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My first question is regarding guns. According to the rules for guns, they target Touch AC for their first range increment. If it targets touch AC, does that mean it ignores Damage Reduction?

Damage reduction does not negate touch attacks, energy damage dealt along with an attack, or energy drains. Nor does it affect poisons or diseases delivered by inhalation, ingestion, or contact.

My second question is regarding the Magus and it's Knowledge Pool ability. According to Walter's guide to Magus, and the author claims that Knowledge Pool lets you:

"He can also use this ability to gain a spell he doesn’t know for a day, then copy it down into his spellbook, effectively learning 1 spell off the magus spell list each day. Note, however, that this use of Knowledge Pool is a little shifty and may anger certain GMs."

Is that legit? Can I really just wake up each day and learn a new spell like that?

What do I need to purchase if I were to get into 4e? Do I get essentials? If so, does that mean that the old books don't work with essentials?

How hard is it to learn compared to 3.5?

Are the classes all viable, or are there some that I should outright avoid? I generally prefer to play fighters or other melee classes (aside from rogues, for some reason). Is there a class that combines arcane magic and melee combat, like Dusk Blade from 3.5?

What are warlords like? Someone told me they're like bards, but that they also wear heavy armor and wade into melee. I think I could get behind that.

Any help on this would be very awesome.

I'm having a hard time picking two domains for a cleric. The campaign has no gods, and the GM said that I am free to pick whatever two domains I'd like. I'm looking to pick up two domains that would benefit the group the group the most (The group is all ranged based).

Travel and healing are the two that seem to jump out at me right away, but I'm hesitant to pick those two because I picked them for my last cleric in a previous game.

My cleric is going to play mostly support, with melee being a "I'd like to do it but know it's not going to happen" sort of thing.

Thank you for any advice/help!