Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition from 2008 (includes Essentials)
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What are the major differences between Pathfinder and D&D 4e?
I'm really only familiar with D&D 4e. Could someone give me a rundown of the major things that would be different if I were to DM Pathfinder? (I gather it is more similar to 3.5e, but I only know ...
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How does Phasing interact with the Z-axis?
The glossary entry for Phasing is rather sparse, and doesn't seem to address any specific issues that could arise while phasing.
Phasing: While a creature is phasing, it ignores difficult terrain, ...
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How does resist all work versus 1 attack that deals 2 separate damage types?
"Resist 1 all" applies to all damage types, reducing the damage by 1 point. The "all" includes even untyped damage. Does that mean that an attack with 2 separate and distinct damage types is resisted ...
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What benefits do I get from sneak attacking a knocked out enemy with two-fisted shooter?
After having successfully knocked out a target, I use Coup de grace1 with Sly Flourish on the target. I hit, and automatically critical.
How much damage do I do?
I have the two-fisted shooter feat. ...
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How do I make skill checks more than just sequences of die chucking?
I think I don't get skill challenges.
As I understand it at some point I break the narrative by proclaiming:
"This is a skill challenge. You need 5 victories before you reach 3 failures. Go"
And then ...
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How do vulnerabilities combine, when taking multiple types of damage?
When a creature has multiple vulnerabilities, and is hit by an attack that deals more than one type of damage that it is vulnerable to, do the vulnerability effects combine?
Example 1: Creature is ...
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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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Is there any way for a Bard to take the Blackstaff Apprentice theme?
Blackstaff Apprentice has the following requirement:
Prerequisite: Wizard. You must be able to prepare spells from a spellbook (such as with the Arcanist’s Spellbook, Bladesinger’s Spellbook, or ...
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Do Sly Flourish and Night Stalker stack?
Two-part question, roughly in the same category.
Since Guild Training is a Hybrid feat for Rogue/Assassins, is it legal or fair to take both Guild Training abilities burning two feats?
Sly Flourish ...
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Which products contain Monster, PC, or NPC tokens for Dnd4e?
Which books/boxes/etc contain sheets of tokens and or maps for Dnd4e? I have the monster vault, which I believe came with tokens, and the outdoors and indoors tiles I think came with some tokens ...
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Animal Companion Healing and Dying
I was looking at the Fey Beast Tamer theme and realized I don't understand how the health of a beast companion works. Unless I have a specific power, it can't be healed during combat, right? What ...
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Playing D&D 4e with two players
I was thinking of starting a D&D 4e campaign with two of my friends. I will DM, and they will play. They are both quite new to RPGs, and I'm not very experienced as a DM. However, 2 players does ...
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What Assassin's class feature should have “hybrid” tag if I were to hybrid it with another class? [closed]
1) What Assassin's class feature/s should have "hybrid" tag if I were to hybrid it with another class?
Assassin’s shroud
Guild Training,
Shade Form
Shadow Step.
2) Assume the following has:
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How do I get as many enemies as possible to attack me in 1 round from a distance?
On my ranged rogue I have the Daring Gamble utility power, which, once activated, gives me CA for the rest of the encounter on any enemies that attack me before the start of my next turn.
How can I ...
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When to use scarce resources in combat?
How does one choose when to use scarce resources (e.g. powers you can only use once per day or encounter) in combat? I am particularly concerned with D&D, but I believe the concept carries over ...
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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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Creating rules for jumping or climbing onto monsters?
Partly inspired by this thread's discussion about creative role-playing and one answer there referring to stunts, I wanted to adapt a similar concept to the fairly rules-strict D&D 4th Edition.
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What is the difference between Skill Challenges and Skill Checks?
I was reading the DMG (p 72 to be specific), and I noticed that "haggling with a merchant" is just a simple Diplomacy check and not a complete skill challenge. How does a "skill check" differ from a ...
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Do AOE attacks deal Sneak Attack damage to all targets?
There are attacks that target an area (bursts, blasts, etc.); if I use an AOE attack and hit multiple enemies that I have combat advantage against, do I deal sneak attack damage to all of them?
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Is there a formula to calculate level given experience?
I have a spreadsheet that tracks the XP for our group and I've gotten tired of manually looking up how much xp is needed for the next level.
I'd much prefer if there was a formula I could put on the ...
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Can a beastmaster have a beast and a minion at level 1? (4e D&D)
A friend of mine made a multiclass ranger (beastmaster) / cleric. I'm pretty sure in order to multiclass, you need to feat for it. Is it possible for a beastmaster to control a beast companion AND a ...
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Is having multiple Power Jewels overpowered?
I found a Potion Bandoleer (Holds 6 pots and use them as minor act) in our game and had enough gold to buy 6 Power Jewels. Can I use this bandoleer with the Power Jewels? Is having more than one Power ...
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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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What Book is “Everything in the Book” power from?
Please see above. I think it's a daily that make an attack on all of a targets defenses AC, Fort Ref and Will?
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Does Melee Training affect the secondary attack of Riposte Strike?
Melee Training Feat from Heroes of the Fallen Lands, say you can sub another Ability mod for your melee attack bonus and half that Ability mod for damage bonus. PC chooses Dexterity.
Riposte has, If ...
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Do Duelist's Flurry and Sneak Attack stack?
Duelist's Flurry:
Hit: Dexterity modifier damage, slide the target 1 square, and you shift 1 square. You may use your sneak attack damage even if you do not have combat advantage with this attack.
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Does Versatile Duelist allow sneak attacks without combat advantage?
Versatile Duelist
Benefit: You gain proficiency with all one-handed, military heavy blades. If a rogue power
requires you to wield a light blade, you can use that power with a one-handed ...
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Does a mundane weapon thrown with a magic ki focus return?
For the classes proficient with them, the rules for the ki focus are as follows:
Ki Focuses and Weapon Attacks: If you use a magic ki focus, you can add its enhancement bonus to the attack rolls ...
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What can you make a dominated creature do?
According to the glossary, creatures get saving throws when the Dominated effect compels them to enter hindering terrain or throw themselves into a pit.
Is the saving throw rule limited to just these ...
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Does a weapon thrown with Giantkind Gloves gain weapon benefits?
Giantkind Gloves possess the following power:
Power (Standard Action)
Strength + 2 vs. AC; ranged 6/12; you throw an object 30 lb. or less; 2d6 + Strength modifier ...
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Can a demon lord read minds?
Can demon lords read minds in D&D 4th edition?
If they cannot, would it be a stretch to say Graz'zt (a demon lord I'm depending on heavily in my campaign) can perform this feat?
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Does the Direct The Strike power provoke OA?
Does using the Warlord's Direct The Strike power provoke opportunity attacks?
It is a Ranged 5 power with only the Martial keyword (not an Implement or Weapon attack). It seems to me like it should ...
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Does Staff of Provocation allow enemy attack himself?
Suppose two players are fighting, and one of them has the Staff of Provocation (PHB2):
Power (Daily ✦Charm):Free Action.
Trigger: You hit an enemy with an attack power using this staff.
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When does a power count as an attack?
I thought it was pretty simple: a power's an attack if it says Attack in the top right. Apparently, it's not that simple. I keep hearing there are other conditions a power must fulfil to count ...
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What happens to a dying Revenant in the Stunning Palm stance?
Unnatural Vitality: When you drop to 0 hit points or fewer and are subjected to the dying condition, you can choose to be dazed, instead of falling unconscious. You make death saving throws as ...
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When determining initiative bonus for PCs, is it dex + 1/2 level or dex mod + 1/2 level?
Title says it all, my group has been using our ability score instead of ability mod and I've noticed that none of the creatures in the Monster Manual get such a high initiative bonus so early.
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Difference between Ranged Sorcerers Attack and Ranged Basic Attack
The attack Dragonfrost (PHB2 pg 139) is a Sorcerer at will attack that is Ranged 10. How ever it also has a special section stating "This power can be used as a ranged basic attack". What difference ...
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How can we heal HP while infected with Filth Fever?
My party is trying get back to civilization alive (a city five days travel away), but we have two characters in the final stages of Filth Fever*: a 5th-level Paladin of Pelor and a 4th-level Rogue.
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What 4e character options allow a player to substitute ability scores? [closed]
There are a number of D&D 4e character creation options that allow players to substitute one ability score in place of another under certain conditions. Here are some examples:
Auspicious ...
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What happened to SVDPress?
I used to read SVDPress's blog about fourthcore and in general enjoy their updates. The last time I went to their site it simply had a download page for the three fourthcore modules available. I've ...
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Does Punishing Eye count as an attack?
The last time I played my Artificer I used Punishing Eye and Spike Wire on a boss and waited for my ally's attack.
First, my ally's attack got my Wis modifier for an attack, then the Eye triggered ...
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Where are a monster's skills?
If you grab a goblin for example, and the goblin test to escape it says to have it make an acrobatics or athletics check but I can't seem to find where it says there skills? Any help?
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How can I make a daily power an encounter power? [duplicate]
Is there a way to make a Daily Power to an Encounter Power?
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How can I convert 2nd Edition AD&D to 4th?
I grew up on second edition AD&D. I played some first edition, and frankly found most 1st edition add-ons to be highly compatible with 2nd Edition.
However, I'm a huge fan of Ravenloft, ...
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What do you do when a player intimidates your campaign boss to surrender?
So my players recently fought a big bad campaign boss. The (custom made) boss was a kind of solo beserker king, and the encounter difficulty was designed to be fairly moderate until the boss became ...
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Do travel bonuses from the Shadow Walk and the Phantom Steed rituals stack?
The Phantom Steeds can have a speed of up to 20, and the Shadow Walk ritual multiplies overland travel speed by 5. This means a party of adventurers can potentially travel overland at a speed of up to ...
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Use Predator's Flurry on a charge?
Are there any ways to allow a druid to use Predator's Flurry on a charge?
Is there a page out there that documents ways to use powers as part of a charge (or as a MBA etc)?
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How do I read these attacks?
Attack: Ranged 10 (one creature); +9 vs. Fortitude
Attack: Melee 2 (one creature); +9 vs. AC
Attack: Ranged 5/10 (one creature); +6
Can anybody break these down for me?
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How do passive skills work? [duplicate]
How does passive insight/perception skills work? I've read about it and asked people but I keep getting different answers. Any help?
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What is the difference between “No Action” and “Free Action”?
What is the difference between No Action, e.g. the Monk's Centered Flurry of Blows [ddi], and the more common Free Action?
