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So the Warlock in the campaign I DM is hatching a kruthik (small reptilian spidery guy) and wants to replace her wisp familiar with it. Since it is a physical being, I thought this would make a good skill challenge by requiring a short ritual to bind it's soul to her own (I think the warlock...

It seems in the majority of games I have DM'ed, one character or another wants a companion animal/pet/familiar that their class does not normally give to them. What my concern here is that it will give that player an advantage over the others, which will detract from the fun of the game for...

I have hit a terrible writer's block in the campaign I am running. We started our game as an Eberron campaign, and the players ran the Ashen Crown. Three of the four PCs died, and one remained. This PC possesses the Ashen Crown, which had power to resurrect her companions. Despite this, none of...

I first posted this in plots and places but felt it more fitting here. so.. re-posting... So I have been DMing on and off with a group for a few months now, but mostly we've been pretty regular. All the PC's feel that the game is doing great, and are having tons of fun every time, but I am...

So I have been DMing on and off with a group for a few months now, but mostly we've been pretty regular. All the PC's feel that the game is doing great, and are having tons of fun every time, but I am not satisfied with the story one bit. The Players have gone from level 1 to level 4 without...

In my group's previous session, the pc's boarded a ship and fought and defeated a group of 3 NPCs which will be recurring enemies. In the next game I want to pit the party against the ship's owner. Here is my vision of her. Irena Swiftwater is a wealthy and sharp-witted woman who has gained a...

So I am planning on giving the fighter in my party a +1 Execution Axe. I think a normal Execution Axe is a pretty powerful weapon in it's own right. A d12 weapon, it has the property "Brutal 2" which means when the player beats the AC check, they re-roll 1's and 2's on their damage dice. So in...

I have built the first monster for an encounter I am working on. The setup is as follows: the PCs have been sent on a quest to raid a merchant boat carrying a large number of magic items and other valuables. When they get there, though, they'll have to fight the merchant boss's henchmen and...

This is a minion I just whipped up based on the Fell Taints in the Monster Manual 2 (pg 104-105.) I'm using the original ones in my group's next session, and thought it would be fun to throw in a minion version as well. I added a fun mechanic to them for fun chain-reaction explosions. Here...

Does it make sense to anyone else that dragonborn do not get low-light vision as a racial trait? I'm likely giving at least this much to the dragonborn characters in my game, if not the whole Dragonborn Senses feat (PH pg 194.) Would anyone really say this is unfair to the rest of the races?

Seeing as how feats in 4e aren't nearly as powerful as they were in 3.X, I am dabbling in some ways of granting feats. The particular feat I'm considering is Skill Training, limited to Intelligence skills. Rather than just giving out the feat at a certain time, such as at a certain level, I'd...

The PC's in the campaign I'm DMing recently boarded a ship, which was my inspiration for all of this. I've left things open-ended for DM's to suit to their own tastes (ease of play, realism, etc.) I'd love some feedback. Sailing New Skill: Sailing Ability: highest modifier (armor check...