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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brehobit" data-source="post: 4260946" data-attributes="member: 12032">Hi all,I know I've got a huge number of 4e questions.  Some of them I'm sure are answered in the rules, others might not be.  So I thought I'd start a thread in an attempt to get an FAQ going.If anyone has any they'd like to add to the list, just post to this thread.  Here are some I've had and/or seen here:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How many healing surges do NPCs get?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">One surge per tier (so 1 from level 1-10, etc.).  -- Source: Page 7 MM</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Can a caster ride on their own Tenser's Floating Disk?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nothing in the description seems to prevent it.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What are the pros and cons of "sword and board" vs. two-handed weapons? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">How does masterwork armor function?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you have armor of at least +4, it can be of a "masterwork" type at no additional cost.  So instead of making +4 leather, one could make +4 Feyleather for the same price.  The +4 leather would have a total armor bonus of +6, while the +4 Feyleather would have a bonus of +7.  Both would cost the same. -- Source: Page 212 PHB</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What happens when you roll a 20 on your Death Saving Throw and you got no Healing Surges left?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The wording about "but have no healing surges left expressed as a negative number" is an error.  The intent is that such a result is treated  the same as if you rolled a 10-19. -- Source: Page 295 PHB, <a href="http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1037617&highlight=expressed+as+a+negative+number" target="_blank">http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1037617&highlight=expressed+as+a+negative+number</a></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you have a +2 longsword and use a power that does 3[W] on a hit, does the +2 to damage get tripled?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No.  --Source: example on page 276 of the PHB.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What happens when a power or other effect adds temporary hit points to a minion?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This is a matter of debate.  The 4e Monster Manual indicates that adding hit points to a minion would have no effect.  "A minion is destroyed when it takes any amount of damage."  However, the PHB states that "Temporary hit points aren't real hit points. They're a layer of insulation that attacks have to get through before they start doing damage to you."  WoTC staffer Chris Sims has indicated that the minion does gain advantage from the temporary hit points.  -- Source: Page 282 MM (minion entry), Page 293 PHB, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=4233372&postcount=6" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=4233372&postcount=6</a> </li> </ul></li> </ol></blockquote>

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