and damage rolls(or defenses if armor) regardless of the...

Well... At least way back in the old days of 4E. The pre-Greatbow era... Later! Gruns

Background: My small group of four (three plus me, the DM) made the jump to 4E upon release. Out of the four of us, I was clearly the one that looked most forward to it. The others kind of went into it with an "Errr... I guess..." attitude. Recently my wife(one of the players) revealed to me...

Nice caveat! Heh. I never even considered this particular use of the Heal skill on an unconscious person. Interesting. Later! Gruns

Answers All of your Ritual Book answers can be found in the PHB on pages 298-299. All answers given below are under the assumption that the players involved have the Ritual Caster Feat and their level is equal to or higher than the level of the ritual. 1) Once the ritual is mastered (studied...

So close... Muahahahaha... In actuality, nobody knows! Ok, your original question was actually an easy one to asnwer when it comes to "Is this an attack?" (Yes, it is.) Just wait until you get into stuff where a creature makes multiple "attacks" with an "attack" power and targets the fighter...

Yeah, the image of some pansy little elf running around with two huge Bastard Swords in each hand is pretty lame, but perfectly fine by the rules. I suppose it beats the Drow Ranger dual wielding Scimitars... and now he gets a panther animal companion, too. Later! Gruns

And now time for the obligatory "Take note that Charging ends your turn. (Unless you use an action point afterward.)" comment. Later! Gruns

Unchanged Don't change anything regarding the daily use rules. Still just once per item per day. So basically, yeah, there's just a bit more flexibility. But really, there aren't too many item Daily powers worth writing home about... Later! Gruns

Well... Actually, they're more in the incorrect order now, since STR and CON are tied to Fortitude defense, and INT and DEX are tied to Reflex... Later! Gruns

As I said from the beginning, this is not something I would EVER just let the players be able to create or buy. This has to be solely in the DM's hands. I feel experienced enough to know when something feels right, and more importantly when it feels wrong. There's never going to be a +1 Rod of...

More info. This question is too open ended to really answer. The most important thing is: What does the player want to do? What's his "character concept" so to speak? There's nothing out there that just screams "Pick me!" if you're a Warlord. But there are lots of items and combo items that...