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Weapon as Implement appears to be calculating incorrectly in the builder if my understanding of the rules are correct. I'm checking here to see if you guys might be able to clarify some things for me. I'm building a Bladesinger who gains the following Blade Magic Option: Rapier- You gain...

During our session yesterday, we ended manually calculating the AC or our Chainmail wearing Half-Elf Mantle of Impulsiveness Ardent only to find that we kept getting a lower result from what the character builder states. The same was true with my Chainmail wearing Dwarven Battlerager Fighter...

Our group likes to provide the Expertise feats for free in all our campaign games. On occasion, other feats are potentially allowed for free as part of Quest Rewards as well (toughness for example). I've not seen how this can be done in the new online character builder. Am I missing this...

As someone who has collected 4E books up to the point where essentials was released...i have a few questions that will help determine if I should buy into these books or simply wait for xxxx Power2 books to continue rolling out. 1) Are the builds provided in the essentials books complete...

As my campaign nears an end, I will finally have an opportunity to play a PC. I have interest in running a Protector Shaman as the party leader, but have come to realize that it is the most confusing thing ever. Various questions below will greatly improve my understanding on how this...

I'm not certain as to how the Fighter's Mark works with certain feats. Two feats in particular have come up as interesting for my particular build. Marked Scourge: : <MP2>: Add Wis Mod to damage rolls you make against enemies marked by you. <1/round> Goliath Crusher: <MP2>: Whenever you use...

I would make this into a poll if I had any idea on how that's done. What PHB3 classes stand out to you? Which don't seem that great? This is of course based on initial impressions as its way too early to have put any real playtime in. Personally, I'm excited to try the following...

Situation 1: My one PC is a Primal Swarm druid receiving 6 damage reduction from ranged and melee attacks. He gains resist 5 to all damage from the clerics: Divine Armor. The druid is then struck for 20 untyped damage from a melee claw attack. How much damage does he take? Situation 2...

My campaign revolves around The Chained God, Tharizdun. As the final boss, I intend to run the level 30 characters against him in a solo encounter. I don't know about Tharizdun beyond things like wikipedia. Normally when I do things like this without a concept, I simply just take a variety of...

This one came up last session and I could use some clarification. One of my players uses a Sorcerer who has an immediate interrupt Swift Escape pg142 PHB2. It was triggered by the burst, he teleported 3 squares away and ended in a square within the burst 5 attack. He then stated that his...

The Spirit Boon granted by Protector Spirit and the Paragon Path Scar's gift from Primal Power pg83 are nearly identical. My question is simply this, do these abilities work together? I assume each power triggers separately as they have different names and indicate 'regaining additional hit...

I, like many others houserule my characters with the expertise feats in an effort to add more variety to the actual selected feats and to help the game flow in terms of 'the math' for lack of a better term. My friend's dragonborn paladin is level 18 and his typical attack rolls on weapons are...

Some powers have the special property: When charging, you can use this power in place of a melee basic attack. (example: Ardent Strike, pg83 Divine Power) Others have: Special: This power can be used as a melee basic attack (example: Virtuous strike, pg83 Divine Power). My players recently...

I'm curious on people's takes on this. Is it justified to attack your allies as part of an attack in order to maximize effectiveness of powers? If so, would the ally ever consider this attack an act of aggression against them? My party almost entirely avoids friendly fire whenever possible...

What if you removed the set ability score bonuses applied to races and simply replaced them with (+2 in any two different ability scores of your choosing). While I don't have issues with the current system, I am of the mind while races are likely to have certain inherent qualities that define...

Couple of questions. First is can you take multiple encounter powers of lower level? For example, at level three, could a player just have two level 1 encounter powers instead of taking a level 3 option. I assume they could as that doesn't seem in any way wrong. Secondly, if the above is...

Situation came up where a warlock missed on a daily attack which deals half damage. As such, he let the damage resolve and the applied full curse damage afterwords. This seems like the PHB allows it...but it also seems abused to apply full curse damage on a miss. Any word on if this is legal...

I've recently started DMing paragon tier with my party and it seems that when a battle lasts long enough to resort to at wills...that the combat really starts to drag. While there are things I can do to help with this (monster fleeing, adjusting HP of monsters in favor of damage...etc) I was...

I've been putting some thought in a system for skill challenges that essentially removes the DC's problem by level and replacing it with something that could be used regardless of level. I also want to keep skills relevant. I'd really appreciate some feedback in how this could be improved or...

I'm prepping for a purchase of D&D books (namely primal power) online and I really don't know if DMG2 is worth the hard earned money. I find I primarily refer to DMG 1 for traps, templates, and the less common rules such as flight, underwater combat and the like. I get the impression the book...