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Was it like "You know, we typically have wicked power creep, but what if power creep had like, a mascot?"
Or was it "Woo Hoo I'm surfing on a wave of money from the 4th ed release lets get some more hookers up in this bitch wait what we're writing a book aww fuck it!"
At that point though I think the Rapier would just need a slight boost.
Though, I can't say my Tiefling Chaladin would mind being able to use both Weapon Expertise and Hellfire Blood. (And Melee Training is just icing, since the original plan was to get HBO eventually anyways)
I'd look myself but I'm at work now and am hoping that if I ask now, some generous person will have provided a link for me by the time I'm free of the daily shackles.
Also any idea when PHBII hit's europe? I'd just stick the pre-order on amazon and wait for the surprise in the post but I'm moving house immenently and don't want it going to the wrong address!
I googled Kobold Hall and the first result on the images page looks like what you might want (though it's not terrifically high-res, I imagine it'd do the trick.
No clue on the release date, sorry - work's got me blocked from most promising PHB II results.
RE: these ridiculous PHB II feats - I coulda sworn they said early on they're shying away from must-have feats. if we all harass them about this discrepancy now, do you think they would offer an explanation by release?
I just mean, even if it is as someone suggested and they think we've got too many feat slots and to-hit imbalances at higher levels, using a feat to fix that instead of a major point of clarification in the book just seems to encourage metagame thinking which contradicts the whole feel of 4E. It seems worth asking about in any case, but that's just me.
If that is the case then I think you would be able to carry the bonus to attack over and use it with basic attacks since on pg. 287 of PHBI it says "A basic attack is an at-will attack power that everyone possesses, regardless of class" so Basic attacks and OAs are powers as well and have the weapon keyword.
Melee Basic Attack
You resort to the simple attack you learned when you first picked up a melee weapon.
At-Will ✦ Weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Increase damage to 2[W] + Strength modifier at 21st level.
Special: You can use an unarmed attack as a weapon to make a melee basic attack.
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I'm kind of curious how most DMs here are revealing dungeons and stuff to their players. Do they just lay out the dungeon map and have players discover hidden/unseen things as they go through, or do they have a way of slowly revealing the layout as the players explore the dungeon?
I need somethign less troublesome than trying to draw out the entire dungeon as they go. It slows things down, it's not fun, and it looks bland.
Do you know where in the PHB is says that cause I have gotten both answers so far. The only reference I can find is that extra damage is always rolled (This is referring to the extra damage from a magical weapon, but I assumed it meant other sources of extra damage as well).
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I use the slow, unfun, and bland drawing stuff out method.
See, I really prefer this method myself, the reveal as you go.
My PCs can generally look forward to a map made on MSPaint or hand drawn in sharpie for our RL games because that's the extent of my graphical software library, so that's what they get. Besides, a couple lines of sharpie takes less time than thinking up the NPC's actions. Of course, I bow to Denada's map skills.
And as a PC, I like the "revealing stuff as the characters can see it" method. It builds suspense and, at least for me, helps with the immersion when I can only see as far down the hall as Derek (or Berenden) can.
I do prefer revealing it as we go, I just find it difficult to orchestrate in any way that is engaging to the players and doesn't involve me flailing around the table, the players, and their stuff as I try to draw the lines everywhere.
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That's when he was using pre-made maps for our uses. Otherwise, he would just draw as we go on his battlemat.
Ah, yeah, that can be obnoxious. To avoid it my RL groups tend to play on the floor, which helps that issue because it gives everyone enough personal space to spread out their sheets and cards so that the only thing on the board (a posterboard-sized-pad of grid paper) are the PC/NPC tokens (in our case, just pieces of paper) and perhaps an errant die or two.
Though if you don't have space for a reasonable floor-butt ratio, I'm out of suggestions.
Playing Regularly: D&D 4E "Iomandra Campaign", "Rise of the Runelords", "Custom Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil", [DMing] "Upheaval"; Team Fortress 2.
In fact, I was thinking of writing up a ritual that emulated Create Dead but ultimately decided to wait for the Necromancer (unless a player really really wants undead minions before then). I was thinking along the lines of a small group of undead that follow the caster and are controlled similarly to summoned creatures but attack the PCs once the duration of the caster's control is up.
Although I've decided to pass on this idea (for now), I must admit I have an interest in writing up several 3E spells as 4E rituals.
Good thing I didn't watch it or I would have had a conniption fit.
Considering the necromancer will probably have more than one minion (as a controller), they'll have to condense their actions somehow. I imagine something along the lines of minor to move one minion, and at-will powers that cause all of them to attack at once. Perhaps even some kind of sacrifice ability that causes a minion to explode in a cloud of rot and shadow.
Edit: The sacrifice thing to emphasize the triviality of life and death, rather than a Ranger's deeper attachment to his animal companion.
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huh, i always thought that you didnt maximize the class thingy damage.
the more you now!
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Check Wil Wheaton's blog. He's been linking to the direct mp3 link for those of us stuck behind work filters.
Japan folks always get their stuff early. A lot of rpg material gets released early on, so it's worth checking rpg.net's forums to see if any of them have it and are talking about it. If it's a big, major release, like when Dreams of the First Age for Exalted came out, someone will have it and be talking about it (though in that case, it was a Finnish reader that got it first).
Specifically added:
-a line to show you where the page split is
-closed doors
-1/2 walls so that you can line up your doors with the 5foot grid
-a display of how many public maps are available in each category (its in the drop-down menu of the loading screen)
Where on WillWhetons blog are the podcasts? I'm having a hard time finding them... /darkness.
Man quoted for awesome. This feat is completely rocking, here's to bringing back the arcane trickster!
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Since I'm such a nice guy I put Episode 3 of the DnD podcast up on my site here:
Right-click and "Save As": http://www.thetreaclemine.com/get/dnd3.mp3
Don't kill my bandwidth or I won't be nice anymore :P
Well, for Denada's and Cytorak's games at least, it's myth weavers for character sheets and invisible castle for rolls.
I've never been able to figure out maptools, so hopefully someone can suggest a tutorial for that for both of us.
EDIT: I did throw up a campaign backdrop over on the campaign creation thread (probably 2nd or 3rd page of this forum right now), if people are interested (i know dortmunder's been itching for a game too) I'd be willing to give DMing a PbP (or other online format if schedules aligned) game a try
It's a pretty sweet utility, and it also comes with a die roller.