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This is something that's been bothering me in the discussion about the halfling sniper, and I think it deserves its own discussion. I personally feel like the rules for hiding in 5th edition are fairly clear; if the enemy can't see you, you can use the Hide action. Some special abilities, like...

Does he get 10 HP every time he rolls his d6 hit die?

IMO, by far the best thing 4th edition did was separate the monster rules from the PC rules. Designing interesting encounters was far easier than in any prior edition, and running the monsters themselves was a relative breeze, because everything you needed was right in the stat block...

There are numerous spells which create zones with damaging or hindering effects. Many of them state something to the effect of "If a creature enters the zone OR starts their turn inside of it, they take xdx+x damage." What is the correct interpretation of "entering the zone?" Is it strictly...

As far as I can tell, Soldier of the Faith does not have the same restriction on it that other multiclass feats have. If you challenge one enemy, as long as you maintain that challenge it lasts until then end of the encounter. This seems overpowered compared to the other feats which grant you...

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We lost 4 here. Dwarven Fighter, Dragonborn Paladin, Tiefling Warlord, Human Wizard all dead. Only the Halfling Rogue and my Elven Ranger survived. We got off on a bad foot because the Wizard didn't want to play one and charged out in front. He got dropped in a couple rounds and after being...

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I've heard people say it is. But in my opinion, I'd rather have Elven Accuracy any day of the week. Fey Step is certainly valuable, but I don't think it's nearly as valuable as greatly upping your chances to hit with your daily powers.

If you start your turn in the area of Grasping Shadows, do you suffer from the effect? It seems logical to infer that, but it doesn't state it explicitly like Cloud of Daggers.

From what I can tell, in the builds sections, the PHB often gives bad advice on what ability scores you should raise, particularly as it concerns your secondary abilities. For instance, they recommend that an archery ranger take Str as their second highest score, but to me this is far from...

I won't post spoilers, but I just wanted to say this was an excellent movie. It will be a crime if it's not nominated for Best Picture. Go see it. Now.

I haven't started actually designing any powers or abilities yet, but I'm thinking about making a Barbarian class. Here are some ideas I've been playing with in my mind: Primal Defender I envision two paths; A "bloodthirsty brute" path focused on strength, with a lot of powers having extra...

It seems like a lot of enemies would survive a Coup de Gras attempt. Furthermore, you can actually miss with them now! I have absolutely no problem with the abstraction of 4e combat, but on the other hand, trying to stab a completely immobile enemy and somehow missing, or somehow not seriously...

I haven't crunched any numbers, but just looking at it logically, is there any reason to ever have less than at least an 18 in your primary stat? In most cases it seems the +1 to attack, +1 to damage, and +1 to one save far outweighs the more limited benefits of spreading your stats out. You...

I keep seeing this complaint and I don't get it. Is there something utterly odious to some people about playing a Ranger? Why not just play a Ranger and call yourself a fighter? I can understand the complaints about the lack of an unarmed melee class, the lack of Druids, the lack of Barbarians...

If I'm using Twin Strike, do I wait until I hit with an attack to roll Hunter's Quarry damage? Or do I have to declare it beforehand and potentially "waste" my Hunter's Quarry?

Is there anything like a list anyone has compiled of errors in the KotS pre-gens?

-It says the Ranger gets a +4 bonus on attacks with the longsword. Shouldn't it be +5 because of +2 Str and +3 prof bonus? -Shouldn't the Ranger have a -1 check penalty because of Hide armor? The skills don't seem to factor this in.

Finally, the old sneak-into-the-castle-to-find-the-hidden-plans/treasure/prisoner etc. can actually work without either always ending in combat, because the NPC guards are too strong and you can't silence them in one blow, or always be boring because they're low-level mooks that pose no threat.