Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition from 2008 (includes Essentials)
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GM confusion: The n-dimensions of Clerics. Or: The nightmare of errata
I was listening to the latest official D&D podcast - all about the Class Compendium's latest updates, especially to the Cleric and have become completely confused.
There's a cleric in the ...
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Does a character have to successfully hide from all opponents to be hidden?
Specific example - If a rogue successfully hides from one opponent can he then sneak attack that opponent? Or can the opponents allies use a free action to yell out, "Hey, the annoying guy with the ...
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Attack with two keywords versus resistance with one of them
I had the following situation last night. A creature attacked with a Fire and Poison attack. My character has resist 5 Poison. does the resistance apply or do I need to resist 5 fire as well?
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Can the D&D 4 power Aegis of Ensnarement teleport adjacent enemies to adjacent squares?
The Swordmage power Aegis of Ensnarement allows you to mark targets and trigger a reaction when the marked target attacks others.
Paraphrasing pertinent power text:
If the marked target hits with ...
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How do you keep players involved between their turns?
I've been running D&D Encounters for the last several seasons. One of the areas I would like to improve is keeping players involved and interacting with the scene when it's not their turn. When ...
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Can a character in the middle of a move action alter his movement based on a change in his surroundings?
For example:
A player (speed 6) moves two squares towards a human bandit (pg. 162 MM) becoming adjacent to him, then proceeds to move around him to the right, provoking an opportunity attack. The ...
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How can I format a Dungeons and Dragons 4e character sheet such that players are more likely to remember (and use) their class features?
In a game I play in, almost all of the players routinely forget to use and apply their class features that do not appear as powers. The players forget their class features and little-used powers due ...
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How do you make 4th Edition Rituals more accessible?
So here’s the situation: Rituals should be awesome. They’re typically a little bit open-ended, they’re not direct combat actions, they’re ripe for interesting roleplaying, and they’re fairly ...
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How can I make diseases non-trivial?
As noted here, diseases in 4e seem more trivial than I think they were intended: they rarely last more than one increment!
What rules can I make/break, or what actions can I take, so that contracting ...
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Firearms for DnD
My DM would like to run a DnD adventure set in 1930s-tech era, replacing technology with magic-punk stuff. He's pulling a lot from Eberron.
Guns will exist, however, and he's just "renaming" bows ...
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I have read the D&D PHB but am still having trouble grasping some of the basics, how can I learn more?
With credit to one of the more experienced members on the site, mxyzplk, I thought I'd ask where noobs like me should ask or find answers to basic questions about Dungeons & Dragons mechanics if ...
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What does Deep Speech look/sound like?
My character picked up the Deep Sage feat, so he can now speak, read and write Deep Speech. But I haven't been able to find any examples of what it may look like when written or sound like when ...
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Can a Revenant Assassin be used where a high-damage striker is needed?
The Revenant racials, as a whole, seem to be focused on survivability/durability, granting the ability to stay in the fight even at zero HP. The Assassin class, while technically a Striker, seems to ...
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What does the symbol on the bottom of a WotC miniature mean?
When I look on the bottom of the latest official D&D miniatures, there is some information about what product line a particular miniature came from. But there is also a small symbol below that, ...
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Sustaining a power and readied actions: what happens?
This came up today at our gaming session. I was sustaining a Wall of Fire with my minor actions. The enemy was out of sight and I readied an action to Thunderwave them into the Wall of Fire if they ...
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Does resist all prevent normal damage?
Does Resist 1 all such as is profiled by Rimefire Plate +2 prevent normal / untyped damage, such as is done by an axe or arrow?
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Non-magical encounter suggestions
I'm once again turning to the good folks at Stack Exchange for help regarding my non-magical campaign. I've written several encounters in which the PCs fight the main bad guys and their followers ...
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Why did D&D 4th Edition Remove the Size To-Hit Modifiers?
In 3E (and 3.5), a human player would have a +0 bonus when attempting to hit another human, a -4 modifier when attempting to hit a rat, and a -8 modifier when attempting to hit a fly. This makes ...
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Bard removed from D&D 4.0. Reasons?
Are there any officially stated reasons why the bard was removed from 4.0 main class roster ?
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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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How far does one travel when falling for one round?
How far would you fall in one round assuming you started falling this round, and were high enough that you did not hit anything? Would this follow the math, or is there a rule written somewhere I'm ...
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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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Can a druid use powers from other classes while in beast form?
I'm a first-level Druid, and I'm thinking of using my next feat to multiclass into Paladin (specifically to be able to take some helpful Encounter powers later on). Regardless of how smart this is, or ...
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Can I use “Target: One Ally” powers on myself?
I am building an Artificer, and I'm looking at some of his powers that give bonuses to allies. For example,
Dancing Shield.
Minor action, ranged 5, Target: One Ally.
You conjure a shield ...
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How do you fight a sea creature?
My party is fighting at sea and we have encountered creatures who don't surface but damage the ship. I've been thinking but don't know how to fight these creatures.
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How do I use restful healing? (using encounter powers outside of an encounter)
I'll start this question with a bit of background first...
I've been playing in a new group as a Cleric. Our warrior was in a pretty bad state but survived the encounter. He was about to use 3 ...
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Do marks go away when one of the parties is dead or incapacitated?
While DMing for DnD Encounters, I had an interesting rules concern come up, that I can't see handled in the rules specifically. We always assumed that when a character or monster goes unconscious via ...
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How much experience should a PC be worth?
Long story short, I'm about to betray my party (by trying to kill them). Assuming they defeat me, how much experience should they get? I am a level 14 Drow Psion.
Edit: Not sure if this will change ...
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How does disarming a monster affect its statistics?
The disarm maneuver has almost totally disappeared from D&D 4th edition. However, at least one Fighter power - Exorcism of Steel - allows it.
Exorcism of Steel - Fighter Attack 17
You make a ...
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Starting the first game tips?
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:
Drow ...
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Readying an action before combat
Suppose the party suspects that combat is imminent, and some of the PCs ready actions (attack nearest hostile creature, attack first thing that moves). Then combat erupts. Some of the PCs are ...
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What happens to a dying character during a rest?
If a combat encounter is completed, and a character in the party is dying, what happens during the following rest period?
During the rest period, it's a fair given that allies may try to use whatever ...
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What major differences are there between convention DMing and home DMing?
I've been DMing for a while in 4th edition D&D, but I've only been DMing for Living Forgotten Realms and D&D Encounters. Now I'm thinking of starting to do some home games in various systems. ...
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When do you reach a 'milestone'?
The D&D 4th edition term 'milestone' isn't defined in the online D&D compendium, except that you gain an action point when it happens. When does a milestone occur? Has the definition changed ...
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Can you double move a stinking cloud?
In D&D 4e, a creature can perform a move action instead of a standard action, allowing them to perform two move actions in a turn.
Stinking Cloud allows you to create a zone and furthermore says: ...
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How do you handle dazing and stunning, with regard to solo monsters?
In 4th edition, one of the biggest problems I've found with solos is that they get locked down way too easily--between stuns, dazes, immobilzation, and other effects...they are far too effective when ...
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How much should characters know about encountered creatures in 4e?
The shift from 3.5e to 4e in D&D has meant a big shift towards emphasizing tactics during combat. While I was apprehensive about this at first, it turns out it's quite entertaining, and a good ...
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Does making an opportunity attack with a ranged weapon provoke an opportunity attack?
If I make an opportunity attack with a ranged weapon (e.g., a crossbow) against an adjacent enemy, does it provoke an opportunity attack as well?
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Should a character drop his or her weapon when going unconscious?
Going unconscious DDI does not mention that a creature drops any held items, yet it seems logical to do so.
Is this mentioned elsewhere in the rules that I am not aware of? Has WoTC ruled on this ...
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Order of effects on hit
The Invoker power "Rain of Blood" (Divine Power) says:
Hit: 2d6 + Wisdom modifier damage, and the target gains vulnerable 5 to all damage until the end of your next turn.
Does the vulnerable 5 ...
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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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Tying someone up in 4E
Is there any mention on how to tie someone up using a rope or chains in 4E? Let's say I have a sleeping player (helpless) and I try to tie him up. How does that work? What about a guy I just grabbed?
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Is there a penalty for holding a two handed weapon in offhand while throwing a weapon?
I have a fighter (warforged weaponmaster, level 6). He wields a Mordenkrad (2-handed hammer, brutal 1). He has a "Dwarven Thrower" Throwing Hammer (1-handed throwing weapon) sheathed at his belt.
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Unconsciousness, dying, and temporary hp
In tonight's game, the knight went down to 0 hp. Later that round, the paladin granted the knight 7 temporary hp. As the DM, too lazy to slow the game down to look the precise rules up, I ruled that ...
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How does an opposed (stealth) check work?
I was reading the Players Handbook 1 and I don't understand how the opposed check works, especially in context of a stealth check.
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What happened to scrolls in 4e?
I'm still learning the 4e system, and I'm trying to find out what happened to scrolls. I loved scrolls back in my 1e days because it let players experiment with spells they normally wouldn't want to ...
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Can a prone immobilized creature stand up?
If I knock a creature prone and also manage to immobilize it (or if I prone an immobilized creature of I immobilize a prone creature) can it stand up on its next turn?
Put simple: Can I stand up from ...
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Does the altitude start from square 0 or square 1?
Some forms of fly have an altitude limit (like those granted by Form of the Vengeful StormDDI, Sky HookDDI, DuskwalkDDI and Wings of Elevated ThoughtsDDI).
Altitude limitDDI merely says that:
If ...
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Can you voluntarily suppress damage resistance?
I have Resist 10 Fire.
I get hit for 13 points of fire damage, so normally, under these circumstances, I'd take 3 points of fire damage.
What if, because of another ability that triggers on becoming ...
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Does a Summoned Creature have a “start of turn?”
Many effects apply at the start of a creature's turn; however, summoned creatures don't take turns and only perform actions when their summoner expends an action.
Thus, is a summoned creature ...
