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The at-wills don't necessarily have to do more damage to be worth taking. Cleave is good at minion killing, tide of iron pushes, twin strike always beats anything else in damage while the other ranger powers provided manueverability, rogues probably want to use their dex to attack, paladins get...

@ Rechan That's a good point, monks being the stand your ground full round attack action type characters seems kind of off.

I have no idea where you're coming from besides pure stubborness. Damage roll is clearly completely separate from rolling damage. Stop trying to ignore parts of the rules you don't like.

Hm, the Oni Night Haunter's sleep power got a save ends errata, but the Night Hag who has a similar power in Wave of Sleep has yet to get one. And good call on already sleeping targets Danceofmasks.

I don't think so, sleep keyword just lets some monsters be immune to sleep. The Oni Night Haunter's sleep attack also has no save, so it is presumed that you must get woken up by being hit or by an ally. For comparison, the Beholder's sleep ray also has a save ends and can be assumed to be...

There is a small chance this is intended as to not make the illusions trigger psychic lock. Pretty small chance, though Wizards might actually be practicing foresight so that powercreep stays in check. One can hope at any rate.

Wasn't there a section where PCs could name their powers whatever they wanted to give it their personal flair? There's something to abuse if I ever saw one.

Improvised weapon rules. Presumably something that is 6 lbs an not meant to be a weapon is too cumbersome to use as an improvised weapon in one hand. 1-5 lb = one handed improvised 6-12 lb = two handed improvised According to the tables on 219.

A wizard did it. No seriously, it's magic. Come on.

Did you just define a phrase with the same phrase? Best Dictionary Ever :D

Haha, poor scythe clerics. If anybody deserves a houserule, it's those poor guys. :)

A variable reference does not mean dice is rolled. The max on a 1d8 is 8, you clearly don't need to roll the dice. The fact that there is a dice 1d8 is enough of a reference. When something clearly says "Do not roll" it means roll the dice right?

Being that this really only affects glaives, I don't think this whole thing is worth the uproar. Houserule it if necessary, but the RAW is clear.

You seem to think just because critical hits imply a maxed damage roll result, means that physical dice were rolled. That is not the case. As you have pointed out, a damage roll is weapon die + bonuses. When you get a crit, you maximize the damage roll. What does that mean? You get the maximum...

What? In your example it's clearly 2[w] + 7 where the 7 is 3 stat + 2 feat + 2 weapon For 2[1d8] + 7 fpr 2[8] + 7 = 23 damage. Proving something not broken or not does not affect how it works in the rules at all. And stop making snide insinuations like you just did, please refrain from...

If you want to say things like these, bring the quotes or page numbers. Otherwise, I have no way to verify what you are saying. I don't think there is another property in the PHB that even cares about maxed rolls other than vorpal, let alone it being in every case.

No, because fixed damage equal to calculated max does not imply maximized fixed. Seriously, get some quotes on the book out, this is a farce. If you want to play vorpals the other way, fine, but the rules are quite clear on how they are meant to be played. @gaunts of destruction I don't want...

You're going to make me do statistics aren't you? AREN'T YOU? Let's use a Alright, for the sake of argument you make a 5[w] attack for an average of 5[2d4] = 10d4 Rolling damage you get [10*2.5] = 22.5, then you get a an expected 2 and a half exploding die which adds 6.25 damage. 28.75 <<<<<...

That's not true at all, since you can still potientially max the 6 extra critical hit dice you get, not to mention the extra damage die from high crit weapons.

Honestly, that makes no sense. What's the highest you can roll on a d8? An 8 What's the highest you can roll on a d20? A 20 Are you going to say I rolled those dice because I determined the highest number I can roll on them? Please, that doesn't even begin to make sense. Repeating myself is...