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    Core Handbook Errors Discussion

    Don't know if this has been mentioned yet: If you ever lose a prerequisite for a feat (for example, if you use the retraining system to replace training in a prerequisite skill with training in a different skill), you can’t use that feat thereafter. (PHB 193) However, You can’t replace a...
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    It's may be impossible right now. It is clearly not an absurd concept though. Odds are, WotC will eventually publish something that makes it possible. Besides, whether or not it's possible is hardly the point. Rules-lawyering aside, it's a silly rule if interpreted that way. (Incidentally, the...
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    In 3.5 they did it like this (example): So yes, a similar clarification would have been useful.
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    How does making class-gained proficiencies (that count as feats) different from the feats with the same names improve the game? Seems like an unnecessary and unintuitive complication to me. It also removes what would otherwise be a balancing cost of using heavy armor. In-game it makes even...
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    That might work as RAW, but it's a big stretch to call it RAI. Who on earth would sit down and design the rules that way on purpose? ("I'll simply assume that the reader will divine my intent through pedantic rules-lawyering.") And it doesn't make any sense conceptually. The Con 12 fighter...
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    Nice. And where do I or anyone else say that "rules can only be used exactly as written"? Can you comprehend the difference between saying "this is what the rules say" and saying "this is the rule that MUST BE OBEYED BY ALL!!!1!!one!"?
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    I've never seen such a thread. Can you post link to one?
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    Except it's a class feature that counts as a feat (PHB 52).
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    The new FAQ and armor proficiency

    FAQ: http://wizards.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wizards.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1396 Problem: The answer is missing the point. From the feats chapter: Yes, the Con 12 fighter is proficient with scale armor. But can he use it? As far as I can tell the PHB says "no". Am I missing something?
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    Paladin and Lay on Hands.

    Cha is really useful for some powers. Str is needed to wear plate and it also improves your pure damage powers. You want both. Then you need Con for plate armor and healing surges, and Wis for damage and lay on hands. (My first test character for 4.0 was a dwarven paladin with a focus on...
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    Paladin and Lay on Hands.

    I'll copy my post from the Core Handbook Errors thread. It should help explain why it's a valid question. *** I'm confused by the paladin's lay on hands ability. It may need errata. Target: One creature Effect: You spend a healing surge but regain no hit points. Instead, the target regains...
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    Core Handbook Errors Discussion

    Yes, that's the rule I just quoted, complete with page reference. And then I explained why the intent is unclear, and why certain other rules may need errata or clarification if paladins can use lay on hands on themselves.
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    Core Handbook Errors Discussion

    I'm confused by the paladin's lay on hands ability. It may need errata. Target: One creature Effect: You spend a healing surge but regain no hit points. Instead, the target regains hit points as if it had spent a healing surge. You must have at least one healing surge remaining to use this...
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    D&D 4E Interesting Article on OGL and 4E

    (Still NAL.) Let me rephrase. You may have made a so-called unauthorized derivative work if you've infringed on someone else's copyright. You can't infringe on copyright because you've made an unauthorized derivative work. First infringement must be proven, then any special "derivative work"...
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    D&D 4E Interesting Article on OGL and 4E

    A couple of points (IANAL): 1. Every time RPG copyrights come up people start talking about "derivative works". They're missing the point. A derivative work will contain copyrighted material from another work, but you can't infringe on copyright because you've made an "unauthorized" (if there...
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    New FAQ up!

    Is it really a new FAQ? It's dated 12212007.
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    D&D 4E WotC and 4E Communication Feedback

    How can they have years of player input on a system that isn't even 100% finished yet? When they published the 3.0 and 3.5 editions they also claimed to have gathered player input for years. Have you seen the errata threads? The endless message board discussions over how common game elements...
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    D&D 4E WotC and 4E Communication Feedback

    Some thoughts from Mr. Cranky-Pants, 3.X veteran Here's what's wrong with your 4.0 communication: It's all one way. Threads like this are a good start, but I mean the communication about the actual game mechanics. Right now the approach is the same as with the 3.5 edition. Proud game...
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    Archivist Questions

    It's called the "Player's Handbook", aka "Core Rulebook I". This is emphasized further in Player's Guide to Faerun:
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    Graft a familiar

    Character build? Books available?
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