In D&D 4e, spells which are cast outside of combat and may require investment of time and money.
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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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Clarification on 4e Raise Dead's 'part of the corpse'
In 4th ed, the Raise Dead ritual specifies that "you must have a part of the corpse of a creature." Is a part removed from a living body considered a part of the corpse once the original body has ...
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Can creatures be transported within Leomund's Secret Chest?
If a creature or PC gets inside Leomund's secret chest after it has been summoned, can they be transported back to the chest's storage area when it is dismissed?
Leomund's Secret Chest[ddi] ...
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Tenser's Circular Shield
Tenser's Circular Shield: The item says it's an optional focus for the Tenser's Floating Disk ritual. Does that mean one can perform the ritual free of component costs (10gp)?
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How quickly can fortifications be built in D&D 4e, magically and otherwise
My bad guys have holed themselves up for a couple months. Given little preexisting fortification, what resources are there for for building mechanical and magical defenses? Is there something ...
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A boon too far? Riding Tenser's Floating Disk with Tenser's Circular Shield
Tenser's Floating Shield has the following propertyDDI:
You can use this item as an optional focus for the Tenser’s Floating Disk ritual. When you do, a force bubble over the disk prevents ...
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Are there any restrictions on mastering and/or using a ritual based on its Key Skill?
I was thinking about rituals recently, and realized that I couldn't find anything restricting a character from taking rituals with key skills in which they are not trained.
Obviously there's a soft ...
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Gentle Repose, changes to the corpse, and hungry wolves
Does Gentle Repose modify the body in any way other than slowing its decay and resistant to being raised as undead? Specifically, would a corpse preserved by Gentle Repose smell like "food" to a ...
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Must-have rituals for a 4e group
My group has recently changed DM's. The last one ran a hack-and-slash game without too much roleplaying or anything outside the adventure book (random encounters, exploration, etc).
Our new DM is ...
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Clarification of Raise Dead
Raise dead starts like this:
To perform the Raise Dead ritual, you must have a part of the corpse
of a creature that died no more than 30 days ago.
It says a couple of other things, and then ...
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Most effective ritual caster class?
What class is the most effective/cost efficient for casting rituals in D&D 4e?
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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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Are there Psionic Rituals?
Are there psionic-only rituals (don't see any in PHB3)? I see primal, arcane and divine rituals (though most seem to work with all three). The Psion has ritual caster so I'm wondering if there are ...
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How does the Magic Circle ritual work?
The description of the magic circle ritual includes the following text:
An affected creature whose level is lower than your Arcana check result minus 10 cannot pass through the circle, affect ...
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How do I determine the level when creating a ritual?
What are the guidelines behind assigning level to a ritual?
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How do I brew uncommon potions?
The Artificer in our party has the ritual to brew common potions, but we are trying to figure out what he needs to learn to brew uncommon potions.
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Invoker's Hand of Fate ritual
In D&D4, I'm playing an Invoker. One of the rituals is:
Once per day, you can use Hand of Fate without expending components
I don't think I've ever used this ritual. Part of it is me just ...
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How are Vinculum ratings impacted when pack members die or otherwise skip a Vaulderie ritual?
In one of our Sabbat games, most of the members of our pack died. Some had high (8) and others extremely low (2) Vinculum ratings to/from the PCs. How would their death affect the Vinculum?
Would it ...
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What is the range of the Knock ritual?
The KnockDDI ritual does not specify anything for range.
Can you use the ritual to unlock a door that you cannot touch?
Can you use the ritual to unlock a door that you cannot see?
Can you use ...
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How to make a Dark Brotherhood-esque Job Request System in D&D 3.5 E6
The Goal
In a E6 campaign I am playing in I want my character to start an assassins guild similar to The Dark Brotherhood from The Elder Scrolls games.
The Problem/Question
I am stuck on how to set ...
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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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3 enchanted items to cast ritual - D&D
In planing my D&D campaign, I have an section where the group will have to find three enchanted copper pots to seal away a powerful daemon. I have an idea on how I want it to work, but not sure if ...
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What is the ritual component cost “set of focuses”?
In D&D 4th edition, the Alarm ritual has a component cost of "5gp, plus a set of focuses." What does "set of focuses" refer to here?
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Is there a high limit on how high the Tenser's Floating Disk will fly?
Is there a high limit on how high the disk will fly? If i'm on it and use a move action to go "UP" how far will it go before it refuses to go any farther? I did not see any mention of high limits ...
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Moving Enchantments
Say you have +2 Frost Mace and you want the enchantment on your dagger instead. Is there a way to move it from one item to another without the Enchant Magic Item ritual?
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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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Is it possible to inscribe Undead Ward on an item?
Is it possible to inscribe Undead Ward on an item, and if so what would the effect actually be? For example, inscribing it along the edge of a shield, around a belt, or around the outside of a helmet ...
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I need a ritual to review memories
Is there a ritual already that can do this? If not, can someone please suggest a level and other mechanics to make it work?
The ritual should allow the caster to review the target’s memories from ...
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Can an Undead Servitor act after its controller is dead? [closed]
Can an Undead Servitor act after it's controller is dead?
EDIT: (Note that this is not 'act as a sentient creature capable of making it's own choices of action' but 'act' as in 'perform actions'.)
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