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I'm trying to think of how one would go about tweaking the warlord class to be not STR dependent to hit, but instead DEX based like the Rogue. Problem is the INT or CHA choice means CHA is clearly the better option. Plus other things. Has anyone thought about how to make a more roguish...

Just for the record, here is the WotC official response on the item. Ask Wizards: 11/10/2008

For the vulnerability / insub question, it's actually been addressed by WotC. Plus I wouldn't want to blanketly state that vulnerability is applied after insubstantial reduction because some monsters only get insub for short durations. It's just apparently Wraiths and Spectres (currently) that...

I'm thinking of upping the vulnerable radiant to 10 on wraiths / specters, just so it effectively does an extra 5 damage. I don't necessarily like the fact that vulnerability is affected by insubstantiality. That said for the on / off insub. monsters, I don't want to eliminate the 1/2 dmg. I...

Yeah, the trick with the radiant damage and the Divine characters was they're both melee oriented. The Paladin effectively used his mark, and holy strike. The Cleric, OTOH, wasn't nearly as effective with the laser.

It was a level 5 encounter (5 wraiths, plus one mad wraith) against a party of 5 fairly optimized level 5s (cleric, paladin, fighter, wizard, ranger). It just seemed to drag on forever, probably due to the stacking of weakened + insubstantial. That said I'm suggesting the alchemical wizard...

So I ran the big Wraith fight from SoW: Shadow Rift of Umbraforge, aka the mid-boss fight. In short I like the tactics the status effects played on my players, but an entire fight with 6 insubstantial enemies (all the time) was more than annoying to them. What are people's thoughts on the...

Yes, they provide access to all members of the weapon group. The paragon / elite example characters on WotC site use DWT quite often.

It's Crushing Surge. It's basically an invigorating Basic Melee Attack. I'm playin g a hammer + shield warforged, but not a battle rager. I'm swapping out my non-Tide of Iron At Will for Crushing Surge at level 6 just for an at will to give me some THP.

It's not d20 at all, but I was always a fan of Deadlands "Hell on Earth" for a very interesting and fun Post Apocalyptic role playing setting.

Interesting. Could you elaborate on your two lessons? 1) No true solo fight with lurker / skirmisher: Meaning these combat types are not capable of making an enjoyable truly "solo" fight. 2) No clear shot: such as hit and run tactics from the solo?

Well, that would make it a more manageable encounter, but I'm hoping to use this as my first true "solo" encounter. I have some terrain ideas I want to implement, in addition to trying to skillfully design an encounter map. I want to encourage the players to move throughout the encounter, not...

DMG pg 58 starts listing sample formulas for East / Average / Hard encounters. I want to run a solo encounter for my 6 level 3 pcs (assume just below total optimization, I've got 2 optimizers, 2 semi-optimized, 1 average optimization, and one unknown (new player)). I want to run a dragon...

Either in PC or Monster format? Mostly out of nostalgic curiosity.

Also, I noticed the wording of pressing strike is that you shift 2 squares, not up to. Does that mean you HAVE to shift two squares before the attack? That could be an interesting limitation.

Hi, I'm not sure if you're being serious or not. Apologies. I apologize if it seems self evident to most, but I'm trying to best understand the stealth rules. A point of contention is that it says being hidden makes you invisible, and Total Concealment includes "target is invisible" as a...

Ok, so now assume there was a half wall that runs parallel to my wall. about 5 feet off the wall, and ran long enough to provide me with basic cover along the hallway entrance. This would then allow me to stealthy move along remain hidden?

Hrmm, now if I don't remain hidden, I retain benefits of being hidden until I resolve the action (the move). So I retain being hid, but am unable to make a stealth check. What if I sacrifice my standard for another move action, and make a second stealth check? A) Square I end in provides Cover-...

Ok, this is a debate my friends back east are getting into, and it's got me confused. Help would be appreciated all using RAW plz. Say I've got a 5' wide hallway, that's ... 15' deep. At the end of it is a monster with a passive perception of 11. I am trained in Stealth but not a rogue...

With WotC's ruling my current mindset is that a player can freely change as a free action, as many times as they want, but I'm ruling that the Free Action is not Immediate Interrupt "speed". If I say I'm attacking you and you didn't switch back to 1H (before I even mentioned I'm attacking you)...