In Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition and higher, additional properties of a character chosen from a wide list which grant small bonuses in specific circumstances.
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How is the reroll bonus calculated for Silent Shadows?
Silent Shadows is a Guild feat that allows the following:
+2 bonus to Stealth checks.
Reroll Stealth checks if qualifying allies are present.
+1 bonus to reroll for each qualifying ally, up to +5.
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Cleaving large enemies
Are there any clarifications or thoughts on if you can use cleave to get more than 1 attack against a large enemy (say takes up 4 tiles)?
The feat says "If you hit (with the first attack) you deal ...
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Can you use the Nimble Blade feat for magic attacks?
Can you use the Nimble Blade[ddi] for magic attacks ?
Benefit: When you attack with a light blade and you have combat advantage, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls.
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Do you have to permanently sacrifice turns/rebukes for more daily Devotion Feat uses?
I've been reading Complete Champion and I came across a conflict the in text that I need resolved.
On page 52, in the Domain Feats section, the text reads:
If you have the ability to turn or ...
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Is Improved Trip / Combat Reflexes / Elusive Target / Spiked Chain overly powerful?
I have been leading by example and using enemies and custom monsters to show off combat strategies and builds to my players. This has worked pretty well so far – my players have been much more ...
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Which non-light weapons does Weapon Finesse apply to?
Weapon Finesse says it applies to all light weapons, and then a small number of other weapons (rapier, whip, spiked chain) from the "Player's Handbook". I know there are other non-light weapons ...
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Does a proning opportunity attack end movement in the square a creature was moving from?
For the party I DM for, one of the Minotaur players has an nearly absurd (judgement call) feat called Opportunity Gore. Opportunity Gore lets a Minotaur use his racial power Goring Charge over and ...
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Build advice for Heavens Oracle (Pathfinder)
I'm building a 1st level half-elf oracle, lame curse, heavens mystery for an upcoming game. She will be living in a world where mixed-bloods are subject to negative discrimination. My goal is to use ...
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Why do Weapon Mastery feats have the requirements they do?
I've been playing and DMing in Epic tier for some time now, and have introduced quite a few house rules already (mostly common ones - free expertise feats, free improved defences), and I'm wondering ...
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Is there a feat to let monks multi-class as spellcasters without losing monk progression?
Feats like Ascetic Hunter or Ascetic Rogue allow a monk to multi-class with other martial classes. Is there a feat to allow a monk to freely multi-class with a spellcaster class? I'm looking ...
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What use is Skill Beyond Your Years?
In low-level D&D variant E6, you max out at level 6 and only gain feats every 5,000XP thereafter. There is a feat as follows:
Skill Beyond Your Years
Prerequisite: Level 6
Pick a skill. ...
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Spellcasting Prodigy Feat in Pathfinder - yes or no?
My player asked me about using this feat on his new first-level character.
Spellcasting Prodigy - Treat primary spellcasting ability score as 2 higher for bonus spells and save DCs. This feat is ...
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Should I take Polearm Gamble or Repel Charge at level 11?
I'm in a 4E dnd game, built from lvl1, and we're lvl6 now. My build is a fighter/ranger polearm fighter, kind of a striker/defender build, combining the whole polearm proning with high damage attacks, ...
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How many natural weapon attacks would I get?
If a character has 3 natural weapons (2 claws and a tail), and has the feats Improved Multiattack (eliminates penalty to attack rolls for secondary attacks, but still uses 1/2 Strength damage bonus) ...
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How often can a fighter benefit from Avenging Spirit?
Avenging Spirit is a paragon fighter feat that provides an action point whenever an ally drops:
Benefit: When an ally of your level or higher is reduced to 0 hit points or fewer, you gain an ...
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Questions about Improved Familiar advancement
I have a sorcerer with a Gem Scarab familiar planned for a campaign starting at level 10, which would give the familiar 10 HD, which is more than enough for a Gem Scarab to advance a size category. ...
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Monk with Aberrant/Vile feats
Additional attacks are a good thing to have and some feats give you those - like, Tentacles with a slam stack from Aberrant bloodline, or Bite attack from Vile. The question is - do those recieve ...
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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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Does the Master at Arms feat work for Shields?
Does the Master at Arms [ddi] feat work for Shields?
Benefit: You gain a +1 feat bonus to the attack rolls of weapon attacks. The bonus increases to +2 at 11th level and +3 at 21st level.
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Does Quick Reconnoiter let me use Hear the Unseen as a free action?
I have the Complete Adventurer, and I saw these two feats:
Hear the Unseen
Benefit: As a move action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity, you can attempt a DC 25 Listen check. If ...
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How does Chainmail Agility work?
Can a chainmail speed penalty be more than -1? If not, isn't Chainmail Agility inferior to the Fleet-Footed feat (+1 feat bonus to your speed)? Do these feats stack?
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Do Improved Initiative & Superior Initiative stack?
Does Improved Initiative (initiative +4 on initiative checks) stacks with Superior initiative (initiative +8 on initiative checks)? Is it possible (if its a good idea) to retrain Improved initiative ...
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Trying to understand stacking defense bonuses from Racial / Feat / Items in DND4e?
I am a relatively new player to DND (4e). I've tried to look this information up and have found tidbits but I am still unclear. This is a multi-part question though the core of it is understanding if ...
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Does the Resourceful Leader multi-class Warlord feat apply to all damage rolls?
Does the Resourceful Leader [ddi] multi-class Warlord feat apply to all damage rolls?
i.e. is that a +3 on each hit from every attack?
Benefit: You gain training in one skill from the warlord’s ...
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Are Draconic Heritage and the Dragonblood subtype equal?
If a feat has Draconic Heritage as a requirement, can it be taken by a character with the Dragonblood subtype, or does he necessarily have to take the Draconic Heritage feat?
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Should a Spellscale caster bother with metamagic feats?
I know the Spellscale's Blood Quickening ability can grant you temporary feats for a day, including limited-use metamagic feats, but would this make it worth forgoing the actual feats themselves?
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Optimized “Coordinated Charge”?
When an ally with this feat charges a creature that is no further away from you than your speed, you can, as an immediate action, charge that creature. You must be able to follow all of the normal ...
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Does Battle Song Expertise work with Moment of Escape?
The additional effect from the Battle Song Expertise feat reads:
You also gain a +1 feat bonus to the number of squares that you can
pull, push, or slide creatures with your bard attacks and ...
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Feats for a TWF Ranger?
Trying to find feats that I should focus on for a two-weapon fighting human ranger. I just hit level 2 and I have picked up two weapon fighting, weapon focus (scimitar), and double slice. My strength ...
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What feats are useful for a Dragonfire Adept build?
I'm building a Human Dragonfire Adept (from Dragon Magic) with the Draconic template (as presented in Races of the Dragon), as well as a feat for Draconic Tail, but I need a bit of help picking out ...
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Does Somatic Weaponry apply to invocations?
I am aware that the Somatic Weaponry feat in Complete Mage allows you to use spells with somatic components while your hands are full, but does this apply to a Warlock's invocations, or spells ...
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What are the descriptions of the available creatures for Summon Warlock's Ally?
The D&D Compendium lists a level 9 Warlock daily power called Summon Warlock's Ally which includes the following line of description:
You summon a creature associated with your pact in an ...
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Battle Song Expertise - what bonus do I get?
The feat Battle Song Expertise states that
"you gain a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls you make with any weapon or
wondrous item that has a property allowing you to use it as an
implement for ...
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What bonuses do I get to Implement attacks when I use my weapon as an implement?
If I use my longsword as implement and have the Weapon Expertise Heavy Blade feat, does the +1 apply to implement attacks as well?
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Do the lowered level parameters for selecting a Wild Cohort Extend to its Bonus HD/Nat Armor/Tricks?
For referencer the feat can be found here http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20031118a I was wondering, the feat when it says
"When selecting an alternative animal cohort, use the list of ...
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Is Dragonblood Sorcerer worth it?
Dragon Magic presents a system of substitute levels of various classes for characters with the Dragonblood subtype. One of which, Dragonblood Sorcerer, provides the following benefits:
1st level: ...
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Cool Feats for a Hexblade in 4e [closed]
I was wondering if there were any really good feats that would work well with a Fey-pact hexblade. My character deals mostly ice and fire damage and has some fey powers on the side so any side ...
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Swashbuckler's Insightful Strike and Two-Weapon Rend
When dealing damage for the Two-Weapon Rend, does the Swashbuckler add it's Insightful Strike damage bonus to the rend damage if the weapon is a Finesse Weapon?
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Feat Selection for a Gestalt Druid/Ninja Wildshape assassin
I know the title isn't terribly descriptive, hopefully someone can help me out on that one.
I'm stating out a Pathfinder Gestalt Druid/Ninja who is trying to maximize usage of Wild Shape paired with ...
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What feat gives the ability to use Int instead of Cha? [closed]
Is there a feat in Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 which gives a spell caster the ability to use Intelligence instead of Charisma to determine spell DC?
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Making a Ninja in Pathfinder, any Suggestions? [closed]
My friends and I are gearing up to run a campaign, one of the players are looking to be a Ninja. I am looking for any ideas to help build it.
The DM made a couple changes for the ninja because of ...
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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 ...
