Recent content by Robtheman

I would suggest the following for the other side, all of which focuses on creating dynamic encounters on the fly. - Treasure/reward generation - Random encounter compositions by party size and level (2-3 players, level 3, 1 elite, 1 standard, 4 minions, for example). This could help a lot of...

It sounds like an interesting plot over all. I would caution you to avoid the following: - Telling the PCs they can't do something. They may very well ignore your expectations and go with the evil wizard. - Involving the gods in any direct way until well in to Paragon tier. The players may...

making a solo stand alone okay, a bit off the original topic, but i'd like to offer the following. a boss fight is a nice time to blatantly cheat - but not by removing the PCs cool stuff. you could do things that hinder the characters movement in to combat advantage as opposed to taking away...

I find the most important part of ending the campaign is describing how the players successes or failures impacted the world. This applies to any level of play. The reward of role playing is often the belief that we are impacting an imaginary world. You can build the importance of this type of...

As far as treasure is concerned I generally include treasure that makes sense for the enemy or environment. Every once in a while I will take stock of how the party is doing. If someone is lagging it gives an opportunity to create a scene that rewards them in a special way and catch them up on...

let us consider market share The big benefit of talking Modular is that D&D can be expanded in to far more products. Modular design grants some of the flexibility required to add and remove chunks of rules where necessary depending on the physics and cultures of the gaming world(s) in question...

Regarding a Solo Fights You may want to shield the solo in some way at first. Otherwise they will focus fire. Just recently gave my boss a shield of souls that eat up the first 5 attacks directed at him. So far I've turned a daily, a striker bonus damage feature (shroud), and a social oriented...

Practical motivations for non-combat sessions Great stuff in this thread. Thanks for sharing all your experiences. I tend to run non-combat sessions for 1 of 2 reasons. 1. Someone fails to show up at the last minute and I really want the full party to be involved in a specific combat scene...

Community management is the core of the problem with 4e at this moment. The community of consumers is stretched around the globe, often don't know each other, have few ways of meeting each other outside of game stores and is generally composed of geeks (myself included). A strong hand with...

Spicing up combat in 4e Hello Recidivism! Thanks for posting this topic. I really enjoy creating dynamic and fluid combat encounters so this should be fun! Let me address one thing right off the bat. The primary challenge I see is that you let your players get away with it. ;) Perhaps we...

To the original poster: I agree with your position, the fact that your assailant was misinformed, and that he is an uptight prig. You may consider these issues as well. I'm not not trolling you - rather offering a perspective on why you seem to have royally pissed that guy off and, by...

A bit of backstory to tie the party to the crypts. Being that this crypt is inherently creepy and close to Winterhaven, teenage boys and girls would no doubt dare each other to enter the facility. Those that do feel an palpable chill run through them. Rumor has it that 2 boys and a girl from a...

Tips to Motivate Roleplaying Hi! I'd like to congratulate you on taking up the mantle of GM. It can be a lot of work at first but the results can be incredibly rewarding. In my opinion, the strongest GMs are the ones that are ready to learn and adapt their style of leadership and storytelling...

I have not played that class, however I would be pretty surprised if there was a really awesome melee archer build. If you want to play it for flavor you'll probably end up making some concessions on the crunch. I've read that Prime Shot is a pretty underused class feature. You might try...

This would require us to go read the book for you, then report back. That's not really something most folks have time to do. Alternatively you could read the guide that was posted. In addition, that guide will probably be a forum thread of it's own. You will find lots of useful information and...