D&D 4E 4e DM Cheat Sheet

Quickleaf · Dec 18, 2011

A quick post so that everyone can find this thread.

I'll be posting another update over the winter holiday, so if you'd like to see any changes let me know.

So far I'm planning to:
* correct prone condition to include defense bonus vs ranged
* revise monster knowledge check DCs to be in line with Rules Compendium
* on the "Updating Old Monsters" table include under artillery monsters "Increase accuracy by 1 or 2 for ranged or area attacks."
* replace the outdated treasure table with....something

cattar · Dec 18, 2011

Really great stuff. I really appreciate the effort put in to this. I don't think there is room to add this in, but one possible addition could be something like random dungeon generation tables (room types, exits, occupied or not).

Ferghis · Dec 18, 2011

Maybe swap out the treasure table with the total value of items and gold each character should have by level? If you did an additional column of how this would translate under intrinsic bonus rules, I'd be super happy!

Swirv00 · Dec 18, 2011

Ferghis - I don't think you need a table for that. A character should have a magic item of their level, one +1 and one -1, plus gold of one item of their level.

Quickleaf · Dec 19, 2011

Ferghis said:
Maybe swap out the treasure table with the total value of items and gold each character should have by level? If you did an additional column of how this would translate under intrinsic bonus rules, I'd be super happy!

I'm not sure I see where you think you're trying to come from.

The intrinsic bonuses look like this:
+1 attack and damage @ Levels 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27
+1 AC, Fortitude, Reflex, Will @ Levels 4, 9, 14, 19, 29

Do you mean that at level 7, for example, a PC would be expected to have a +2 weapon/implement and a +1 neck slot item?

op1983 · Dec 19, 2011

Any chance we can get a landscape version?

Quickleaf · Dec 19, 2011

op1983 said:
Any chance we can get a landscape version?

Yeah I can do that over the holidays. Are you planning on using it as a DM screen insert?

op1983 · Dec 19, 2011

My wife is getting me the worlds greatest dm screen landscape for christmas. I have the official screens, but they just don't work for me. This will definitely do the trick.

Ferghis · Dec 19, 2011

Quickleaf said:
Do you mean that at level 7, for example, a PC would be expected to have a +2 weapon/implement and a +1 neck slot item?

No. I'm not talking about the actual intrinsic bonuses rule, but how it affects the amount of treasure that PCs should get. If you're getting the bonuses for free, the DM has a different level of obligation, in terms of treasure and monetary rewards.

Quickleaf · Dec 19, 2011

Ferghis said:
No. I'm not talking about the actual intrinsic bonuses rule, but how it affects the amount of treasure that PCs should get. If you're getting the bonuses for free, the DM has a different level of obligation, in terms of treasure and monetary rewards.

Ah, so you mean take the DMG treasure parcel by level, divide by 5 PCs, then deduct out appropriate weapon & neck slot gp values

You do still get whatever special ability is associated with the item, so I'm not sure what you're thinking is done by most DMs. But if a couple folks think this merits being on the cheat sheet then I'll do it.