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    Ritual: Identify Magic Item

    As someone pointed out already, it does have an exception clause for any items that you don't want identified for story reasons. However, I'm confused why you want to add a ritual to require identification that you have basically admitted would be annoyance for the vast majority of items, so...
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    Description of "Slowed"

    I'm not sold on the fact that Run is not a speed increase. I think that's a shaky interpretation of what's actually written, and difficult to believe that it was what was intended. I'd say that what is written supports the idea that a Run will not increase your speed, so that a double-move...
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    'Resist All' vs Attacks with multiple damage types?

    Webrunner's recollection of the multiple damage types is correct but I don't think it applies to your particular case. When there are multiple damage sources, such as a spell that says it does "2D6 Fire and Lightning Damage", then the Webrunner is correct in citing that the lowest resist...
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    Granting a shift to a prone ally

    Do you have a source?
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    Perception checks

    My thoughts on this are: You can have DC can be to spot a clue in a high passive range, that might lead them to further searching of a higher DC. This is reasonable. However, don't intentionally put all our DCs out of your entire parties passive range just to prevent an auto-success. You are...
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    Will WotC ever get it right?

    Your sentiment is pretty much the same as mine.
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    Saves vs defenses

    Personally, I like the change. It makes the game system more internally consistent, and the difference between the two is just psychological. However, I do know players that really dislike this change. I suppose for those players, you could easily work in a system to roll saves as well...
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    Monk playtest: Is Unarmed Attack a weapon or an implement?

    This is exactly how I interpret it as well. However, I am confused why it is designed this way.
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    Will WotC ever get it right?

    You keep speaking as if your opinion is objective truth, and that there is no valid viewpoint other than your own, and that viewpoint is that it's a major an obvious error. You keep repeating this despite the fact that obviously there are those here who either think it's possible that there was...
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    Will WotC ever get it right?

    It does seem pretty strongly implied to me, based on the bolded stuff below.. However, that's really neither here nor there. You sound rather sure of the fact that there is absolutely no possible good reason that WotC could possibly choose to balance the powers the way they have, so therefor...
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    Gaping "Ready Action" hole

    Based on an old WotC post on these forums about a year ago, I intepret a move action as not just being 1 single action of going from point A to point B, but rather an Action that is made up of the movements through each individual square. It is my understanding (based on their ruling answer)...
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    Terminator#21:TSCC-Adam Raised a Cain/Season 2/2009

    Ditto on that. It happened so abruptly and casually. It made me doubt that I really saw what I thought that I saw, and then was shocked that such a thing could happen to such a significant person in such a nonchalant way.
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    Is Quarry + Sneak Attack in same attack legal?

    Just like the topic says... Is a multi-class Ranger/Rogue (or Rogue/Ranger) able to perform an attack that deals both Quarry bonus damage and Sneak Attack bonus damage in a single attack (once per encounter)? I don't see a rule that would forbid it, but I want to make sure I'm not overlooking...
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    Retraining basic attacks

    This is clearly not how it is intended to work... The powers you obtain, based on level, are clearly marked as a specific number of at-wills, encounter powers, utility powers, and daily powers (P. 29). Utility powers all are defined as usable at-will, per encounter, or daily, but they are...
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    Help! A player wants to play "Captain America"

    If there's one thing worse than players with an excessive sense of entitlement, it is an arrogant and full-of-himself DM that believes that his creative vision or interpretation of a world or the game is so important that he imposes his will and vision on all of the players, even if it as a...
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    Refluffing Cleave

    I have a group of friends who have practically no exposure to 4E D&D, but have played previous editions. One of my players wanted a character to be a middle-aged former soldier, who is competent on the battlefield, as well as has a knack for combat tactics. However, one thing he specifically...
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    Marking via Dragon's breath

    Marking with the Dragonborn breath is 100% legal, is quite good, appears to be intended, and isn't really particularly overpowered. The challenge specifically only requires that it be a creature you target, it does not require melee. The Dragonbreath targets every creature in the area, so...
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    D&D 4E Multiclassing in 4E

    On the other hand, you couldn't be a level 1 Figher/Wizard in 3E either. You were always a pure class at level 1, then half and half at level 2. 4E starts you full as one class, with a small fraction of a 2nd class added in.
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    Knowledge skills in combat

    I'd say that this could be considered a "Free Action", so that not only does it not take any actions from your turn, but you can do it during another's turn as well.
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    What defines D&D ?

    A DM and a group of players. Fantasy setting. Treasures. Monsters. Magic items. Killing things and taking their stuff. Levels. Choices of Races with varying bonuses and abilities. Hit Points. Conflict, Task, and Combat resolution via rolling dice. Armored Fighters in melee with monsters. Lightly...
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