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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #160 on: February 06, 2009, 05:09:19 PM »
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What bonuses apply to the secondary attack (and the damage from it) from All Bets Are Off (Pit Fighter 11 Encounter Attack), exactly? Everything that would also apply to the weapon the primary attack was done with (i.e., proficiency and enhancement bonuses, Weapon Focus...)? Seems odd, since you're pretty much pimp-slapping them, not attacking with your weapon. What about the extra damage from Two-Weapon Fighting, if you attacked with your main weapon?
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #161 on: July 15, 2009, 06:11:40 AM »
Nevermind, found it :)
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #162 on: July 18, 2009, 08:05:06 AM »
Q 60

I remember reading about the interaction between resistance and vulnerability, specifically how resistances to different types react to attacks with more than one keyword and what happens when a creature gains vulnerable X to a damage type it has resistance to, but I can't seem to find the passage. Could alyone point me in its general direction?

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Alternatively, what happens if a creature with resistance to cold gains vulnerability to cold by being hit by a character with the Lasting Frost feat?

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What ways are there to break the 1/encounter Action Point limit for a ranger, preferably not tied to a specific source (Violet solitaire and Punisher of the Gods, for example, break the cap only for APs granted by their specific power/feature)? I'm aware of Warmaster, but is there anything which a) comes sooner, or b) does not require a multiclass?
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #163 on: July 18, 2009, 01:08:14 PM »
A 60
According to the errata, resistances to damage that is multi-typed is limited by your smallest value of resistance against all types present. The example given is resist 10 lightning and 5 thunder reducing 15 lightning and thunder damage to 10 damage, being limited by the 5 resist thunder.

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In general, having resistance and vulnerability to the same damage type works as you might expect. Since resistance decreases by X damage adn vulnerability increases by Y damage, you can effectively make a net modifier of X-Y. The only corner case is when the resistance might reduce damage to 0 if applied before vulnerability, which, IIRC, has not been covered in errata. Ask your DM on this one.
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #164 on: July 18, 2009, 01:32:40 PM »
Q 62

What ways are there to break the 1/encounter Action Point limit for a ranger, preferably not tied to a specific source (Violet solitaire and Punisher of the Gods, for example, break the cap only for APs granted by their specific power/feature)? I'm aware of Warmaster, but is there anything which a) comes sooner, or b) does not require a multiclass?
A 62 None that I'm aware of.

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #165 on: July 18, 2009, 01:34:48 PM »
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In general, having resistance and vulnerability to the same damage type works as you might expect. Since resistance decreases by X damage adn vulnerability increases by Y damage, you can effectively make a net modifier of X-Y. The only corner case is when the resistance might reduce damage to 0 if applied before vulnerability, which, IIRC, has not been covered in errata. Ask your DM on this one.

I believe I read somewhere, I think it was the FAQ, that you're suppossed to apply resistance and vulnerability simultaneously, not one before the other.
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #166 on: July 21, 2009, 07:24:55 AM »
Q63: Can I use the powers from Bloodclaw and Reckless weapons to gain a damage boost with another weapon?

For example, say I'm wielding a Frost Bastard Sword and a Reckless Bastard Sword, does the Reckless ability give me extra damage on all my attacks, or only on those made with the Reckless weapon itself?

Same question for the Bloodclaw ability, does it only work on the Bloodclaw weapon itself, or do I get the bonus damage on all attacks with all weapons?


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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #167 on: July 21, 2009, 08:20:01 AM »
Q63: Can I use the powers from Bloodclaw and Reckless weapons to gain a damage boost with another weapon?

For example, say I'm wielding a Frost Bastard Sword and a Reckless Bastard Sword, does the Reckless ability give me extra damage on all my attacks, or only on those made with the Reckless weapon itself?

Same question for the Bloodclaw ability, does it only work on the Bloodclaw weapon itself, or do I get the bonus damage on all attacks with all weapons?


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AFAIK yes. Remember good old Bloodclaw Gauntlets cheese?
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #168 on: July 21, 2009, 09:55:39 AM »
Thanks :)

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #169 on: July 28, 2009, 07:05:15 PM »
Q64:Druids gain trackless step at level 3... is there a quickerway to get this class feature?
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #170 on: July 28, 2009, 07:36:50 PM »
Q64:Druids gain trackless step at level 3... is there a quickerway to get this class feature?
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I don't think so. And you might want to post this in the corresponding 3e thread. ;)
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #171 on: July 28, 2009, 07:39:43 PM »
Q64:Druids gain trackless step at level 3... is there a quickerway to get this class feature?
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I don't think so. And you might want to post this in the corresponding 3e thread. ;)
:lol I thought this was the fourth edition of the question thread... not the fourth edition question thread
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #172 on: July 28, 2009, 07:42:08 PM »
A 62 Actually, I think a Human Ranger can use the Adroit Explorer PP.  I'd have to double check that, though.

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #173 on: July 30, 2009, 10:33:55 AM »
Q65: When critting with an attack power through a magic implement, does one roll the critical bonus damage if the power wouldn't normally do damage at all?
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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #174 on: July 30, 2009, 01:50:48 PM »
Q65: When critting with an attack power through a magic implement, does one roll the critical bonus damage if the power wouldn't normally do damage at all?
A65 Doubt it, but since there weren't a lot of "no-damage" powers in the first PHB, I wonder if they never thought about it.  It's worth asking WotC directly.

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #175 on: July 30, 2009, 02:06:26 PM »
Q65: When critting with an attack power through a magic implement, does one roll the critical bonus damage if the power wouldn't normally do damage at all?
A65 Doubt it, but since there weren't a lot of "no-damage" powers in the first PHB, I wonder if they never thought about it.  It's worth asking WotC directly.

Yeah, I'm blind. Right above the Extra Damage entry in the PHB, the text states:

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #176 on: August 31, 2009, 02:15:03 AM »
Q66: If I hold a staff of ruin in my offhand while I have Dual Implement Spellcaster, do I get the staff's property / bonus damage to my spells?

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #177 on: November 17, 2009, 02:04:17 PM »
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Q66:

Situation: character is bloodied next to a bullywug. If he spends a healing surge next to the monster, he'll be weakened until the end of his next turn (or save ends, I can't recall). Since 4e states that every character is always aware of what will happen at any given time, he knows this.

A Warlord spends an use of Inspiring Word on his colleague. Now, he knows that spending that healing surge will make him weakened, so he refuses.

The question is: does the additional HP granted by Inspiring Word apply regardless of the HS expenditure, or is it conditional on it? The way I see it, he gets the additional benefit regardless, but the text seems ambiguous enough to allow for either interpretation.

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Re: Ask a simple question...4e style
« Reply #178 on: November 17, 2009, 07:23:11 PM »
Perhaps a custom immediate interrupt is in store, as in
Free Action say "I'm weakened !!"

Your party mates don't Know your condition, but you do, so you tell them before they do the next action.
I'd houserule that a Readied action still happens, unless the Actor ~chokes the action.

I'm sure there are some more semi-fluff statements buried in the various books, that could apply here.

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« Reply #179 on: November 17, 2009, 07:33:29 PM »

I was more worried about it rules-wise. Fluff in 4e is something you make up, not something that comes with the packaging.
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