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There is one, though it is confusing because it is a robust table of contents (which largely makes indexes redundant). Chapter 9: Combat - Actions in Combat - Opportunity Attacks, p 290. Of course, for index purists, there is the Index on Page 317, which lists Opportunity Attacks as being...

Yeah...a disease with a special timing, each full moon requires a new endurance check on the track.... Cured / Controlled < Mild Moon Fever (lesser effect) <> Moon Fever <> Severe Moon Fever (night before / after) > Final (curse of lycanthopy, no hope of cure barring a major quest) With...

I honestly do not think that range of options = quality of options nor does it = enjoyability of game. 3e, which I still enjoy playing, created the illusion of options by offering a system with millions of possible permutations. However, within those permutations, the number of viable options...

As I understand it, superior is the new exotic and refers not to the quality or rarity of the weapon but rather the difficulty implicit in learning it. Learning to throw a shuriken in a way that it flies where you want, sticks in with force, and doesn't pose more of a threat to you and your...

The reason they can't be played is because the goal of this first set of books for the new edition was to put all the playable races on even footing, logistically speaking. There are major practical and logistical challenges to balancing the ability to transform into an animal at will. Either...

There are some that would argue that the powers of evil possess abilities that the powers of good do not; to truly fight them, one must become one with them. The end of doing good justify the means of using evil powers to "even the playing field". Others would argue that that the sacrifice made...

its a thematic, flavor based guideline... martial powers shouldn't summon mystical forces down to smite foes, for example... it's mostly fluff / guideline related however. DC

Oh...and lets not forget that a 23rd level 3e wizard is beyond the scope of the standard rules for that game and outside the scope of 4e altogether. The point of 4e was not to wrap epic levels into the norm but to stretch the standard 20 longer. So your 23rd level wizard is level 34 in 4e. DC

gotcha...makes sense

And while we're at it, let's note that the eladrins are at the bottom of the "low-magic friendly" list, given their back story and emphasis. Were I to try a low magic game, I would ditch them first thing. DC

i think the bonus for Dwarven Weapon Training would be inside the bracket. It is part of the basic weapon damage for that user. Putting it outside would be awkward and would imply that a fighter using an axe with a power would only gain the feat's bonus if the power said 2[w]+strength + feats...

the minion *could* wake up and *could* hit and *could* deal damage. the rats, no matter their state, could not. I have 5 rats. The one time I've ever been bitten was annoying but hardly dangerous. i.e. if it could never be a real threat, then it isn't a real threat and stop trying to cheese...

Beg your pardon? Gandalf refused to touch the ring for fear that it would overwhelm him. Plot devices are most importantly devices. The nice thing about them is that they don't have to be turned on if you don't want to. DC

See, this makes perfect sense to me. Either you identify yourself strongly with a particular alignment (to the extent that you are one of the rare mortals who possesses such an orientation), in which case worshiping a god of a different alignment makes no sense, or you do not identify with an...

Artifacts are (and always have been) a DM plot device. The in many cases, past editions have treated them as uberitems with some (lesser or greater) drawbacks. I think that when it comes to something like this, less is certainly more. For a novice / busy DM, the guidelines sound like they are...

Yeah, like in past editions where a riding horse (the cheapest) cost about 2 years wages for a commoner...I know they were an investment but good lord! A farmer's draft horse better never die....of course, this explains why my campaigns had all plows pulled by oxen or dwarves. DC

Does that chart by any chance indicate total number "by class level"? DC

i strongly suspect though that what you experienced was more of an indication of the players' lack of experience with 4e and less an issue with the rules. If the players were depending so heavily upon their dailies / surges within the first encounter they had, then they deserve to go the rest of...

There's no negative hit point "tax" on healing. You still need to count to find out if you definitively die at -(bloodied). Alternately, being "negative" for too long can cause you to die as well. Any healing though, even if you're at -85 HP, starts from 0. DC

Handle? Any game can "handle" it. The question is not a matter of can a player run multiple characters. The question is whether it is fair to the other players to have one player effectively running 2 or 3 characters. Having a companion-based class infringes upon any other classes that are not...