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Can Weapon of the Gods (cleric 5, phb p65) be cast on someone else's weapon? I know that the intent is probably no, there's very few if any encounter buffs in 4e. But the wording doesn't seem to explicitly forbid it to me. (Don't tell me to ask my DM -- I'm the DM, and a player asked me. :) )

It seems to me that the power sources aren't a very heavily used idea in class design, and the game could be richer thematically if they were. An idea I've been batting around for a while would be to refocus class design on the power sources. - Each power source has a set of 3 ability scores...

If I hit someone with Temple of Light, and then the next round attack with Overwhelming Strike, does the second attack count as Radiant (for Radiant Servant purposes) because of the radiant damage from the Temple of Light zone?

Is Chaos bolt capped at a maximum of 3 attacks, or could it be potentially infinite as long as you keep rolling even numbers and have enemies in range? The "repeat the secondary attack" statement is part of the secondary attack itself, which strictly speaking would suggest an infinitely...

I'm building a sorcerer|rogue in the character builder, but it doesn't seem to be putting the dex damage bonus on any of my sorcerer powers. It's also not including the conditional +1 to hit from Arcane Spellfury. It does include other conditional bonuses, like Nimble Blade and Action Surge...

We use Obsidian for skill challenges in my game. It turns out that the way I write skill challenges is a lot more open-ended than most people do. As a result, the PCs are pretty much always using trained skills, and they're doing a lot better than I think they're expected to in a stock obsidian...

I'm trying to make a minion version of a monster with insubstantial/vulnerable. How could that be modelled with the minion mechanic? Edit: The specific monsters I'm looking at are the two level 1 Fell Taints, if that makes a difference.

Can you use a movement power when you're prone? For example, could a prone ranger use Weave Through The Fray?

What level would you place an item that eliminated the Weakened condition? What if it only applied to damage of a particular type? (e.g: When you use a Fire attack power, you can ignore the Weakened condition.) Is there anything similar currently in the game that I can compare this kind of...

The party in my game just became members of a powerful military order, and I'm working on some benefits they derive from that membership. One of the benefits I'm considering is an item would be similar to the 3e spell Word Of Recall. Basically, a consumable item that teleports the user (and...

There's a new druid joining my game at 6th level. He's packing some gear that seems to do a lot of bonus damage on a charge: - Badge of the berserker (movement while charging doesn't provoke) - Earthfall totem (+1d6 on a push/slide/prone, and he has an at will BMA that pushes) - Horned Helm...

Witherlings (in the MM2) are supposed to be undead, but they don't seem to have any vulnerability to Radiant. Is that an error? Or is there some kind of intentional design change behind that? The laser cleric in my game will certainly feel ripped off if none of his radiant powers are...

Can someone explain to me how the Rampaging Charge power of a Witherling Horned Terror works? I'll quote it in full, hope that's ok with the mods: The thing that confuses me, is why does it have two Effect: sections? Effect: sections always occur, regardless of hit or miss, so a power should...

What are the rules for lying in ambush? I've been using straight perception vs. stealth rolls, but it ends up pretty unsatisfying -- because it would always be the worst stealth roll vs the best perception roll, it means that the ambusher pretty much never gets the drop against the prey. Is...

I've got a scenario coming up in a month or so in my game which will have the PC party visiting a dwarven fort while it is besieged by gnolls. I've read through a bunch of different mass combat systems, but they all seem overly heavyweight to me. I've come up with what I think will be a fun...

One of the PCs in my game had as their character background that they were an elven ranger bounty hunter hired by the court of an elven lord to track down a poacher hunting stag in the sacred woods. 5 levels later, the party has identified the poacher as the black sheep brother of a nearby human...

Is there anything available in 4e that works like Leadership did in 3e, allowing a player to take on an NPC henchman?

I'm creating a Fey monster with regeneration for my game. What's an appropriate vulnerability to give a fey to turn off the regeneration?

In the last session of my game, my PCs defeated a young black dragon, taking its hoard. The dragon itself escaped, though. The party was on a long-distance travelling adventure when they came across the lair -- it's unlikely that they'll be back in the area any time soon. I'd like to come up...

Forked from: Converting ritual scrolls to books? The PCs in my game currently have a bunch of scrolls above their level that they found in treasure. If they don't use the scrolls by the time they get to that level, they're probably going to want to turn those scrolls into books. Since this...