Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition from 2008 (includes Essentials)
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Does an opportunity attack that stuns prevent the movement?
If I make an opportunity attack with some combination of riders that will cause a hit to stun (or if the victim has already taken some action, daze) can the target of my attack continue their ...
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What are some good stats to use when a player is attacking without a weapon (using fists)?
Obviously just about any weapon would be better than fists for a character that's not trained in unarmed combat, but I'm curious as to what stats I should give PC's when forced to fight unarmed ...
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Item slots for mounts
Are there restrictions for how many items a mount can carry? There is only 1 slot on the character builder for mounts. I dont understand why I cant have an enchanted saddle, and shoes. They're ...
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Does the prone ranged defensive bonus apply to a creature hit by Flaming Sphere's initial attack?
Flaming Sphere is a nice low-level wizard power, but even the errata text is a little confusing.
Daily ✦ Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement
Standard Action Ranged 10
Effect: You conjure ...
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What is the minimum set of books a group should have to play 4e? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
4th ed. D&D - 'Core books' or 'Essentials' - what (set of books and financial outlay) makes a complete game?
At the moment I do not own any of the 4e ...
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Does cover work both ways for enemies behind a portcullis or similar?
As the RC and DMB say, an enemy behind an obstacle has either partial or superior cover. The example often used is that of a creature fighting behind a portcullis or window (e.g. in DMB page 141). The ...
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Do certain powers gain or lose keywords depending on usage?
Blazing Starfall is a Sorcerer power that, in its power description, includes the Fire keyword. However, the Fire keyword is apparently inherited from a zone effect that is only available when the ...
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How much (if any) force does Tenser's Floating Disk transfer to ground?
One question here is asking "What counts as ground for Tenser's Floating Disk?". The query seems aimed at using levitative powers or effects on whatever object the Disk is floating above.
Since ...
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What is hindering terrain?
In this question about forced movement into dangerous spaces, an answer refers to "hindering terrain", which is a category I haven't seen before. It included a quote from a WotC faq that stated
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Stone shape replacement in D&D 4e?
I'm a big fan of of the D&D 3.5 Spell Stone Shape. Is there any 4e equivalent of it?
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How do I get players to use their Interrupts?
Is there a good tool to get plays to remember their immediate interrupts?
(please remember I play D&D4e with kids, so kid specific answers are always appreciated)
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What is the maximum (air speed) velocity of a pixie?
Following on from Can a pixie fly higher than their altitude of one?
Using a combination of feats and powers what is the maximum movement rate (and thus altitude) a pixie can reach in a single round ...
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Can an Undead Servitor use a Ritual scroll?
Can an Undead Servitor use a ritual scroll?
Undead Servitor The corpse shudders, then clambers to its feet. At
your direction, it shoulders your gear and lumbers after you.
Component Cost: ...
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How to adapt a 3e community-building system for a larger-scale use in a 4e game?
This question is a follow up to Point buy/structured system for cooperative 4e campaign building?.
I've found a system that is quite close to what we want/need, but there's a catch: it's for 3e and ...
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Can a mark be maintained when the target is invisible?
Can a mark from a Fighter, Battlemind, etc. be maintained when the target goes invisible?
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Can a Monk who has multi-classed to Cleric use holy symbols?
Can a Monk who has multi-classed with Initiate of the Faith to Cleric use holy symbols as an implement?
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Does Novice Power let you retrain your Paragon Path encounter power?
The Novice Power feat reads
You can swap one encounter attack power you know for one encounter attack power of the same level or lower from the class you multiclassed into.
Note: If you have ...
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What do the effects of these potions mean?
In Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium there are a few healing potions. However, the text on their power is downright confusing, contradictory, and poorly written.
Here is Potion of Cure Light ...
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Is the extra damage from Assassin's Strike maximized on a critical?
The executioner assassin has the following power
Encounter
No Action
Trigger: You hit an enemy within 5 squares of you with an attack using a weapon.
Effect: The target takes 1d10 ...
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How can a Battlemind be made effective against flying/ranged monsters?
The Battlemind in D&D4e is extremely melee-focused. Almost all of his powers are Melee powers, and most of his mark penalties rely on adjacency to the marked creature. In most situations, this ...
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Is one of the characters in my group overpowered?
I'm starting my first stint as a DM, in DnD 4E, and one of my players insisted on rolling dice for his stats. I was ok, provided, as I said, "that the character was balanced with the rest of the ...
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How do I integrate an implement based ranged basic attack with the Hunter's Rapid Shot feature?
I've made a hunter that can fire Divine Bolts as a ranged basic attack. (Half-elf + power of skill + Invoker MC + Versatile Master = divine bolts at will as RBA)
Divine bolts:
Standard Action ...
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Do creatures occupy cubic space, or are larger creatures still one square tall?
Does a large creature need to squeeze to fit into at 5' tall passageway?
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How can you add more meaning to skill challenges through narration?
This question is inspired by Baker's discussion of "What's at Stake?" and "Skill Challenges: All in the Cards"
I run many of my 4e games as pregen adventures and the skill challenges tend to be ...
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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 much treasure is missing from the Keep on the Shadowfell?
According to comments here, as well as the feelings of both my players and I, Keep on the Shadowfell does not award nearly as much treasure as the 4e parcel system suggests that it should.
Does ...
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What books cover Star Pact Warlocks and their awful masters?
I'm a huge sucker for blending cthulu-inspired material into high fantasy. I can't stop myself. What books (and magazine articles) provide background (3rd party material okay). Please specify as much ...
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Does Punishing Eye remove the Line of Sight limitation from Stinking Cloud?
Punishing Eye:
... Enemies within 3 squares of the eye do not benefit from concealment, ...
Stinking Cloud:
... The burst creates a zone of poisonous vapor that blocks line of sight until ...
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What is a good support class for a Drow Hunter?
This is a conintuation of my other question: How do I run a single player 4e essentials game? Drow Hunter
Which class would be a better supporting NPC for a Drow Hunter PC.
A half-elf (half ...
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Which Paizo Adventure Path most lends itself to 4e conversion?
I'm thinking about running an adventure path at work, and I don't really want to run Scales of War or the ENWorld adventure path for various reasons, so Paizo's an obvious place to look. What are the ...
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How can a Sentinel Druid get the Air Spirit Primal Attunement?
In a comment on Can a pixie levitate on bootlaces carried by a spirit of salzacas?, Simon Withers said
The (at will) Air Spirit Primal Attunement for the Sentinal Druid is a nice replacement for ...
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Do class and race abilities count against your at-will/encounter powers?
At first level, you know 2 at wills, 1 encounter, and 1 daily power.
Let's say I'm a Tiefling Wizard.
I have an racial power of "Infernal Wrath" which is an encounter power. Wizards can also learn ...
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How many books does the DnD 4E catalog include, and what does each book deal with? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Comprehensive list of WOTC D&D 4.0 products?
I wanted to get a (hopefully up-to-date) list of what does each book in the DnD 4E catalog does. I think I know what the ...
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How do I read this basic attack notation? [closed]
I don't know how to read this notation for attacks. It seems to be how people normally write down basic attacks on their character sheet:
+6 vs AC longbow 1D10+4
I'm guessing that the +4 is to ...
