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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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How does one keep track of all of the different statuses, conditions, and mathematically-entwined stats of FFRPG?
Returner Games’s FFRPG has, to my mind, a very serious flaw in that it forgets that, unlike the video game consoles that you run Final Fantasy games on, tabletop games don’t have a ...
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How exactly does lighting affect combat?
I understand that there are different types of lighting (dim, bright, complete darkness), but I haven't been able to find anywhere in the DMH or PHB that specifically describes how these different ...
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Does the combination of Blinded and Deafened statuses make other creatures hidden?
If an item and or attack power in 4e gives a creature both the blinded and deafened status effects and the creature has no alternative senses (blind sight, tremor sight) is it reasonable to treat all ...
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Does a monster that saves against effect that gets reapplied by Dark Reach of Xevut get to save again?
In response to a monster saving against a dominate effect at the end of its turn, I successfully hit with Dark Reach of Xevut and chose to apply the dominate back to the same monster as an immediate ...
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If you're blinded, can you ready an attack for when you can see?
If you start your turn save-ends blinded, can you ready an attack with the trigger "when I can see and X happens" and then attack later during the round, on someone else's turn, after having saved ...
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When do the rolls and effects for saves end effects happen?
At what point does a character roll for effects that say "Save ends"? At what point do effects, like "5 fire damage, save ends", happen?
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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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Universal and Specific status effects
I'm a new DM trying to figure out some good ways to keep track of status effects and the like (I often forget and then I'm faced with the dilemma: retcon and annoy everybody, or go with it even though ...
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What is the difference between grabbed and restrained?
This is not a question about the mechanical effects. I'm just trying to figure out why 4e defines two effects that appear to be the same. If something is grabbed, isn't it in effect also restrained? ...
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What are the effects of drunkenness on a humanoid in D&D 4e?
I'm creating a monster NPC in D&D 4e that's supposed to be falling-down drunk, which should have pretty large effects on his skills, but I can't find the appropriate penalties or bonuses to apply. ...
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How do you handle dazing and stunning, with regard to solo monsters?
In 4th edition, one of the biggest problems I've found with solos is that they get locked down way too easily--between stuns, dazes, immobilzation, and other effects...they are far too effective when ...
