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If magic missile was an attack, then hit by an attack would be a perfectly fine trigger for the reaction to use the Shield spell. That is what I meant by it being consistent with the " no attack roll = not an attack " rule. There would be no reason to mention magic missile if it counted as an...

For what it's worth, the Shield spell also makes a distinction between hit by an attack and being targeted by Magic Missile. This seems consistent with the " no attack roll = not an attack " in game terms.

A rope has no damage dice. You never roll any damage with it. That is what people mean by it does no damage. In the D&D sense of how much damage did you do with your rope attack. Zero.

I don't think that suffocation is a weapon though. No damage is rolled. I agree the rope is an improvised weapon, but you aren't using it to do any damage and any damage to the were-creature's throat would be ignored.

Good to see some others coming on over. I used to post on both boards but lost track after awhile. Sad to see the WotC boards shut down but oh well.

To be fair, taking free actions during a charge ( for instance using the flaming sword power ) is different then taking actions after a charge, which is what is actually forbidden. Triggers seem to interrupt actions even though they aren't interrupts since they wouldn't work on your own turn (...

I'm really surprised the Warlord is so far ahead. Healing is what the leader is all about and Clerics dominate, especially with the addition of Divine power. It your foes are played intelligently, they will easily focus fire down group members and the poor healing of the Warlord will not pull...

Earlier in this thread I saw someone mention heroic tier sorcerers with a min damage of low twenties on at wills. Is this easily obtainable or does it require overpowered/ hidden away feats? I was figuring 10 from stats ( either 22/18 or 20/20 ), 3 from implement, 1 from weapon focus ( though I...

One minor correction. Previous posters have said that monsters cannot use the Second Wind ability. This is only true for most monsters. Each stat block on a monster will tell a monster's powers, and some of them do have Second Wind as an ability. See Bulette as an example of a monster with...

"Your Intimidate checks are made against a target’s Will defense or a DC set by the DM." Old Gumphrey, that's the plain and simple rule behind it. You may not like it, but it's the rules, just like your character's intimidate is completely legitimate. So if your DM decides that a mindless ooze...

I personally think the whole hybrid system is stupid for a game based on characters have a niche/role to fill. In general, assuming you pick the right powers and not bad ones, I think it's also overpowered. It doesn't make sense for a cleric to lose 1 healing word, but suddenly have access to...

I'm surprised that a lot of people just say " Have monsters CdG all the time! " The rules specifically say not to do this, it should be a rarity, not a common tactic. Catching fallen enemies in AOEs is a perfectly acceptable thing though since it makes no sense for them to not hit the down...

I wouldn't bother using monsters that require a normal sized party to function correctly. To fix problems that occur with oddly sized parties, I would just have them run another character each.

The Sleep keyword says nothing about the type of unconsciousness the target is put into. That is listed under the power. So it is a case by case basis dependent on the power. An unconscious creature does not normally get up with a DC 5 perception check. They get up when the effect making then...

Forced movement works on unconscious creatures. If it makes you feel better, we work the flavor of your power to " make more sense " as much as making sense works in a game with elves, dragons and fireballs. For instance, Command could be a limited form of telekinesis. This is perfectly legal...

Personally I don't see why the DM would need to cheat to screw the Archlich player. If Vecna wanted to keep his field up ( and the Archlich gets the undead trait ) it should heal him. Thems the breaks. If it was a field of radiant enegry that did 20 damage a round to Undead ( and again, the...

Are there updated rules to conjurations that says they no longer can be objects or creatures? The entire way the power is worded screams that a creature was conjured. If so this would solve many of the issues people are having. If not, then that's cool, I was just wondering.

I'm glad I wasn't imagining things and that the intent was for THP to function with minions. I was fairly sure I wasn't making it up to defend minions everywhere.

If a minion has temporary hit points, it also will not die from my understanding. But I could see people debating it.

The battlerager is broken because all he gives up for tons and tons of THP is +1 to hit. A +1 to hit is big, but not as big as the insane amount of THP you end up with from battlerager. Also, the enemy has no way to tell without the DM metagaming that ranged attacks work much better against the...