It should be noted that with spellcasters in 4E, they're very different form 3.5 and earlier.Tudyk wrote:On the group: Spellcasters generally confused me, if I use any sort of pet I will be overly attached to keeping it alive (possibly to the detriment of the group as a whole), and bulky armor makes me twitchy. Oh and increased movement/attack speed is about my favoritest thing ever (I LOVED my tattooed monk XD).
Essentially, there are two different types of spells. You have your class spells, which are really no different from the abilities other classes have, and then you have rituals, which can be used by anyone with the ritual caster feat (given free to a few classes)
Each class has a lit of abilities they can use, each with a limit over how often you can use them. You have At-will powers, which you can use at any time and as often as you like. Then you have encounter powers, which you use once before requiring a short rest to recharge it. Then you have your Daily powers, which you can only recharge after a 6 hour rest. You also have utility powers, but they're mostly for problem solving. Each class has these powers, but they come in different flavours. For example, a rogue will have a stab ability which does a lot of damage at once and may apply a bleed effect to the target. A Warrior would have a weapon attack that lowers the target's attack roll, a Wizard can cast a spell that does a little damage to everything within an area of effect, and a cleric would have something that would lower a target's AC, or allows another player a saving throw, or something.
Rituals are also generally for problem solving, and require you to make a skill check and pay a component cost. Unlike other editions, it's just a flat gold cost as opposed to finding the eyelashes of a medusa or some such nonsense. A lot of the old spells of previous editions have been made into rituals, such as Tenser's Floating Disk, Comprehend Languages and Wyvern Watch.
On the topic of unlikely dice rolls, about a month ago I rolled 5 natural 20s in a row. My dice are normally average rollers at best. I guess my luck comes in sudden bursts, but yeah, the other players checked to see if I was cheating.
My brother went to a game where about 8 players rolled 20s all at once. They decided to stop playing for a while and play soccer, because you know your luck will just go south after that.
~ Formally known as Royi ~
