Recent content by Keltheos

Well, nothing's been important enough to me to buy an account or wait through the download process. Oh well.

Is it just my computer or is the Rapidshare site anything but? I always have long delays when I try to DL a file from there...

Doesn't WotC ever read its own forums? I mean, talk about not writing to their target audience!! ;) :D :D

Don't allow Eldarin in your campaign...? That'd prevent them ever teleporting...

No, I get that, I'm more a fan of the redshirt monsters having a bit more survivability than one swing but less than that of a level-equivalent encounter. Yes, I know I can drop in an encounter of a lower level, but rather than it being a simple 1-hit/1-kill attack I prefer it keying off...

If you say so. *shrugs* (I hope that didn't sound petulant)

Welcome. Honestly, the biggest harm WotC did to the game was calling this new experience in RPG'ing D&D in the first place.

Bingo! I love the mooks rules in games, but 1 HP minions kind of grates on me in 4e. Anything that reduces damage to zero or misses a minion should keep them going. Same thing with temp HP. If the damage exceeds the temp HP, they're gone, otherwise the temp's blown and they're back at 1 HP...

Ditto. I guess the (using the list of examples above) eagle-eyed Ranger may use his perception to point out to the Rogue something like "Hey, should that spring be coiled as tightly as it is?" and give the Rouge an extra set of eyes, but just randomly throwing out there that character X can...

What's this whole 'It isn't/doesn't play/feel like D&D' complaint that keeps coming up over and over and over again? Does it play like a fun game? Then who cares if it's D&D? Why must it 'play like D&D' for it to be entertaining? If they're going to make it play the same why bother with a new...

That's the problem with the rules allowing for 'helpers' to pitch in. This is an issue in most games. Mostly it simply makes little practical (versimilitudinous ;) )sense, but if the players can come up with good reasons as to how they're helping (vs. just 'I'm rolling, can I help?') more than...

So, really, when it comes down to it it's a question of how much metagaming a player is willing to put into their character? ;) I'm finding the specialist/dabbler argument holding more weight in light of how few skills are now available to the classes. I like the idea (still deciding how much...

Wouldn't it be easy enough for skill challenges to apply a +2 to each successive step of the challenge for each step successfully passed? I.e. if it's a 4/2 challenge it'd be a +2 then +4 then +6 then +8 for the stages, it would presumably make sense that someone who is doing well at something...

Not always a serpent:Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents (1607, 1608, 1658) shows her as a scaled cenaur-like creature.

I always hated how every magic item had to be a complete mystery to the party on how to use it if they didn't have access to Identify or the time to use it on items. "I swing the sword around, do I feel any different?" "I put the armor on, is it any lighter/can I see in the dark/etc?" Silly...