Little Known Rules of D&D

[Hypersmurf]

Also, by that logic, only wizards lose their prepared spells when they die. Divine spellcasters don't and neither do sorcerers or bards.

Yes and no... if the character is brought back via Raise Dead, the text in the Raise Dead spell will come into effect, and there's a 50% chance of losing each prepared spell or unused spell slot. If Resurrection, no prepared spells are lost regardless.

But I agree that it follows that if someone is Reincarnated - a spell which makes no mention of spells or spell slots - the rules from the Magic Overview come into play, meaning wizards lose their spells and nobody else does.

... assuming we consider sections under 'Preparing Wizard Spells' to be wizard-specific.

-Hyp.

 

[HellHound]

It is surprising how many people think the few spells in the PHB2 itself are the sum total of all duskblade spells (and similarly, for the beguiler...)

Considering that the Duskblade class description explicitly states:

Spells: You can cast arcane spells, which are drawn from the duskblade spell list on page 98. You can cast any spell you know without preparing it ahead of time.

That the actual spell list is on page 24, AFTER the "sample encounter", is not referenced anywhere else in the class description.

 

[Asmor]

That the actual spell list is on page 24, AFTER the "sample encounter", is not referenced anywhere else in the class description.

It's obviously a typo. There's lots of them in every single Wizards of the Coast book on your shelf. Sometimes, it's more important to figure out what was intended than what is actually written in the book... especially when the book in question hasn't received any errata yet.

 

[AffableVagrant]

As another title...

We could give this thread the second title: "Things that probably shouldn't be in 4e"

 

[HellHound]

It's obviously a typo. There's lots of them in every single Wizards of the Coast book on your shelf. Sometimes, it's more important to figure out what was intended than what is actually written in the book... especially when the book in question hasn't received any errata yet.

Originally we thought the level 0 spells they got on their spells per day list were a type, since the spell list on page 98 doesn't have any level 0 spells. "Hooray, I can cast 4 level 0 spells per day, too bad I don't know any".

It was only when the Duskblade hit level 3 that I really dug through the book and the web looking for errata and came across a thread that pointed me to page 24.

 

[Kwitchit]

You can't Sunder on an Attack of Opportunity

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

You can't Sunder on an Attack of Opportunity

Heh - that hardly qualifies for "Little Known" status!

 

[Maleketh]

According to the official rules:

It takes a full-round action to search a 5-foot-by-5-foot area or a volume of goods 5 feet on a side.

That means that taking 20 on a search of a measly 10' by 10' room takes a good 8 minutes. Thoroughly combing over something really big - say, a ship - is going to take many hours.

 

[HellHound]

According to the official rules:

It takes a full-round action to search a 5-foot-by-5-foot area or a volume of goods 5 feet on a side.

That means that taking 20 on a search of a measly 10' by 10' room takes a good 8 minutes. Thoroughly combing over something really big - say, a ship - is going to take many hours.

IMO, that's not a little known rule. It's basically a rule of thumb in most D&D / D20 games I've seen that it takes 1 minute per 5' section for comprehensive (take 20) searches.

 

[Maleketh]

Meh, I do a lot of online gaming, and very few people seem to be aware of how long a search takes.