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Conspiracy of Doors Adventure Origin
In 4th Edition's Dungeon Master Guide 2, in the back of the book it goes over details for Planescape's center piece City of Sigil, and some notes on how to incorporate it into 4e alternate cosmology. ...
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Is there a Warlock (multiclass Bard) or Tiefling equivalent of Enter The Crucible or StoneSkin?
Both of those powers seem to allow you to "tank" 10 of damages, every turn. Our contact fighters have had Enter The Crucible for a while, and our mage just had StoneSkin appear as an option ...
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Questions related to the wizard's "Arcane Implement Mastery" and the "Staff of Defense"
In D&D 4e Player's Handbook 1, at page 157, there's a section about "Arcane Implement Mastery" for the wizard. It says the following:
You specialize in the use of one kind of implement ...
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Can half-Elves interbreed with half-Orcs?
Can half-elves and half-Orcs interbreed with each other and who will be born in this case?
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Are the official D&D Podcasts archived somewhere?
Back in september 2006, D&D launched an official podcast that was at that time distributed via Apple Podcasts. However, the way to subscribe to those — an RSS feed via the Wizards webpage — no ...
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Is there something in the lore that prevents my tiefling from having this skin color?
I'm planning on painting a portrait of my tiefling, so I want to confirm the color I imagine for his skin is possible in the reality dnd 4 is in.
The "base" of his skin would be a pale ...
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Do weapon proficiencies affect ONLY basic attacks, or also martial attack powers? [duplicate]
So in D&D 4e, let's say I want to play as a paladin. The paladin's weapon proficiencies are: "Simple melee, military melee, simple ranged".
So if I use, say, a longsword in order to ...
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How are monster’s skills calculated?
For example, I’m looking at the Goblin Hex Hurler found in the Monster Vault. Its skills are Stealth +10, Thievery +10. The Monster Vault states:
The skills section of a monster’s statistics block ...
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Which is the “poison pill” provision in the D&D 4e GSL?
History of the GSL
In 2008, Wizards of the Coast published D&D 4th edition using the Game System Licence, aka "4e GSL" or short "GSL", though there was a d20 GSL too, not tied ...
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Can you use a Sustain action on the same turn you cast it?
Many spells in DnD 4e take a Standard action to cast, and then have a Sustain Minor for additional effects (e.g. Crown of Madness, Bigby's Icy Grasp). Is it possible to cast the spell as a Standard ...
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Do magic users always have lower attack bonuses than martial characters?
I'm new to DnD 4e, and my party is creating characters right now. We've noticed that weapon users seem to have attack bonuses in the range of 5-7 (3-4 from ability, and 2-3 from weapon proficiency). ...
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What is my "fell might"?
I'm looking at the Scornful Denial feat and it tells me that "when you regain your fell might, you can make a saving throw against an effect that a save can end."
What is my fell might? The ...
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Does a Dragonborn Dragon Magic Sorcerer pierce their own damage resistance when taking damage from Nusemnee's Atonement?
An oft discussed optimization trick in the 4th edition era was the use of Nusemnee's Atonement on a Dragonborn Dragon Magic Sorcerer in order to recharge your breath weapon with the use of the Ancient ...
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What could attract the attention of hostile creatures? [closed]
So in my game of D&D 4e, the PCs are going to travel through the woods and the swamps, and an idea I have for this section, is that there's a type of creature in there that is more agressive than ...
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Will this Ritual Caster house rule break the game?
The House Rule
The prerequisite for the Ritual Caster feat changes to “Trained in
Arcana, Heal, Nature, or Religion”.
In order to master a ritual, a player must be trained in the relevant skill (e.g. ...
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