Recent content by MasterGarrow05

Ceraus: I definitely will implement your minion suggestion for damage. And will think about the 1/4 hit points for later sessions. I think the two in combination will probably make them way too powerful. Also, I have not experimented with the system long enough and suck at math too much to...

Wow, great responses, thanks. I would really like to minimize the amount of changes my players have to make to their PCs, so although I like the idea of having everything deal double damage to a bloodied opponent, I don't like reducing my PCs' hit points. I think I'll use that double damage...

I believe I've seen the suggestion to halve monster hit points in an attempt to speed up combat. I've taken most of the other suggestions on these boards, and want to try something else. Has anyone actually tried this? Does it work? I think the counterbalance was to up enemy damage. I've...

Thanks all, for your input. Well, I can't believe I didn't think of Guardian Fighter for +1 to hit with both longswords. The end goal, I think, is to become a blade banshee (ranger paragon, martial power). It has absolutely no ranger flavor whatsoever, and is strictly for eladrin. The...

I could swear I heard of some way to give the longsword or some other heavy blade the "offhand" property. Was it a magic weapon? I know it can be USED in the off hand with the ranger ability or the ranger mutliclass feat, but if it gets the off-hand PROPERTY, it is more effective in the hands of...

I'm sure there are threads devoted to traps, but no search engine = no find. I know there has been a update to the skill challenge tables, and dragon magazine has a new table for determining trap DCs and damage. But it seems to me traps become meaningless with these DCs! I mean, at 20th...

Thanks! That looks good enough. That would be VERY helpful to me!

I have a question for those of you who have chosen to subscribe to D&D Insider: When you look a monster up in the Compendium feature, do the stats come up? How are they formatted? Are they printable? Are they downloadable as a pic file? I know I should have figured this out when it was...

Did someone take the links down? I cannot find WHERE to download this sheet! There are no links!

Hmmm. First, I forgot the weapon proficiency bonus (damn),so that's not so bad. Second, I have been sufficiently cautioned. The whole point behind this was that our group is still only 4th level, and a) we were curious about what the high levels looked like, and b) there are some...

Was going to make a one shot for my players. First battle against an Ancient Red Dragon, plus a few other creatures (I have six players). I'm sitting here looking at near 1400 hit points and a 48 AC, and I'm trying to calculate a fighter's attack bonus. My best estimate: +30. Now I know...

I recently finished DMing KotS, and now another person in our group started Thunderspire Labyrinth last night. A big observation: the winding passages in many of the encounters in KotS and the beginning of TL are much MUCH less interesting than "open" encounters that happen on, say a large map...

Thanks for the responses. Given that the fighter we've had is a little TOO sticky for the DM's liking, I think we'll keep the combat challenge separate from the opportunity attacks. It's more complicated, but I don't like the idea of a fighter being able to attack 4 enemies who try to shift...

My group has been playing that the Fighter's Combat Challenge is NOT an opportunity attack for purposes of such things as the combat superiority. Now I have my doubts. First because the Potent Challenge text on the feat table says it grants bonuses to opportunity attacks and requires Combat...

I know this was probably resolved months ago, but I got six players for the upcoming Keep on the Shadowfell, so I'm looking to the DDXP pre-gens for my sixth PC. I recall a lot of fuss over the rangers powers that seemed to good to be true. Was there ever a "fix", was that ever explained by...