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Reply from CS Here's the email I sent Customer Service and their reply. Customer 06/08/2008 07:40 PM Certain powers with the Conjuration keyword (i.e. Flaming Sphere, PH Pg. 160 and Bibgy's Icy Grasp Pg. 161) allow a wizard to make additional attacks in subsequent rounds after using the...

I'd believe this. Still not sure if it provokes an attack of opportunity, though.

Is there something in the books that confirms this? I've looked over all the relevant text a number of times, and while I definitely agree, I can't confirm it anywhere. I'm glad most folks agree that it's considered ranged. I think you have to think of it as an attack that requires a modicum...

Another player and I came to contention over a wizard's subsequent uses of the Flaming Sphere power. The initial attack from a flaming sphere is a ranged attack. The "sustain" portion of the ability text states that "as a standard action, you can make another attack with the sphere." Is that...

Pg. 278 "Rather than roll damage, determine the maximum damage you can roll with your attack. This is your critical damage." In a 3e mentality, I want to say sneak attacks aren't maximized, but the text implies that it's the maximum for the "Attack" not the weapon. FWIW, the next paragraph...

QFT. On the money. I voted "unconcerned," because I don't plan to use the economic system. I've been trying to wrap my head around what magic does to an economy for a couple decades, and don't really think I'm any closer to a good answer. But I, too, am curious if there are rules about parcels...

What else was there to the concept? Seems to me that the socerer was a 90% mechanical distinction from the wizard in 3.x. Do you mean in supplemental materials, when they put the "maybe you have some other kind of bloodline" spin on things? I always thought the sorceror was bland, bland...

Hopefully that'll be included in the article on the 19th. From the preview article updating the DDI schedule:

I believe that you're incorrect. I'm pretty sure that the intent is that half-damage attacks and residual damage from a missed daily power do not kill minions. The intent seems to be that you should have to be able to hit minions to kill them. In this way, their level actually accounts for...

The rocks don't have to be sentient, but the air does? Yikes.

I don't know the source, but I keep hearing that the 1/2 orc didn't make it into the new PH because of the "implied ugly backstory." I'm pretty sure this is exactly what Rich Burlew is making fun of right now.

Bless you, Burlew. Bless you for this. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0555.html :D

This is a great combo of abilities. A bunch of 8 or 10 of these minions could make for a really fun encounter all by themselves, swarming around the defenders and knocking them down once they start flanking.

Man, I want Psionics to be everywhere in my DS game. And I want them to be distinct. The Defiling / Preserving mechanic (and also the expanded mental combat) back in 2e went a long way to creating flavorful differences between psionicists and magical casters. 4e approaches this (we hope) in an...

I think the theme has a great deal of flexibility. I was just reading some Conan stories, and there are a few where he fights some pseudo-human apes, so there's definitely room for this to scale in level. What kinds of powers did you work up for them?

Hey y'all. Love the thread. It's great to see people already taking this stuff on. There's no better way to learn new rules. That said, I'm thinking about my first adventure and I decided on a little bit of a dungeon crawl that I'm calling "The Rise of the Monkey King." It features apes...

I completely agree. I would *much* prefer a system where the classes abilities are balanced against each other, and skills don't enter into the balance equation. I remember going through these arguments before 3e came out, when the big deal was adverts featuring a dwarven wizard and cleric...

This is about what I expect to see. Unless poison still does ability damage, which I think has been verified as untrue. Untyped ongoing damage only might not be too powerful, but might not apply to much at all...

Have we seen any poisons? Aren't they supposed to do ongoing damage, too? I'd say if the category is broader, just reduce the bonus to +2

From TwinBahamut You're spot on about monster abilities. Unless there's some coding we're unaware of in the monster manual, there's nothing to separate them out. On the other hand, the specific types for various abilities ("Exploits," "Spells" and "Prayers," etc.) would serve as a perfectly...