New Posts For Thread: Attacking other party membershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_membersNow that I've finally located the correct forum for my question, here it is:I've heard that including other party members in attacks requires permission from the player whose character you would be attacking, but I haven't seen that in any documentatThe social norm in our group is that defenders can be included in blasts and bursts, but we should keep everyone else out of them.  Defenders are supposed to take hits, and most of ours take steps to make sure they can handle getting included in a bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_members?post_id=391662257#391662257The social norm in our group is that defenders can be included in blasts and bursts, but we should keep everyone else out of them.  Defenders are supposed to take hits, and most of ours take steps to make sure they can handle getting included in a bThu, 25 Feb 2010 13:13:50 -0600Either way, only at higher tiers would I allow an ally to blast me with an AoE. With the exception of my Sorc, my Wizard is all friendly spells excluding Thunderwave which is rarely used.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_members?post_id=391624957#391624957Either way, only at higher tiers would I allow an ally to blast me with an AoE. With the exception of my Sorc, my Wizard is all friendly spells excluding Thunderwave which is rarely used.Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:53:39 -0600In addition, even with a 20 being an auto hit, a hit is only a crit if it would have bene a hit *without* being an auto hit.So a fighter with a +15 on his attack would normally hit AC 35 on a natural 20.If the critter has AC 36, rolling a 20 is an auhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_members?post_id=391621297#391621297In addition, even with a 20 being an auto hit, a hit is only a crit if it would have bene a hit *without* being an auto hit.So a fighter with a +15 on his attack would normally hit AC 35 on a natural 20.If the critter has AC 36, rolling a 20 is an auThu, 25 Feb 2010 02:03:06 -0600PHB: "Precision: Some class features and powers allow you to score a critical hit when you roll numbers other than 20 (only a natural 20 is an automatic hit)."Uh, no. Only a Natural 20 is an auto hit. An 18-19 still has to hit the AC in order to counhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_members?post_id=391585641#391585641PHB: "Precision: Some class features and powers allow you to score a critical hit when you roll numbers other than 20 (only a natural 20 is an automatic hit)."Uh, no. Only a Natural 20 is an auto hit. An 18-19 still has to hit the AC in order to counWed, 24 Feb 2010 19:53:03 -0600Incorrect. A critical hit is an auto-hit.Ever hear of expanded crit range?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22312449/Attacking_other_party_members?post_id=391583385#391583385Incorrect. A critical hit is an auto-hit.Ever hear of expanded crit range?Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:38:38 -0600