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Ah very good to know! If the races in our campaign world still qualify for "large" size, an average of one extra point of damage per die is not bad at all. Thanks again!

Hmm, I guess in that case my question should really be "How much more powerful are Large weapons over Medium weapons?" Take the large sized equivalent of a Longsword, for instance. My main worry is when looking at abilities that say things like 7W for damage, how drastic of an impact will the...

I apologize if this is already addressed in another thread, I've looked around for a while but have not found anything on it. Does anyone who has had a chance to look in the books know how 4E handles large sized characters? Are they somewhat balanced now? Still power-houses? Do the books give...

I would say, in the absence of a clarification from the RAW, that the two effects would occur at the same time, thus cancelling each other out. (So if you had 5 points of regeneration and 7 points of ongoing damage, the net effect would be that you take 2 points of damage at the beginning of...

You know, I really cant decide. Several of them seem to be really useful in different situations.

I guess it really depends on your view of "HOW MAGIC WORKS" in your campaign setting. In mine, Arcane Power is everywhere, and easily accessible to those who know how to use it. So it makes sense that those who put forth the effort would be able to access it, at least in some rudimentary...

Also keep in mind that as long as a Wizard hasnt used their utility and daily spells yet, they can change what they have chosen by taking a simple 5 minute rest. So even with the worst case scenario, you dont have to wait 6 hours before you can move on.

At least we are safe in the knowledge that, while editions may come and go... Fanservice will never die! :)

That makes sense. Follow-up question, is there simply one "Passive Perception" skill, or is there a Passive Spot and Passive Listen? Additionally, does the DMG give any guidance as to around when these checks should take place?

Forgive me if this has already been asked (I've been through this thread and several others on the board and havent noticed it) but can anyone explain exactly how the passive perception skills work? For example say that I've got a group of PCs and a group of orcs blundering through the forest...

Perhaps my memory is failing me in my old age (almost 30! :P) but I dont seem to remember humans even having an entry in the Monster Manual of 3.5, or if they did it was fairly sparse. They could put literally hundreds of human archetypes in and still not cover the needs of every DM... so like...

This will, in fact, be a house-ruled addition to half-elves in my campaign. They will simply be required to pay the initial class training feat, and will from then on be able to trade an encounter, daily, and utility power at the appropriate levels without having to spend extra feats to do so...

Im honestly a bit surprised that that there is not a massive outcry that this is some kind of conspiracy by WOTC and Buy.com to finally kill off the FLGS. Pleasantly surprised, that is. Then again, maybe im just on the wrong forums for that. ;)

Excellent, thank you very much Mort. :)

In what way? I apologize if this question has been answered previously, but I must have missed the excerpt were they covered Identify.

I very much liked this ritual aritcle. It exceeded my expectations on what rituals would be like... they are well designed, engaging, and really open-ended in what you could dream up! The one thing that I did miss on the ritual list was Identify. I was sure that Identify would be one of your...

One thing to keep in mind is that KOTS is simply a preview adventure... Im sure that they had extremely limited space to throw rules in, so it makes sense to me that those rules would not seem very intuitive. After all, they are attempting to pack 300 pages worth of rules (600 if you count the...

If thats truly the case, then what is the problem? Theres no reason to get up in arms about the existence of a codified rule of how to dole out roleplaying experience.... I'm sure that the designers know that groups will do as they see fit in that matter, and thus there is no point in them...

I think a scientific term is a "Yarrrr!" moment. And... well, if not, then it should be! ;) These accusations that limiting a particular skill in a particular skill challenge equates to railroading are based on a false premise.... that the only way you can achieve your primary goal (to...

While I do share the concerns of some other posters that only rangers will be able to use two-weapon fighting effectively, I have a feeling that those concerns will be alleviated when we see the full rules (including feats, the combat chapter, and class powers). However it ends up, I believe...