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Can Benign Transposition be used on your familiar as a form of teleportation?
I might be thinking of Pathfinder, but if familiars in DnD can teleport to their masters, would it be possible to use Benign Transposition to switch places with your familiar, then have it return to ...
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What is the physical stress cap for a Diminutive Size creature with Claws?
Consider the lowly garden gnome. He's got the Diminutive Size [-1] power, which means he is
Wee. [...] When your size is a factor in combat, you can only inflict 1 physical stress per attack (but ...
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Question about ability score bonus spells
The Player's Handbook states that you can get "bonus spells" for certain ability scores, but does that mean more spell slots/spells per day, more spells known, or both?
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What kind of action is rake?
Rake descriptions are annoyingly unclear.
Does winning a grapple check let you rake immediately as a free/triggered/no action, or
Is winning a grapple check simply a prerequisite for being able to ...
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Master of Shrouds Summon Undead caster level
At second level Master of Shrouds (LM p46) gets Summon Undead ability:
Summon Undead (Sp):At 2nd level and higher, a master of
shrouds can summon one or more incorporeal undead creatures
a ...
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Can characters with the Guardian theme choose powerful ranged characters as their bonded charge?
The Guardian character theme level 10 feature states that
Generally speaking, you can’t designate someone as a bonded charge
whose melee combat skills equal or exceed your own
The warden in my ...
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Are Weapon Finesse and two-handed wielding mutually exclusive?
I noticed some weapons, like the Elven Thinblade, can qualify for Weapon Finesse despite being classified as one-handed weapons. Does this mean I can wield it two-handed for 150% of my Dex bonus? ...
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Counting milestones for the death penalty
When a character is resurrected using the Raise Dead ritual, she gets a death penalty:
The subject returns with a death penalty: –1 to all attack rolls, skill checks, saving throws, and ability ...
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Can a horse start a grapple?
I know it defies suspension of disbelief, but what official rule can I show a rules lawyer player that "proves" a horse can't start a grapple?
If the answer needs to distinguish between animal ...
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Can't get “a hold” of this At-Range Grappling Conundrum
I usually have a solid grip on grappling rules but a recent battle caught me flat footed. Word play aside, a creature with multiple tentacles grappled me from 10' away, and chose to maintain the ...
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Can the MBA provided by Repel Charge be made at reach?
A player in my group is building a PC with a reach weapon
With a reach weapon, a creature can make melee attacks against enemies
that are 2 squares away from it as well as adjacent enemies. Even ...
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Are two creatures sharing one square adjacent to each other?
If a Tiny creature (like a Pixie) shares a square with a Medium creature (say human), are they considered adjacent to each other?
Adjacent Squares: Two squares are adjacent if a side or a corner ...
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Intangibility in Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
I am playing the Breakout event, as Spiderman (stop reading if you don't want spoilers!). We just met Zzzax, and I decided to attack him by web-throwing a huge metal pipe through him. I managed a ...
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Universalis: The thundering herd — Where did I misunderstand the rules?
I'm going to describe a problem I had in a game of universalis. What I want to know is, Did I misunderstand the rules.
We had a master component of a barbarian, who had (relevant) traits of "mighty ...
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How should I respond to a DM who unfairly plays the “rules-lawyer” card?
My question: How would you, experienced role-player, deal with this situation?
I was recently invited to join a 4e startup goup. I've RP'd a fair bit in my day, but not in decades, and never D&D. ...
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Does turn undead from different sources stack?
I've read somewhere in the Internet (in a Divine Metamagic build) that having levels as Cleric and Paladin lets you have twice thee turn undead attempts per day.
Is that true?
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Can items be retrieved from Alchemical Defense Nodes?
In D&D 4e, a piece of armor Alchemical Defense Nodes has the following property:
You can stow up to three consumable alchemical items within this armor.
While you can stow items in it, there ...
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Does Rain of Steel still work if you're blind?
The power description for Rain of Steel says specifically that
Effect: You assume the rain of steel stance. Until the stance ends, any enemy that starts its turn adjacent to you takes 1[W] ...
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Can a PC start with more than one attribute at 8 or 9?
In DnD4e essentials you have a choice of 3 arrays. However in the rules compendium they mention a point buy system.
I know from previous versions of the character builder that it will not allow you ...
