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Sunday we wrapped up a 5 game set in Eberron that went from Level 1 to 11. I played a Mystic using WotC's playtest rules put out in 2017. https://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/UAMystic3.pdf While 1 to 11th is technically only "half the levels", it covers the half that the vast majority...

If a druid is in wildshape and hit by an attack that reduced their maximum hitpoints, such as an attack from a wight, does that reduce the maximum hitpoints of both base and wildshape forms or does it only apply to the hitpoints of the animal/elemental form? If a wight reduces the max hitpoints...

A PC I play in a long-running but slow-moving game has just made 10th level. To give you an idea how slow-moving, this character started out in 3E, was translated to 4E, and was translated again to 5E. Slow-moving as it has been, the DM has been reasonably generous about letting me scribe new...

So I am fulfilling a long-cherished ambition of mine and playing a Blood of Vol cleric that rebukes undead. Death and Necromancy domains. (I don't think either is that great, but they seemed like the best of the available four.) Currently 4th level. What are some tricks and tips for playing...

Just wrote this up and I wanted opinions. ***** Materials-Based Magic Item Creation for 4E D&D Introduction: For some campaigns, the magic-for-cash construction policy promoted by third and fourth edition D&D may be consider inadequate or unflavorful. The following is offered as as set of...

This is sort of a spin-off from the Storytelling vs. Roleplaying thread where I think an interesting question came up. What do you (as in responders to this thread) view as being the part of skill challenges where player skill comes into play? As a follow-up to your answer, do you view the...

Last night I used 'Face of Death' (I think), a level 9 Wizard daily attack spell from Arcane Power. If you hit an opponent and they fail their first save, this imposes the 'Helpless' condition. Naturally I went in thinking this would be a really awesome power. Then I actually made an enemy...

I'm going to be converting a gnome wizard from 3E to 4E after the PHB II comes out. (Hopefully there will be some interesting racial feats useful for a wizard.) Is there any way I'm going to get any use out of the gnome power to make a stealth check at the beginning of combat? Should I bother...

I'm interested in hearing what people have done with Traveller official "Third Imperium" setting. Specifically what kind of campaigns you've run, how they progressed, what the characters did, where they started, and where they finished. Any "Actual Play" threads you could link to would be great...

So this is a post about the latest session of the Age of Worms campaign I am playing in. Read no further those who are still trying to avoid AoW spoilers. . . . . Whoa! Last Friday the DM called the Library "the most dangerous area you guys have been in yet", and he wasn't talking jive...

There are some situations out there, such as some of the barbarian powers, where it is to a PC's advantage to be bloodied. Given the nature of a hitpoints, can a PC just declare they are voluntarily losing their "avoid damage" mojo and immediately lower their hitpoints to the bloodied value...

I'd like to have the group fight some Shadows, but they aren't in the MM. Has anybody done a write-up? Preferably something suitable for about a level 2 party, though of course I can always scale down. I'm guessing they should be able to apply a Weakened status effect, but I'm fuzzy on how...

Unless we have a last minute cancellation, tonight should be the first session playing campaign converted to fourth edition. I have tried as best as I can to retain the spirit of the 3E character. I'd welcome some comments to make sure he's mechanically sound. He's supposed to be something a...

It's a D&D tradition to find creative uses for magic that makes spells achieve ends for which they weren't originally intended. Let's take a look at 4E rituals and see if we can find non-obvious uses for them. Animal Messenger - This ritual is very non-specific in defining such terms as...

For campaign continuity reasons, I'd like to bring back 'Summon Monster' as a ritual. Obviously there are issues with the action economy to be considered. I'm not going to bother writing it up in ritual format at the moment. I'd rather just get some comments on my initial ideas. 1. Basic...

So I have now run two sessions of Keep on the Shadowfell, though between them they probably only amounted to one session for most groups. Due to scheduling issues, we can only play for about 3 hours at a time, and various "life events" meant that there were interruptions during both sessions...

Is there any reason a character can't charge through the squares of an ally by declaring an Overrun action (which can specifically be used as part of a charge) and just letting their ally use the "get out of the way" option?

Back during the 4E previews, I seem to recall an awful lot of nerd rage over an announcment that magic rings would not be usable by heroic tier characters. As I recall, you could wear one ring at paragon tier and two rings at epic. Magic rings were supposed to be 'special' items. Yeah... what...

Concentrating mainly on keeping the overall concept, of course. This character has been through rebuilds before. He started life as a sorcerer in the World's Largest Dungeon, then I turned him into a Beguiler when a reincarnation gave me an excuse. Indications are that the campaign will...

I'd like to put together a Witch class that largely mimics the flavor of Terry Pratchett's Diskworld witches. Other sources of inspiration might include Thulsa Doom from the conan movies (for a darker shade of witch), witches from OZ, and the "I put a hex on you" style witches of common...