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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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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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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How do I gain extra feats outside of normal levelling?
I'm new to D&D and new to version 3.5 particularly.
I'm creating a character using the PHB and need to know if there are any means for getting extra feats - perhaps some items or possibly quests?
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How big a creature can you entangle with entangling breath?
I am looking for rules (which I could not find in manuals) or personal contributions to the question: how big a creature can you entangle with entangling breath?
Should it depend on the size of the ...
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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 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 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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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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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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Can I use Persistent Spell's effect with Bloodline powers?
Im making a Protean Bloodline Sorceror, and I was wondering if you can use Persistent Spell on Bloodline powers. As far as I have seen bloodline powers do not have the same levels as the normal ...
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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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Do Psicrystals get Feats?
Ive been looking at the uses of Psicrystals lately and have been wondering why I keep seeing references to them getting feats. I have not read anything to support the idea. They technically dont have ...
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What's the difference between “Ability to cast arcane spells” and “Arcane spellcaster”?
The prerequisite for Arcane Strike is "[the] ability to cast arcane spells." The prerequisite for Arcane Shield is "arcane spellcaster" and a specified caster level.
What's the difference? Is anyone ...
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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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Draconic Lineage feats vs Reserve Feats
Dragon Magic presented draconic Lineage feats, which let you convert spell slots into various attacks/abilities that varied in power by the slot spent. Complete Mage gave us Reserve Feats, which gave ...
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Do you need to take a feat to get the background?
I'm currently running a D&D 3.5e game for The Shackled City Adventure Path and have allowed my players to use backgrounds provided for it to fit their character's in a little better if they so ...
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What are the feats and class features that turn will and fort saves into reflex saves?
What are the feats and class features that turn will and fort saves into reflex saves?
I vaguely remember reading something like this in a D&D 3.5 or PF book.
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Feat which allows a PC to use a Ranged weapon in 'Melee Range' without provoking Opportunity Attacks?
Is there a Feat of some sort which allows the use of a Ranged weapon in 'Melee Range' without provoking an Opportunity attack?
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Do I lose access to a feat if ability drain results in no longer meeting the prerequisite?
Do curses or ability damage/drain cause a character to be unable to use his feats?
For example, a Ranger with 20 Dex who has two-weapon-fighting feats and is using two weapons gets cursed or ability ...
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Can Ability Score increases caused by magic items qualify me for feats
As far as I know, a players non-temporary ability scores are considered for taking feats, taking prestige classes etc... Any AS bonus come with spells, or magic items that are effective while worn are ...
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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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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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Can you use Mindlink to go through walls?
I have a telepathic Psion with the Mindlink ability which states: "When you use your Send Thoughts, your psion attacks against the target ignore concealment and cover until the end of the encounter, ...
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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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The 5-Foot Step and Acrobatic Strike
As I understand the 5-Foot Step, it can be taken to move 1 Square while still being able to perform a Full Attack without evoking an Attack of Opportunity. Does this mean that I can still Tumble in ...
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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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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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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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Is resistance/vulnerability applied before damage is transferred with Nusemnee's Atonement?
Situation: level 16 Dragonborn Sorcerer with Paladin Multiclass, Ancient Soul, Nusemnee's Atonement, Radiant Breath, Morninglord paragon path, and Fey Beast Tamer theme.
Whenever she breathes, she ...
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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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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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Do I get the Class Feats at level 1 in D&D 4E?
I'm a bit confused about Class Feats. PHB says characters gain one Feat on first level. However, it seems reasonable for me that characters get these on first level. So, do I get them then, or do I ...
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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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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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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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How does off-hand spellcasting with two implements work?
With the Dual Implement Spellcaster feat, you can add the off-hand implement's enhancement bonus to damage rolls.
1) What if you cast a spell with the off-hand implement? Do you get nothing from the ...
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Can a martial character combine a lesser style with greater style, arena training, or other at-will modifying feat?
What level of stacking is possible with at-will modifying feats?
Take, for example, the fighter power: "Cleave"
At-Will Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Targets: ...
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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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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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Can an Avalanche Hammer melee basic be upgraded by Ogremight Bruiser (Greater Style)
The Ogremight Bruiser (Greater Style) [ddi] allows you to use some powers in place of a melee basic attack.
You can use a power associated with this feat in place of a melee basic attack when ...
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Need help with Sorcerer build options
Ok, so I'm working on a Spellscale Sorcerer with a gambler theme; he will eventually be taking levels of Fatespinner and Fortune's Friend (he doesn't consider this cheating any more than an athlete ...
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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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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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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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Pathfinder and the Leadership feat
The feat Leadership has changed considerably since 3.X days and has brought up a few debates at my table.
The specific debate is not over cohorts, but over followers. Let's say my level 7 Pathfinder ...
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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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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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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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“If I have 3 or more ranks…” What does that mean?
In some skills, it is written that if you have three or more ranks in the skill, something will happen, such as the Acrobatics skill:
If you have 3 or more ranks in Acrobatics, you gain a +3 dodge ...
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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 ...
