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Our group broke into a mages' tower. We had a magical key that, like a dowsing rod, pulled in the direction of a room we needed to find. The character who had the key hadn't taken it out yet when the key began to pull, so the DM announced: "You feel a tug in your pocket."

Wow. Way to not answer the OP's question at all, guys! The healingest healer is the pacifist cleric. Take a cleric, go 18-16 wisdom-charisma, then take the pacifist healer feat. Use Astral Seal as one of your at-wills and whatever you want with the other(s). For powers, pick ones that heal...

Enemies aren't obligated to take OA's. If you're fighting anything with a brain (i.e., "Not Undead"), the rest of the enemies should stop taking OA's as soon as they see the first one die. And if you are fighting undead...well, it's a darn good ability, then, but plenty of classes get bonuses...

Draco, normally you're spot on with your rules interpretations, but you're simply incorrect here. Feats don't "increase the number of hit points you get when spending a surge." This is unusually sloppy and inaccurate language, coming from you. Feats and items add a bonus to your surge value...

I can see your concern, but that feat doesn't actually pose a quandary. The feat specifically states that in order to grant a saving throw, you need to forgo the extra healing dice. You only get the extra healing dice if the target spends a surge. And in order to forgo something, you need to...

Two things. First, I agree with your player. Remember that squares in 4e represent 5x5 foot blocks, which isn't a negligible amount of space. "Slide 0" isn't the same as "no slide;" the enemy is still slid, just not more than 5 feet. In fact, from one corner of a square to the other is over...

Swordmage AC is definitely not low. With a maxed intelligence score, they start with 20: 10 + 2 (leather) + 5 (int) + 3 (warding). This is equivalent to a paladin with plate and heavy shield, and barring weird cheese, is the highest possible starting AC in the game. Even dropping to an 18...

Wow. Seems absolutely crystal clear to me that #2 is the rule. If they wanted it to be #1, they would have said, "...in place of one d20 roll you would make..." The phrase "one d20 roll you make" means, completely unambiguously, that you have made the roll. The use of the word "would" to...

Ah, but you're assuming that anyone who dual-wields weapons could wield a versatile weapon instead. Not true! TWF is an option to boost damage for rangers, rogues, tempest fighters, and any class that uses weapons as implements (sorcerer, wizard, etc). That's actually quite a broad spectrum...

Ah, that's true. However, it's incorrect to say that ALL characters with the staff implement have easy access to teleportation. Invokers, for one, benefit greatly from an at-will teleport 2.

The combo that I'm much more concerned about is Staff of the Traveler + Eladrin Chain. While it's true that monks effectively get an at-will teleport 2 with the staff, they already have at-will shift 2, so the advantage is somewhat tangential -- sure, you get around difficult terrain etc, but...

Quick correction: that shaman power DOES allow an opportunity attack, since it triggers when an enemy "leaves an adjacent square without shifting." It's a bit of an odd power -- it triggers on forced movement, but not on ranged attacks, which means you can't get free OA's by parking your spirit...

No, it's not power creep, for the reason mentioned above -- you can only get one skill power through the feat. But even that issue aside, I think that Stirring Speech is the farthest thing from overpowered. You really underestimate the "when they're not bloodied" requirement. If a fight is...

A protector shaman in our game took the Scarred Healer paragon path and we're a little bit confused about how the healing feature works. To begin with, the protector shaman spirit boon gives +Con to hitpoints restored to an ally adjacent to your spirit companion "when you use a healing power on...

Um, you do realize that Rivendell, Blackmoor, and Greyhawk are all portmanteaux? :) As Elphilm's hilarious slip illustrates, the problem isn't the naming convention -- it's the names. When a portmanteau is good, you don't even notice that it's a portmanteau; you just think, "Whoa, sweet...

Actually, the wording for consecrated ground is different in an interesting way. "You and any allies who are bloodied" could be: (you) AND (any allies who are bloodied) or: (you and any allies) who are bloodied. The second interpretation would require that you be bloodied to receive the...

Sure, here's a really straightforward one: Dragon's Tenacity (Warlord Utility 6, minor, close burst 5, encounter) Target: You and each bloodied ally in burst Effect: Each target gains a +2 power bonus to attack rolls until the end of your next turn. A more common example is the the Warpriest...

When a power grants something to "you and each bloodied ally" within a certain range, do you gain the benefit if you aren't bloodied? Grammatically, the statement reads as (you) AND (each bloodied ally) Since you are never your own ally, the modifier "bloodied" doesn't apply to "you."...

Ack, how did I miss this! Okay, never mind -- answered my own question.

Can a character that isn't a cleric (or a paladin, etc) wear and gain the benefits of a holy symbol? Of course, since most holy symbol powers trigger on making an attack, most holy symbols would be useless to a character who can't use them as an implement. However, there are a few notable...