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For questions about powers, which generally refer to discrete abilities of a character, typically but not always associated with combat.

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How often per Day can the Living Missile Attack power be used?

The Living Missile power may be used once per day. Living Missile Attack, effectively a secondary attack of Living Missile, may be used until the target saves out of the slowed or immobilized effects …
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How many powers do I get as a first level character in D&D 4E?

Some Racial Powers: (Old Humans, Old Half-Elves) allow the granting of at-will or encounter power based on some other class. … Most first level powers derive from class feature choices. …
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Do class and race abilities count against your at-will/encounter powers?

A tiefling wizard will get their racial power for free and cannot take cantrips as first level powers outside of the class feature because they are described as "Wizard Utility" without a level. … Only class features may grant powers without a level on the power. …
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Is it fair to make all Encounter/Daily powers Reliable in D&D 4e?

Encounter powers are intended to be signature items. … By flailing around (again dliuting the already reliable powers) until you hit with your chain lightning... characters lose the iconic significance of their powers. …
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How do you make your players see beyond their power cards?

There must be real advantage within the mechanical framework of the game to using skills instead of powers. …
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Can a blast hit targets vertically above the caster?

Yes, it can. Blasts and bursts extend in the third dimension as they do in the second. And now for proof. First, the discussion where this comes up is in dimensional scramble, here: A Large cre …
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How many Encounter Powers can I use during an Encounter?

Each encounter power you have can be used, normally, once, save for healing word. Healing word notes: Special: You can use this power twice per encounter, but only once per round. Therefore, as …
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When a Wizard learns a non-spell power, do they learn two?

Spellbook states: Daily and Utility Powers: Your spellbook also holds your wizard daily attack powers and wizard utility powers (not including your cantrips). … While wizard utility powers are a subset of all utility powers, they are not the entire set of utility powers (for example, multiclassing) available to a wizard. …
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What class pairs well with a fighter in 4e?

Ardent Given a choice between psion and Ardent, given that your other leader is avoiding healing (a fairly decent choice for bard, actually. They've got better things to do with their time) a second-l …
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Do certain powers gain or lose keywords depending on usage?

That use of the power can therefore benefit from effects, like feats, that affect fire powers, but not from effects that affect cold powers.” … GM along with a bottle of non-prescription painkiller, because this is a section where the set of books you own, the "Rules Updates" you read, and the justification you favour determine whether or not powers
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Does Bolt of Genius restore ALL of a Cleric's uses of Healing Word or just one?

One of them Each Healing word is an encounter power. While it is possible to make the argument that: You can use this power twice per encounter, but only once per round. At 16th level, you can u …
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How to optimize this rogue´s knockout combo?

At level 13, the record damage at-will is 109 damage per round across multiple targets. If you're interested in knocking out people and killing them in their "sleep" you should be an executioner (ass …
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Final Fantasy Style/Tales of Symphonia Style Summoner in 4e

You'll need to call the powers different names, but they're exceptional at that style. Mages can be decent, though it's a woeful waste of resources to focus on blaster-wizard. …
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Is this a valid method to use Shadow Walk + Fleeting Ghost?

Heal +3, History +3, Insight +3, Intimidate +7, Nature +5, Religion +3, Athletics +2 FEATS Level 1: Hybrid Talent Level 2: Student of Malediction Level 4: Cursed Shadow Level 6: Ki Focus Expertise POWERS … Ki focus powers all of your attacks so you save on implements. Pixie flight will come in real handy and be a fascinating way to play through the game. …
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How would a character use object projection to perform thievery?

The teleportation aspect is useful, but not essential here (though if you can pull this off, as a DM, I would be willing to house-rule that having either of these powers gives you a significant bonus to …
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