Errors in power range/shape descriptors about dnd4ebeta HOT 5 CLOSED

For doing monster imports I added a pull request that does Melee N and Reach N as those were frequently on monster powers

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Are there any Close Wall abilities? Similar for Touch, I can' think of any Close Touch powers. I had in a way just simplified the naming to just Wall and Touch but can rename them to both Area Wall, and Melee Touch

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There is a close wall power, the Warlord's "Form a Line" (Martial Power, page 88). It seems to be the only one, but that's a core book, so I would consider it important to include.

More surprisingly, I also found a close touch power; the Warlock's "Rending Fear of Khirad" (Dragon Magazine 366, page 22). It also seems to be the only example, but I guess one should include it if Dragon Magazine material is supposed to be fully supported.

Even if all touch is melee, the language of "Melee Touch" rather than "Touch Range" is important because it makes it clear that a power should be counted for effects that relate to Melee attacks (e.g. Iron Armbands of Power).

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Alright I'll modify things to include them, and you are correct as the wording/language is indeed important for how interactions play out such as AoO, and so on.

That said I think Rending Fear of Khirad might be a misprint of so kind, because Close Burst 1, Target: One whatever are quite common and based on the other conditions of the spell it would very much still work out mechanically the same way. I'll still include Close touch because why not.

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Yeah, I think either one might make more sense with a different "shape"... a lot of the Dragon Magazine stuff (in particular) is a bit wobbly on rules templating. But, I assume community errata is outside the scope of this project, certainly as far as just getting the ruleset complete goes.

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