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Here are some things I found interesting in the Rules Compendium.

1. Penalties from the same named game element do not add together. (p. 29)  The PHB rule for this used to only apply to penalties from powers.

2. There are 2 types of powers, attack and utility.  If the type is not specified and the power has an attack roll or deals damage, it is an attack power. Otherwise it is a utility power.  (p. 89/90)

3. When swapping powers, you must keep at least one power from your class of each particular type .  The types for this are at-will attack, encounter attack, daily attack, utility.  (p. 90)

4. When a non-adventurer power (such as an item power) does not list a level, it is the same level as the game element it comes from. (p. 93)

5. Non-adventurer powers often lack a target line, their target information is part of another entry. (p. 95).  This seems to indicate that creatures affected by these powers count as targets, even though there is not a target line in the power.

6. The size of a close power also counts as its range. (p. 103) Clears up questions about moveable close bursts.

7. If you target an ally with a power that targets allies only, the ally can ignore the power.  If you target an ally with a power that targets creatures, they cannot ignore the power.  Ally is defined as a companion of the power's user.  Enemy is defined as an opponent of the power's user. (p. 106)

8. The "sack of rats" rule applies to any effects that occur upon hitting, missing, or otherwise affecting a target. (p. 108)  It used to only apply to effects that happened upon hitting the target.

9. When creating a wall, the vertical squares count against the limit.  A wall 8 is only 8 squares total, the vertical squares count against the total number.  (p. 110)

10. The Rattling keyword no longer requires you to attack.  It says that you just have to deal damage with the Rattling power to give the -2 penalty.  (p. 119)

11. At-will stances do not end at the end of the encounter.  (p. 120)

12. Monster knowledge works off the new easy/moderate/hard DCs rather than being a fixed value for each tier. (p. 129)

13. Immediate reactions do not have to wait until the triggering power is completely resolved.  If you are targeted by a multi-attack power, you can react to the first attack, which might invalidate the second attack. (p. 196)

14. Triggered actions that are not immediate or opportunity actions work like immediate reactions, unless they need to be an interrupt in order to function. (p. 197)  Previously, the PHB FAQ only said that they did not work as interrupts, not that they did work as reactions.

15. The creature whose turn it is chooses the order of start and end of turn effects.  (p. 197/199)

16. A creature's space is 3d and cubic in shape (p. 200)

17. Creatures in the same square are considered adjacent (p. 201)

18. When forced off an edge or into hindering terrain, the forced movement ends after the saving throw is resolved.  (p. 213).  This was not clear in the old rules, and some thought you could continue with forced movement after resolving the saving throw.

19. Opportunity Attack, Bull Rush, and Grab are now attack powers. Opportunity Attack wins the award for longest trigger.  "Trigger: An enemy that you can see either leaves a square adjacent to you or uses a ranged or an area power while adjacent to you." (p. 215,246) 

20. Aid another now only applies to skill and ability checks.  To aid someone on defense or attack, there are separate actions called Aid Defense and Aid Attack. (p. 237/328)  I guess this might break some things that refer to aid another and attack rolls.

21. Administering a potion to a non-helpless willing ally is a standard action.  (p. 244)

22. The rules indicate that you can jump off a mount to dismount. (p. 253)

Yeah, this is a nice little list. Thanks!

Sep 10, 2010 -- 6:14PM, Melos wrote:

Here are some things I found interesting in the Rules Compendium.

2. There are 2 types of powers, attack and utility.  If the type is not specified and the power has an attack roll or deals damage, it is an attack power. Otherwise it is a utility power.  (p. 89/90)

Wow, were Druids that overpowered? They lose the ability to use non-attack racial powers in beastform. (They can't use attack, utility, or feat powers without the Beastform keyword. Now anything that isn't an attack power is a utility power, and thus not usable unless it has that keyword.)

9. When creating a wall, the vertical squares count against the limit.  A wall 8 is only 8 squares total, the vertical squares count against the total number.  (p. 110)

That means if an enemy creates a wall at its maximum length, I can basically ignore it. I'd need a roll of 1 on an Athletics or Acrobatics check to jump over or onto it. This is at level 4. Hopefully they are enlarging Wall spells to deal with this little issue.

19. Opportunity Attack, Bull Rush, and Grab are now attack powers. Opportunity Attack wins the award for longest trigger.  "Trigger: An enemy that you can see either leaves a square adjacent to you or uses a ranged or an area power while adjacent to you." (p. 215,246) 

And they lack the Beastform keyword. See comment on item 2.

Already existed in the rules:
2 (technically, there area 4+ types, attack, utility, feat and class), 7 (allies were already able to ignore powers targeting them), 9 (clarification, board concensus agreed with this), 13, 15 (I think),

Already addressed in updates:
1, 20

New or slightly modified rules:
3 (used to be just hybrids), 4 (pointless/meaningles rule), 5 (bad rule, targets were previously targets), 6 (major change to powers such as Consecrated Ground), 8 (bad, now leaders that have effects that help allies require enemies if they target them),  12 (maybe good or bad, needs more info), 14 (bad rule, breaks many triggered free actions), 16 (good rule), 17 (good rule), 18 (bad rule, failed save should allow continues forced movement), 19 (good rule)

No comment:
10, 11, 21, 22