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I'm part of a roleplaying group in Gaithersburg, MD looking for new players. We're planning to start two new games in the near future, a D&D 4e game and a Changeling: The Lost game. If you're interested, PM me and I can give you more details.

I've only had this happen via an Umber Hulk's confusion, but there's a little more to the story than that. I'm currently playing an Elan Psion who is rather obsessed with becoming a legend. Part of this, of course, involves her being an immortal aberration. She has to hide her immortal nature...

So did mine, and I had one that was apparently going to be delayed until mid-June/early July. I was so about to send Amazon a nasty email, too. *sigh*

I've come up with (or seen) three possible solutions to this issue that I like. The first is to reset action points to zero after an extended rest; the second is let PCs use more than one action point per encounter; and the third is to give some sort of experience reward for reaching a...

I DM with a laptop, and I have several text files open at all times to keep track of various conditions. I have an initiative chart that shows what events need to transpire on each character's turns, I have a chart listing the statuses afflicting each character, I have a chart listing hit...

Remember, though, that we don't yet know what the other builds of Wizard look like.

It's alright, because they're spontaneously animated as an abyssal ghoul myrmidion next turn. ;)

I think the only difficult part is working solo monsters into the encounter. In order to fit in the XP budget for two PCs, solo monsters will have to be a couple levels lower, and the greater the disparity of levels between PC and monster, the screwier the math gets.

If we want to get realistic, I think the PCs would discover that clearing out and maintaining an entire keep is a huge monetary drain, and they might decide it's just not worth it when they could be buying magical items and rituals and the like.

Anyone have any guesses as to where the +8 in the Fighter's Crushing Blow comes from?

*shrug* I was envisioning the PCs cornering the wife in her room at night and demanding she talk to him or else.

To prevent PCs from using the same skill over and over again in a skill challenge, all you have to do is role-play the scenario properly. The Warlord uses Diplomacy to explain to the Duke that it's in his best interest to help the PCs because sooner or later, the evil cultists the PCs are...

As far as barring skills in certain situations, this is another instance where I think clever role-playing on the part of the PCs could allow them to use a skill they wouldn't be able to use normally. (Since I just thought of this on the fly, this probably sounds similar to my previous example.)...

Probably means 8 successes before 4 failures.

For non-primary skills, I think PCs would have to be a little more creative. Perhaps you find the court jester and impress him with your Acrobatics skill, and this opens up a way to get the Jester to speak on your behalf to the Duke.

Not much new info here, but this does at least tell us the Skill Challenge system isn't a silly "Roll high with a random skill and you succeed" system like some were suggesting. I also like the concept of certain skills opening up other checks, and certain skills being off limits or even...

It's also conceivable that, while you may not be able to pick up the Ranger's two-weapon fighting style, you may be able to swap your powers with Ranger powers that are two-weapon fighting exploits.

I'm not entirely sure that this is true. The Lich template in the monster customization excerpt describes a ritual for creating the Lich's phylactery, for example. Now, the excerpt doesn't spell out the rules for this ritual, but given that we know rituals are a mechanic in the game, it stands...

Fly's duration is listed as being either until the end of the encounter or for five minutes. Since Fly clearly has out of combat uses, I'd rather think that application isn't unintended. Also, all of the at-will cantrips clearly have some uses out of rounds. In general, though, I'm forced to...

I simply don't see how it is a poison pill. A company can produce products under the 4e GSL and the 3e OGL.