AbdulAlhazred
Legend
There ARE 'Blackguards' which appear in Heroes of Shadow. They are not necessarily evil, but they are paladins built around VICES instead of virtues, so they typically are at least anti-heroes if not actual villains.
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There ARE 'Blackguards' which appear in Heroes of Shadow. They are not necessarily evil, but they are paladins built around VICES instead of virtues, so they typically are at least anti-heroes if not actual villains.
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
Lolth can have clerics. Even PC clerics. She has domain support. Same with Asmodeus. (Lolth and Asmodeus are apparently multiclassed with "god".) Other archdevils sponsor warlocks only.
AbdulAlhazred
Legend
Well, Asmodeus (and potentially other Arch Devils) are DEFINITELY divine, so yeah, they can use/grant divine power. Amusingly Asmodeus also technically has the service of Angels too! Though obviously one would assume that the only ones in his service are actually devils, or close to it. Actual uncorrupted angels CAN however serve the legions of hell, though presumably they only do so if the stakes involve something to do with the Primordials trashing the Multiverse or somesuch.
Neonchameleon
Legend
So you can make more meaningful distinctions between different weapons for example that swords are more accurate but axes hit harder.
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
There's only two numbers: +2 or +3. +2 for standard weapons, +3 for blades. It's not hard to memorize.
It also reinforces the divide between weapon and implement. Implements don't get those bonuses, but they don't need to either. The usual gap is 2 points, both in terms of attack bonus, and in terms of enemy AC/NADs.
AbdulAlhazred
Legend
A Free Action IS an action, thus you must be able to take actions in order to use one (IE not unconscious, dead, etc). "No Action" is something that literally doesn't require the user to do anything at all, thus even if you're unconscious you can utilize 'no action'. No action is generally only available for certain items that do things automatically on your behalf, or a very few powers or feats where there is a setup and then the effect happens later in response to something else.
Another point being, a no action triggered power might happen without the character's choice. It 'just happens', you don't get to decide to use it or not (this may not always be true, there's going to be some DM judgment on these things). A Free Action always allows for and requires a choice by the character. Free Actions also happen only during the 'action portion' of turns, whereas a no action might potentially happen even in the start or end of turn sequence (IE when things like saves and conditions are processed).
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you may only make one free action attack per turn, you may make any number of no action attacks on your turn.
if your stunned, unconscious or dominated you cant take free actions. but you can always take no actions
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
"No actions" are extremely rare for PCs. Power Strike (after the errata) is the only one I could name, but I suspect there's a few triggered actions using that too. "No actions" can be used even if a PC is unconscious, dominated, stunned...
A few monsters use "no actions". Beholders, for instance, have a "no action" that lets them eye ray anyone who starts their turn near the beholder, unless the beholder is unconscious (this is specifically stated in the Random Eye Ray ability). This means a stunned beholder is still very dangerous.
