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My current group is at about level 17 and they are in the Frost Spire portion of Revenge of the Giants. I try to run my game so that if any 3 show up, I will run it (though I try to scale encounters to avoid TPK). The party's cleric is going to be unavailable for a long while. Lacking...

I have a D&D group that has 5 players. One of my table rules for running a game is what I call my 'Rule of 3'. This rule is as follows: I will run the game if I can get 3 of you to show up. Any less and there is not going to be a game. This rule serves the following effects. - The game can...

4th Edition assumed a baseline of 5 players + DM at the table, and all adventures and encounters were balanced accordingly. Assuming the DM made appropriate adjustments to the encounters for the number of players that actually showed up, this worked ok. I m wondering though what the actual...

I want to introduce an Artifact into my game, and wanted to get an idea of what is available. The problem is that the D&D Compendium site does not lend its self to actually finding the damn things unless you type in the exact name. I don't suppose anyone knows of which combination of search...

I have ended up using a few monsters that have resitance values like "Resist 5 variable (1/encounter)" Clearly I can just select a damage type to resist. However, I have not found any info on the following details. 1) Is the resistance triggered as an interrupt, or as a minor / move...

What is your experience with the delve adventures in this book? I have run several of them; Level 1, 2, 3, and 5. I ran the level 5 delve today for my group (4 players at 7th level, 5th player was absent). The delve damn near kicked their ass. I also had a TPK in the delve with the Goblin...

A few years ago there was a thread that listed several terribly written encounters from published adventures. There was one that stuck out in my mind, an encounter where the dm text said something along these lines: 'A group of travelers approaches. They do not appear to be injured. They are...

Background: My players have just been manipulated into killing an ambassador (and brother of the ruler) from a neutral kingdom. My players were under the impression that they were instead killing enemies of the kingdom they have been working for. The people who tricked the players have already...

Enlarge spell is worded thusly: "Before using a wizard at will or encounter attack power, you can choose to take a -2 penalty to each die of damage rolled with the power to increase the sizeof its blast or its burst by 1. You can't use this feat on a power that doesn't roll dice for damage"...

Not sure if any of my current players read EnWorld. However, I am going to gamble on a no. First some background. I am planning on adding some Cultiists of Morgion in my campaign as an evil organization. Morgion is a god of Disease, death, undead creatures, suffering, and general misery...

This is something I might want to use in my game. What do you think? Concerns: Is the damage output reasonable for a 4th level monster? Does this fit the Controller / Leader role? END COMMUNICATION

Looks like I am going to have to be the DM once more, so I am modifying this post. I would still like to have a chance to play as a PC once in a while though. I am looking to start a game on Sunday afternoons, running from about noon until 5:00 or 6:00 pm. The game would ideally have 4 or 5...

I am wondering what the favorite uses of readied actions are among current D&D players (3rd or 4th edition). My current favorite Readied Action (4th Ed): Readied Commanders Strike as soon as the first enemy is adjacent to an ally. This allos me to either nail an enemy as soon as it closes...

I was leveling up my character (Level 2 Half Orc Barbarian) and I noticed something when choosing my level 2 Encounter power. Tigers Leap (Utility 2, Barbarian) Encounter * Primal Move Action Personal Prerequisite: You must be trained in Athletics. Effect: You can make an Athletics check to...

The subject of dwarf tossing in D&D 4e came up in a conversation just recently. After putting way too much thought into it, here is what I came up with for the series of required actions. 1) Grab attack - Str vs Reflex. (Standard Action). Typical resolution 2) Lifting the dwarf for a...

This thread has nothing to do with a given edition or rule set. The question is about how and when you actually manage to run your games. For the past 3 years, I have had a mostly stable group of 4 to 5 players. I try to run the game once a week. In a concession to the real world often being...

I have encountered a problem in the last few days and I am wondering if I am the only person who is having this problem. Periodically when I post a reply to a thread, I get the following message: This tends to happen after I have been logged into the forum for a while. When it happens, it is...

One thing that I advise everyone to keep in mind before making specific comments about grind. Direct comparisons between two different groups of players might not carry over directly. There are presently 22 Character classes and 18 Races from PHB 1, PHB 2, and PHB 3. when you include Eberron...

I kind of like the D&D mini's, since they can give me some very useful props for monsters. However, I do have one problem with the random distribution. If I want to run a fight with more then 1 of a particular monster, it is very difficult to get a decent quantity of them at a reasonable cost...

I already have the location and time: *Le Valet d'Coeur* 4408 St-Denis, Montreal Name: D&D Delve Night July 09 Sanction Number: 09-07-1934667 Coordinator: marcodsolo@hotmail.com Date: 7/3/2009 Start at 5:00pm The problem is that neither the store's website nor the person at the store was...