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    D&D 5E Specific overrides general: a general rule, or a specific rule?

    As a rule there is an exception to every rule.... so therefore there isn't
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    Gamers in the Workforce

    Other: Scientific Publishing
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    Small Gods: Myriad Puntheons

    Scallops - God of swearing in front of young and impressionable children
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    4E Class Survivor - Round 4

    Kill the bard... I've never liked the bard - just the idea of him standing there singing at his enemies to defeat them. It just doesn't work for me, never has and I dare say never will. Now apparently the 4e version works better than previous incarnations (don't know don't have the PHB2)...
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    Once a Month Sessions - HOW?

    How long are your sessions? I run a game where we meet every few months. 3 or 4 sessions a year. It's a pain, we'd all love it to be more regular but the combination of work, personal lives, travel required to get together and everything else that gets in the way means even monthly sessions...
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    Joke Names you've never used...but want to.

    I'm waiting for the next superheroes game to play Misty Ennay Blonde, buxom and wearing spandex two sizes too small, her powers will basically involve getting into trouble, screaming for help and in doing so maximising the abilities of all 'red blooded men' in the area to come and get her out...
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    New guy, bad choices for character and personality

    I've never experienced quite what you have but have had to deal with similar types of conditions - and some from situations where I know the player isn't a jerk - just that he gets far too stuck in 'what his character would do' and unwilling to bend even a little for the sake of the game. And...
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    Spot the Dragon!

    The biologist in me wants to point out that a lot of diving birds are able to enter the water with a much smaller splash than other animals of similar size. I'm not saying that there's not going to be any noise or splash just that an intelligent creature that spends a lot of time in water is...
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    Our First Game -- What some non-RPG fans Learned that they want to share!

    I did actually have a look at this and created a first template but then abandoned the idea. The issue I had was that there are a number of factors that can affect Defences that it would require the DM to keep track of a range of numbers not only for the NPCs but now also for the PCs as well...
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    How should I pronounce Tiefling?

    For anyone interested - tief (pronounced to rhyme with (coral) reef) is german for deep, so if you use that as the etymology then they are the deeplings.
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    Halfling Staff Wizard . . . impossible?

    Use the stats for a club but change the mace keyword to staff.
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    Divine Power Source

    One development I'd like to see would be a bit more differentiation of different types of priests. The Cleric as we have it is pretty much a Pelor/Bahamut type cleric, with the option of taking feats to get powers that are more in line with the actual deity they worship. I'd like to see...
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    Encounter Design - Single High Level Enemies

    Cheers for the input everyone. TO be clear what I was talking about was nothing to do with DDI - never used it. I'm just going out of the 'Spending you XP budget' section (page 57 of the DMG). I realise it says monsters 7 levels or above are likely to be too hard but what I was looking for...
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    Encounter Design - Single High Level Enemies

    I’m putting together my next game and I’d like some advice from those of you that have run more than my current two games of 4E. I’m curious as to how well the encounter creation calculator works when you start pitting parties against higher level foes. The idea is that the characters are on...
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    Push, Pull, Slide... can you change directions?

    I think that it could also be open to interpretation based on the power in question. With those that are force push effects, e.g. Thunderwave, I think I'd rule that you can't go change the direction dramatically. That doesn't mean no change of direction, so back one square then diagonally back...
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    How Might D&D Religions Differ From Real Life Religions?

    I'm going to nit pick here for the purpose of a (hopefully) interesting conversation. I'd say that it isn't the church's power that is near absolute in this situation - it's the god's. The reason for this nit pick is the corruption that was rife within some churches in medieval Europe - where...
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    How Might D&D Religions Differ From Real Life Religions?

    I never realised this about Eberron but then I never bought it. Might have to have a look at it sometime. I've actually accomplished a similar effect in a different way. My gods don't have an alignment, and each has both positive and negative traits associated with them. Their worshippers...
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    How Might D&D Religions Differ From Real Life Religions?

    As long as there is 'obvious' evidence of a god's existence, i.e. the ability of his/her priests to do magical things, then it's going to make a dramatic difference to the world. Atheists will not exist - or would be considered crazy. It would be like not believing in elephants, or possibly...
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    Knocked Prone and occupied spaces - Help

    Another option would be to add a slide 1 (or maybe 2) to the knock prone effect (and maybe reduce any damage a bit to make up for the other effects). This way your constructs are smacking everyone out of their way. Each attack they bash whoever is in their way aside clearing their path completely.
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    Can you choose to reduce the area of an AE power?

    Krensus - do you have a reference on that... I'd say that for a burst you need to hit a square that can be targeted - i.e. not inside a wall. So part of it could be but not the actual origin - or is that part of what you meant?
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