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Firebreak
Nov 17, 2023 08:14
Thank you!
Firebreak
Nov 17, 2023 07:51
Remind me, is there a shortcut to linking the tour in comments?
PD - whee - whim - wish
Nov 12, 2023 23:03
How go things?
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 14:05
The point is that if they miss they can try again, harder, I think.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 14:02
But for other cases, yes, it's something that requires special training.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 14:00
> If the attack hits, you deal normal damage for your unarmed attack or natural weapon and the spell discharges. If the attack misses, you are still holding the charge.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 13:59
> Alternatively, you may make a normal unarmed attack (or an attack with a natural weapon) while holding a charge. In this case, you aren’t considered armed and you provoke attacks of opportunity as normal for the attack. (If your unarmed attack or natural weapon attack doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity, neither does this attack.)
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 13:59
> Holding the Charge: If you don’t discharge the spell in the round when you cast the spell, you can hold the discharge of the spell (hold the charge) indefinitely. You can continue to make touch attacks round after round. [...] If you touch anything or anyone while holding a charge, even unintentionally, the spell discharges. [...]
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 13:58
There's a section in the 3.5 Combat chapter (starting on page 141 and crossing over to 142) that reads,
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 06:18
You had to judge whether being able to deal your unarmed strike damage (1d3 + Strength modifier, for an elf, or 1d2 + Strength modifier, for a gnome) was worth having to strike through armour, shields, and the thick hide of beasts (or phenomenal characters), which all increased Armour Class for regular weapon attacks but not touch-based spells.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 06:05
(I know, very late.)
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jun 7, 2022 06:05
What's worse, the 3rd edition shocking grasp spell could indeed be delivered with weapon damage... if the weapon you were using was your fist, because the unarmed strike is the only weapon you can use without touching it (which would discharge touch spells before you could put them upon the target). It took special class features (like the duskblade's arcane channeling) to deliver direct damage spells like that with a weapon.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 19, 2022 02:46
(I should clarify: the only adjustment in the errrata.)
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 19, 2022 02:23
@AncientSwordRage Weirdly, the 'moving an object' use of prestidigitation was expressly removed in errata for the 4e printing, and that was the only adjustment to the spell.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 15, 2022 08:20
Anyone aware of a question about substituting the default initiative system of 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons to accomodate a one-on-one game?
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 10, 2022 11:24
(Or about 6.1 metres.)
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 10, 2022 11:23
This is where I check out, as I stay 20 feet distant from 5e material at all times.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 10, 2022 11:21
The tag description is misleading, then.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Apr 10, 2022 11:19
@AncientSwordRage Echo Knight, appearing in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, is a Matthew Mercer original, as I'm lead to believe.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jan 24, 2022 23:12
I have done so.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jan 24, 2022 22:27
The new view is not fading out questions with my ignored tags, like [dnd-5e].
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jan 24, 2022 20:58
that too
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jan 24, 2022 20:57
because it merges from 3rd edition the hallow spell and its inverse unhallow, as with protection from good and evil
PD - whee - whim - wish
Jan 24, 2022 07:06
@Phoenices The Astral Plane, as I understand it, is a reflection of notions and dreams, divorced from geographic coordinates, whereas the Ethereal Plane is more a reflection of reality, as the ghosts that inhabit it and those operating with force magic are. The uses of ethereal travel are for short distances, while the uses of astral travel are for vast scales and travel to other planes.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 10, 2021 18:04
@DanB The above seems relevant as a historical context piece.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 10, 2021 18:00
Goodberry wine was a magical drink in D&D v.3.5 that healed 1 hit point per dose, and you could benefit from a maximum of 8 in a day. This lined up with the goodberry spell's own limit; you could have as many of the 2d4 berries from goodberry as you like, each curing a single point of damage and sating hunger like a normal human-size creature's meal, but the healing from goodberry capped at 8 hit points per creature in a given 24-hour period, no matter how many spells cast.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 10, 2021 18:00
To expand...
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 9, 2021 18:13
I'm suddenly reminded of goodberry wine, a magical drink published in real D&D content.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 23:45
Not familiar with any earlier.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 23:45
@AncientSwordRage I recall their printing in 3.5's main line book, Races of Stone.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 23:06
Thanks for the notification, I forgot I had a meta post ready to go
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 20:17
I edited Dragon back in to the best of my ability
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 11:59
Well, do as you will about the situation. I return to my seasons-long slumber.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 10:13
The question, as phrased in the title, is, "What set of books makes a complete starter set for 4e?" Since buying individual issues of Dragon magazine is getting really into the weeds, and its only value is supplemental content, I think there's no case for keeping it in the answer. If DDI's tools for creating characters and encounters were still available, I'd mention those, but they seem to not be.
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 10:03
Is this said as a former DDI subscriber?
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 07:32
Any criticism on this edit? Things I should keep in mind going forward?
PD - whee - whim - wish
Dec 8, 2021 07:17
Since I'm not sure it is worth bringing up on Meta as I'm hopped up on caffeine and not in a place to make good judgments:

4th Edition D&D has been torn down by Wizards of the Coast, since 5th Edition has been the real prime product they want you to buy for several years.
Several links from good answers on the site are to dead pages.
I've replaced those links with Wizards of the Coast's product listings on OneBookShelf (DriveThruRPG), on one answer, as well as adjusted wording here and there that I feel no longer applies (such as removing references to DDI).
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Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:52
I don't have the capacity to be polite when faced with this sort of impulsive response driven by the desire to be the one to help (regardless of whether meaningful help is being offered), these days. I'll take this as my cue to sign off.
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:48
> I already do
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:47
> without just blocking the sidebar elements?
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:47
Anyway, for the benefit of everyone here: don't respond to my posts. Block me.
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:46
I'm aware of the annoying options, and the reason I don't exercise them is: I already do, but they're annoying, so I want to be able to not.
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:39
I'm on a Mac, so no, any program suitable for that sort of image editing is not worth the load time.
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:37
How do I do this without just blocking the sidebar elements?
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 21:37
Maybe someone here can help me with an interface design thing. Say I want to screencap a question on the site, including the title, but I don't want to include site news, linked questions, chat rooms, and other sidebar content. If I try to get a screencap only as wide as the body of the question, it's near inevitable that part of the title runs out of the bounds of the screenshot (since above the sidebar is considered valid space for rendering question titles).
Powerdork
Jun 17, 2021 15:51
@Akixkisu Not about the material, about the meaning of terms like RAW.
Powerdork
Jun 16, 2021 21:44
The former.
Powerdork
Jun 16, 2021 21:36
I'm not sure when it happened, but they've started to read to me like D&D alignment debates.
Powerdork
Jun 16, 2021 21:35
How many discussions about RAW have you seen that convinced anyone of anything, or clarified someone's position in a useful way?
Powerdork
Jun 16, 2021 08:27
Yeah, I'm definitely intrigued, like, 'what kind of weathering is that and how did it come to be so?' is a thought that comes to mind.