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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AntiStateQuixote" data-source="post: 4262486" data-attributes="member: 30770">@npiccini: I think the cleric (or the optional warlord available online) is a must for KotS.  Without a cleric of warlord your PCs are limited to a single healing surge each per combat plus the single lay on hands for another healing surge that the paladin can do once per day.  If the DM is reasonably competent with tactics you can drop the dwarf fighter or the dragonborn paladin in a couple of rounds in some of these fights if there's no healing going on.Even with six PCs using both the warlord and the cleric I've dropped the dragonborn paladin at least three times, the dwarf fighter once or twice and the human mage once in a total of ten combats.  No deaths so far.  The healing available pretty much gets the downed heroes back on their feet within one round every time.  Without that healing . . . well, things would have gone very badly more than once.@chengarino: the fighter's daily power is "reliable".  That keyword is what indicates it is not used on miss.  I believe this is so in the PHB.I've seen no defensive casting thing.  However, remember that blast and close spells do not provoke opportunity attakcs, so Burning Hands is good to use when surrounded by kobolds.I have chosen to ignore temp hit points for minions.  I have not seen a specific ruling in either direction.  My reasoning is that these are the cinematic mooks who die on one hit from the heroes.  A minor boost of temp hit points from an ally doesn't change this fact.Standing from prone does not provoke an opportunity attack.</blockquote>

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