D&D 4th Edition Rules – Things I’ve Noticed

I was just rereading through some of the rulebooks and caught a few things that stuck out to me that I might have first missed the first time.

• Charge
  Is a standard action that allows you to move and take a basic melee attack in the same action. So move then charge is a valid action, or a shift then charge, as long as you are 2 squares away from where you started.
• Commander’s Strike
  The warlord must be within range of the ally and enemy target with his melee weapon. Link to Q&A. I know this seems weird and totally gimps my tactics with my warlord, but WotC has spoken.
• Ranged attacks against adjacent enemies
  PHB p. 290 states Ranged and Area Powers Provoke: If an enemy adjacent to you uses a ranged power or an area power, you can make an opportunity attack against that enemy.
  This includes ranged magic abilities such as Magic Missle and Eldritch Blast.
• Area Attacks
  PHB p. 271 states multiple attack rolls but only one damage roll.

That’s all I can think of right now, so leave a comment if there is anything you want a clarification on and I will do my best to look it up.