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I don't see why the fact that it offers flanking means it would occupy a square. Unless the power specifically says it occupies a square, as a conjuration, it does not.

If a mage has this utility in his or her spellbook, I don't think the mage will need to select it in place of the combat oriented utilities. If I remember correctly, mages get a class feature at some point (I forget the level) that allows them to instantaneously change a utility spell to...

Clearly the Essential Thief's stances demonstrate that they are meant to get combat advantage most of the time.

Thanks. I believe you are all correct. Following your line of thought, I further reviewed the Opportunity Attack power and it actually specifies an "enemy" as the target, which is under the Target definitions in the Rules Compendium, is clearly a subcategory of "creature". Chapter 2 of the...

(Edit: I meant "provoke" Opportunity Attacks) In particular I was wondering if a shaman's companion spirit provokes opportunity attacks when the shaman has it move past enemies in a way that would cause normal characters or creatures to provoke opportunity attacks. I assume this would be the...

Do the monster in this adventure follow the new design guidelines of Monster Manual 3 and Essentials?

Thanks for all the insightful responses. It seems they two abilities are fairly balanced though they each have advantages, and it can be argued one might be slightly better overall but that is somewhat subjective because of the incredible number of factors for when one is better versus the...

I do think if you have ongoing damage and conditions affecting you, you have to pick whether to stop the ongoing damage or the condition(s). But if you pick the latter, and you have several of those conditions affecting you, I'm not sure if you can end all the conditions or just one.

The mul race in Dark Sun gets the racial encounter power Incredible Toughness. It is a "no action" encounter power with a trigger of "You start your turn." The effect is that you end any ongoing damage or any dazed, slowed, stunned, or weakened condition currently affecting you. There are two...

Which racial encounter power is more effective, in terms of increasing the chances of hitting with a daily power - Heroic Effort, which is the new Essentials Human encounter power, or Elven Accuracy? Heroic Effort lets you add +4 to an attack (or a save), and lets you decide to add the bonus...

Thanks, Thalmin. That answers my question. So it seems Essentials humans are the same as PHB humans except for having Heroic Effort in place of the bonus at-will.

I don't have a copy of the book yet, though I have ordered it. I was wondering if anyone with the book can explain if humans have all of the same racial benefits in Essentials as they do in the PHB EXCEPT for having Heroic Effort instead of an extra class at-will. Do they have the same racial...

Those sound like pretty good suggestions.

I really like that they are mostly eliminating feat prerequisites. Yes, I can reflavor one of the old racial feats, but then I have to wonder if the prerequisite was put in for some game balance reason I'm overlooking. I'd rather they ONLY put prerequisites on feats if it is required for game...

Thanks for sharing your experience with the Essentials. It sounds like you had a lot of fun.

I was just thinking the same thing. In combat, the new monster format seems so much easier to use to have your combat options at your fingertips. It would be great to be able to print out a "monster" output version of the character from the character building showing always on effects like...

Thanks!

I don't have the Player's Handbook 2 with me, so I was just checking with my DDI subscription. I can't find a reference to an AC for the shaman's spirit. The description of Call Spirit Companion says that "The spirit can be targeted by melee or ranged attacks, although it lacks hit points. If...

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I agree with the original poster. Overall so far I like 4e, for the most part. But I've been very disappointed with WOTC adventures and greatly miss the creativity in plot and story and the attention to detail of the Paizo Dungeon and Pathfinder adventures. What I liked best about 3e was not...