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I recently switched my group over from D&D to Fate, specifically using the Fate Freeport Companion (Fate in D&D clothing) rules to ease the transition. We were playing an Eberron game, and wanted to just convert over the characters, but there is no artificer nor anything particularly like an...

I actually prefer "Transient Genocidal Superhuman Kleptomaniacs" In fact, I think that is what I will call game night from now on. TGSK Anyway, I was looking for artwork of adventurers looting corpses, and I put in the phrase Murder-Hobos, and I found a forum [The RPG Site] from back in 2011...

So, this is actually two questions. What do the following terms mean to Wizards (or, more specifically, Mike Mearls)? Interaction Combat Exploration What do these terms mean to you? Interaction Combat Exploration Also, claims backed by references are always preferred, though completely...

Okay, I want a unified mechanic between Skill Checks and Attacks. Partially, I’ll admit, I want this to simplify my cheat-sheet by reducing the number of tables needed. Another part is because some Skill Challenges I already run as quasi-combats. Players make checks against the chosen aspect...

I just recently started looking into the 5e boards, and I keep finding people talking about what isn't D&D. Things like If it doesn't have 6 ability scores, it isn't D&D. and If it doesn't have vancian magic, it isn't D&D. So I am wondering, rather than what isn't D&D, what is D&D. This is...

I just recently started looking into the 5e boards, and I keep finding people talking about what isn't D&D. Things like If it doesn't have 6 ability scores, it isn't D&D. and If it doesn't have vancian magic, it isn't D&D. So I am wondering, what is the line for you? What isn't D&D. This is...

I have oft felt that, like MM1 monsters, weapons didn't really have a consistant set of rules behind them. This only became worse with the release of AV1 and the "MOAR DAMAGE ANIME R00XX0RS" weapons therein (thank you Herschel for that emotive description). I would like to create a system...

This is a split from a thread called Combining Vancian and Will/Daily from 4E Where we diverged from the topic of magic into the viability of DDi. What are your thoughts? Should DDi continue it's consumption of what has traditionally been a print resource? Or should it go back to being a...

What if combat was a skill or based on skills, rather than having it's own math; and skill challenges were more like a combat where you fighting a battle pitting your endurance (not the skill, but the ability to go on) against the challenge's ability to wear you out, rather than an arbitrary...

There are skills in 4e that I consider a problem because of their very design. Perception, for example, only needs to be focused on by one of the group to prevent the DM from ever being able to spring an ambush on the group unless it is by DM fiat, which then makes the skill unreliable and of...

I have been reviewing skills as preparation to switching my group to The Angry DM’s Key Ability Scores Can Suck It. I’ll quickly sum it up for those of you who have not yet read the article. The premise is simple, a player describes how he or she is doing something, and the DM determines what...

I have been looking at the keywords in 4e lately after it was pointed out to me how poison, due to it being both a damage and effect delivery method keyword, is disproportionately weak due to many immunities. I made a list of the keywords for damage and the keywords for effects, and only two...

Okay, I want some input on this idea, but I can't run it by my normal group because I don't want word getting back to them, just in case I end up using it. This is going to be done in D&D 4e, but really could be done in any system with equal level growth between party members. I was thinking...

Okay, the basis of almost anywhere your PCs end up is that there are pockets of peace and/or prosperity in a vast world of enemy filled awfulness. This could be a contrast of walled towns and villages in a monster filled land, or this could be the difference between the wealthy parts of town and...

I need help creating a veritable cornucopia of NPCs. I am running a campaign based somewhat off of Hunter X Hunter. For those of you who don't know the reference, basically you have a bunch of the worlds best trying out for endorsement of a multi-nationally respected organization of...

This is a split from this thread, in the hopes of keeping it on topic. The discussion centers around the quesiton, "Would it be reasonable to ask/expect Wizards to, with DDi, support all previous editions of the game?" The story so far... So, new thread, fascinating discussion. Please...

While reading this thread on the gap between book sales and DDI subscriptions, and more specifically about people who used to subscribe, have or had the downloaded character builder, and let their subscription lapse, I began to wonder on what drove people away. So, if you were, but no longer...

4e is all about cinematic events. That is why you get to choose when your character has an opening to use his/her super-move (Daily) What is your favorite Daily power in a movie? I think mine is the Wuxi Finger Hold. Kung Fu Panda Skadoosh. By the way, I didn't know where to post this...

I have been looking at the Archer Fighting Style for Rangers, and I want to make it a viable fighting style choice. As it is right now, everybody (that I know) who wants an archer type ranger takes one of the other builds (Two-weapon, Beastmaster, etc.) and then goes on building a ranged heavy...