Questions tagged [dnd-4e]
For questions about the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, published in 2008. This tag also covers the D&D Essentials line that debuted in September 2010.
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Convert a D&D 4e adventure to another level
How can I easily port an adventure to another level? Say take Keep on the Shadowfell and instead of it being 1st to 4th level it becames 6th to 9th level.
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Clarification on 4e Raise Dead's 'part of the corpse'
In 4th ed, the Raise Dead ritual specifies that "you must have a part of the corpse of a creature." Is a part removed from a living body considered a part of the corpse once the original body has died?...
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Starting the first game tips? [closed]
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to start our very first session. Everyone, counting the DM, has yet to play the game and we are not exactly sure were to start. Our PCs are:
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Can I play an effective pacifist in D&D 4e?
Is it possible to play an effective D&D 4e character who is thematically a pacifist, uses almost no damage-dealing abilities, but is still effective in combat?
Similarly, is it possible to build ...
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What is the upgrade path for characters generated with the Red Box Starter kit?
After creating a character using the Red Box and convincing my gaming group, all newbies to RPG's, to roll characters using the Red Box, I discovered that the Red Box doesn't seem to have an upgrade ...
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Why do some classes mention the same skill in both Trained and Class skills?
Consider this example from the Rogue class traits:
Trained Skills: Stealth and Thievery. From the class skills list below, choose four more trained skills at 1st level.
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How to go from a humorous campaign to a more serious one?
I am currently running a D&D 4E game. The game started off kind of goofy (we have a thrikreen rogue with glowing blonde hair, an ale-obsessed dwarf battlemind, a ditzy human wizard, and a dwarf ...
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Does it make sense to give characters free weapons expertise?
A player I know suggested that when playing 4th ed, it made sense to give characters the Weapons Expertise feat for free at 5th level. I don't have much experience with 4.0, so I don't know whether I ...
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Choosing DnD 4th edition or Essentials for a new group and DM? [closed]
Recently I've got interested in roleplaying. My background is more or less hardcore boardgamer, I have played quite a large number of board games, even some of the most complicated ones and found it ...
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What will happen with DDI subscriptions and online content for 4e?
With a new edition of D&D releasing next year (5e) what will happen to the online content for 4e?
Will wizards continue to offer subscription services for 4th edition support, make those ...
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Are there guidelines for creating & customising MM3-style monsters?
I've heard that Monster Manual 3 came with an improved design philosophy for monsters (particularly solos), and there are questions about updating pre-MM3 monsters for MM3.
I want to create and ...
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Can a Dungeons and Dragons 4e character take D&D Essentials feats?
In Heroes of the Fallen Lands many of the core feats have been streamlined, some paragon feats have become available to all levels.
Before that feats were tiered by level: heroic, paragon, epic.
Can ...
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If a prone creature teleports can it stand as part of that move action?
I can't find anything in the PHB about how teleporting affects prone creatures.
Teleporting automatically ends the restrained condition, I wonder if it also can end the prone condition.
Can a prone ...
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D&D 4e Required Forced Movement
I just started getting into forced movement in D&D 4e, and I have a couple of questions:
Is forced movement required to take place? IE As the attacker can you opt not to enact the forced movement....
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What is the best way to determine Overland Speed?
I'm running an adventure that centers around a race, and I want to use the overland speed between scenes as a scoring mechanism. What is the best way to determine overland speed in D&D 4e? The ...
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Does the half-level modifier contribute to damage?
Taking a random spell, I find Flames of Phlegethos. Its hit is 3d10 + Constitution modifier fire damage. Let's say the caster has a constitution score of 16, and he ...
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Would flying monsters ever land during combat?
Spooney asked this question in one of his podcasts, and I've started wondering about it myself.
In a D&D 4.0 encounter, why would an at least moderately intelligent creature (including, but not ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of oldschool D&D combat initiative?
Old D&D and D&D3E/4E treat initiative and combat order differently like so:
D&D 3.5 / 4E: All participants roll individual initiative, once only at the start of combat. Each player takes ...
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When a Stinking Cloud is moved onto a creature, does the creature take damage immediately?
In a recent session of D&D 4e, a Stinking Cloud was moved onto a creature who was outside of it.
Stinking Cloud Effect:
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start their turns there take ...
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Do I reset XP to zero on a new level?
In the D&D group I play with one of the players insists that when you reach a new level you have to zero your experience. However when I checked the PHB1 there is no reference to this. PHB1 uses ...
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How to convert a 4e boss to the 5e system?
I'm soon to be taking the step into my first time as a DM for a group I have played with for some time as a player. I have a few ideas for the adventure I'm going to run, but I find myself stumbling ...
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Enemies knocking players unconscious instead of killing them
In D&D 4th Ed., can a monster choose to knock the player he is killing unconscious instead of killing him, thereby not giving him a chance to roll death saving throws to get back on his own and ...
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What is a good first heroic campaign for D&D 4e, levels 1-5?
I'm a very experienced AD&D GM, and have run levels 1-5 in 4e: Red Box + Reavers of Harkenwold.
I want to start a new mixed-experience group (some 4e, some 3.5/Pathfinder, and no experience at all)...
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How to speed up 4e combat
I DM a group of four PC's and even "easy" battles take at least an hour to resolve. Normal encounters take even longer! I want to speed up combat so my players can do more in a session.
I've been ...
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Can the Pixie's Teleport Trick make you invincible?
Pixie Teleport Trick (Heroes of the Feywild page 33)
Daily: Teleportation
Minor Action, Personal
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an enemy attacks you, you can use an immediate ...
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Are characters aware of monster abilities' effects?
Is a character aware of the consequences of a monster power or trait?
For example, does the party leader know that healing an ally within a KlurichirDDI's Malign Influence is useless? Or does he ...
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Paragon tier wizards 'rocket jumping'?
I've seen/heard quite a lot about Wizards in the Paragon tier effectively 'Rocket Jumping' with use of the Thunderwave power and the Arcane Reach feat. How would this work? Both mechanically and ...
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If a flying or hovering creature is knocked prone, does it still have to stand?
A creature like the Bloodkiss beholder hovers and flies 6.
If a rogue knocks this creature prone with a jumping blade assault, does the creature still have to stand?
Does knocking a flying or prone ...
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Is it possible to get Battle Cleric's Lore through Divine Healer multiclass?
Due to a recent dragon magazine, the Cleric/Templar has a semi-questionable issue. In Dragon Magazine 400, there is an article for Battle Cleric's (Those with DDI can check here: Battle Cleric ...
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Can I Have More than One Tenser's Floating Disk?
There is a ritual in the Player's Handbook called Tenser's Floating Disk. I don't see any official errata for it in the UpdatePH document.
It reads:
You create a slightly concave, circular plane ...
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To what extent is reskinning acceptable?
At what point does reskinning become gamebreaking?
If a player desperately wants to swap out a Force keyword for Fire, is that going to destroy the combat system? I know there's a precedent for it ...
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When does marking occur?
When a fighter attacks a creature, that creature is marked. When does the marking happen in the sequence of events? If the creature does an interrupt, is the creature marked during that interrupt ...
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Help w/Character Sheet: What are ability modifiers and how do I calculate them?
So I was filling out the character sheet and suddenly I saw an "ability modifier". I'm confused, and am asking these questions for clarification:
Where do you put your "Standard Array" number. In ...
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What is the expected average damage for an area of effect power?
I have spent quite a bit of time coming up with an average damage document for my party and for several other characters. However, the one thing I have not been able to represent well is the average ...
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Does Flurry of Blows count as an attack?
This handbook suggests that Flurry of Blows is an attack when recommending the otherwise extremely underwhelming malec-keth janissary:
Malec-Keth Janissary (Swordmage-MoP)- Add extra damage to all ...
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Best way to convert creatures from 3.x to 4E?
I've reccently discovered a load of monsters I created for 3.x D&D and would love to convert them to 4E.
Do any guides exist for this? Or could someone give me the most important points to ...
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How do I deal with these crazy PCs?
I got some of my friends to play a very small game of D&D, with my being DM to see if they will like to play more often. Our quest consisted of PvP, hiding, going to the tavern to get drunk, and ...
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Blacksmithing and repair in D&D 4e?
This is my first time as a DM of D&D 4e. I have a character playing a paladin with a blacksmithing background. This player has played a years-long campaign with other friends. He's been looking ...
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When a creature is prone, can it make opportunity attacks?
If a creature is knocked prone, can it still make opportunity attacks?
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How to update a monster using the D&D4 Monster Builder?
I'm new to Monster Builder (part of Adventure Tools) and I'm hoping there is a good way to update pre MM3 monsters to the latest standards (in the errata).
As an example, I'm trying to update the ...
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How do you involve all players in a skill challenge?
I really liked some of the answers given to the question about enhancing skill challenges particularly the ones related to making it more role-playing based.
So, now the question is, when you get to ...
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Can a creature use an immediate interrupt power and an opportunity attack in the same round?
Can one creature or character use both an immediate interrupt and an opportunity attack in the same round, or are they mutually exclusive actions?
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Can a pixie fly higher than their altitude of one?
In the pixie description on the compendium:
Altitude Limit: You fall at the end of your turn if you are using your racial fly speed and are more than 1 square above the ground (see the rules for ...
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What fixes are there for Keep on the Shadowfell?
This question is slightly inspired by this one, in that it brings up the 4E module, Keep on the Shadowfell. It is common knowledge at this point that KOTSF is broken in many ways, the first combat (an ...
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Can the target of Drunken Monkey attack themself?
Can you make the target of a Drunken Monkey attack themself ?
The point is the "against one enemy of your choice" ... couldn't you pick the target ?
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What does the condition "Unattended" mean?
I am building a monk on the D&D Insider Character builder and the level 1 encounter power Eagle Claw Strike says:
Hit: 2d8 Dexterity modifier damage, and the target takes a penalty to AC equal ...
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How can I be considered bloodied while above half HP?
Is there any consistent way for a character to count as bloodied for bonuses such as Vampire regeneration and Dragonborn attack boosts?
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Is the Dungeon Magazine 4e Adventure List spreadsheet still available?
This link used to go to a spreadsheet with all the 4E adventures published in Dungeon Magazine (and possibly some others, IIRC) during that edition's duration. I remember it listed out each adventure ...
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After Essentials, what material do I need?
On launch, I bought all the D&D 4E Essentials books (except the Starter set). I'm currently very happy with the content, but I'm noticing more and more frequently stuff that I don't have:
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When & How often do 4e Monster powers recharge?
How often should I roll power recharge rolls and at which point in the monster's turn do I re-roll them?
I'm trying to find the official definition of the recharge mechanic in the online compendium ...
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