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Let me put it this way. It's like watching a movie, and the protagonists enter a cave and are attacked by minions of the antagonist. They win and are debating amongst themselves whether they should enter the cave to confront whatever the antagonist has in store for them, or leave to better...

Then you're right, I did misread your post. However, at that point, I would cease to call them milestones and just keep track of encounters. If you're calling them milestones because you also give out action points after every encounter, then that's where I would have to disagree. Action...

That's a nice way to do it, and very simple. 7 milestones seems like a bit much though. An average level by the core rules has between 8 and 10 encounters, which is 4 or 5 milestones. In practice, it seems to take even fewer encounters than that. But I guess it depends how quickly you want...

What constitutes as "extra work" for me is something that I have to do over and over, basically adding a new layer of adventure preparation to the game. For example, taking Pemerton's example that I've quoted below, I'd have to prepare an interesting skill challenge for every dangerous location...

Existing Solutions that I Don't Like When trying to do research to find out how other DMs solve the problem of the 15-minute workday in 4th edition, I found two main categories: 1. The DM has to build the adventure to prevent taking extended rests until a certain point in the adventure is...

I was referencing how they appear in 4th edition, from the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide. Personally, I prefer them flavored simply as humans whose bloodline has been infused generations ago with elemental energy.

I love the genasi, but I wish there was a more setting un-specific name for them. I don't want to call them elementals, cause those are something entirely different! The githzerai have always seemed to me like they don't fit. They're just monk people without anything really distinctive that...

Just a question that I can't find a ruling on: I want to make a hybrid Cleric/Ranger who uses melee weapons. The hybrid Cleric gets the full Healer's Lore feature, so can I trade that out for Battle Cleric's Lore (Dragon Magazine 400)? Normally, such a character would only have proficiency in...

Thanks for all the advice! I looked through those systems (or reviews of them) that I could find, took what I liked, and this is what I came up with: Each character starts with three Stories. The player chooses the first two (one Solo Story and one Group Story), and the third is created by...

I'm looking for a system to add onto my games that will encourage my players to roleplay a bit more. When I say roleplay, I don't just mean say some colorful things about they way they smash the kobold's head in, but actually play a consistent character and form interesting connections with the...

If we can get one more person interested, then we can get the game started. Technically, HolyMan, I don't think there is an alienage near Ostagar; I'm pretty sure the only one in Ferelden is in Denerim, but I think your character can still work if you came from there.

Cool! I've only recently gotten into Pathfinder, and I haven't actually played it for real (only over Skype with one other person), but playing will help me learn.

That really stinks. I still want to play something PBP, though. I've got a Dragon Age game that I want to run, and I'd be willing to play 4e, PF, or SWSE if anyone's starting up a game.

Walking Dad: Yep, that works! Voda Vosa: Decide on a background and a name and you'll be good to go. I'm really glad there's some interest in this! I've been wanting to play this game for a while, but my real life group won't try it.

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