Minor Rules Questions/Thoughts

[themilkman]

Yep! It's in the teleportation section on page 286. It requires LoS, but not LoE.

 

[weem]

Wait, teleport requires line of sight?

Yeap.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Wait, teleport requires line of sight?

Yep. Isn't it awesome? We finally have an answer for those people who whine about the Eladrin

 

[hong]

Crap.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Are there Tiny PC races? If not, it doesn't matter what weapons one would use.

I must say, while still remaining in the Wait-and-see camp until I see it all, that I dislike that point of view--If a Tiny creature, PC or not (perhaps reduced in size temporarily), wants to use a variety of weapons, I'd like a baseline. It's not hard to put in one line for that. That said, I can easily houserule it if necessary, of course. It's just weird to omit it.

 

[hong]

Although... does this mean that globe-spanning teleport at higher tiers is also out?

 

[themilkman]

I believe the next whining issue should involve the serious threat of Gnomes punching themselves in the face so they can turn invisible and steal from the market.

 

[Rystil Arden]

A Large dagger would indeed be 1d6 as a normal (medium) is d4. That also means it is a 1d4 for Small creatures as well. So a Tiny could be a 1d2 sure, or a 1d3 - whatever works best for you I would imagine. If it were me I would vary it based on how effective I thought the particular weapon would be.

I admit, it matters a lot to me if you can use a d2 because I've heard about some possibly-questionable game mechanics in 4e that are guaranteed to lead to infinity damage if and when d2 becomes a viable damage dice.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Although... does this mean that globe-spanning teleport at higher tiers is also out?

There's a ritual that draws a circle that goes to some permanent circle whose ID-key you already know. So you can basically Town Portal without issue (though rituals are expensive), but less willy-nilly teleporting.

 

[themilkman]

I admit, it matters a lot to me if you can use a d2 because I've heard about some possibly-questionable game mechanics in 4e that are guaranteed to lead to infinity damage if and when d2 becomes a viable damage dice.

Dividing damage dealt by 1d0 is potentially problematic.