Recent content by Niflheim

@OP Personally, I think if you have such little time each month I'd just avoid combat for the most part. Every other month or so have a solid combat that the players can sink their teeth into. I was once a proponent of the 'stop watch' style of running combats (Which will make your combats...

If you're giving it to monsters just make sure to note that extra ability when you are balancing encounters. If you are allowing PCs to have this ability.. Well, personally, if a PC want to burn gold to do a fairly underwhelming attack, I say sure.

As many have said 4e is MUCH easier and less time consuming on the part of the GM (Which is why I run it). That being said, as a player I have found the system far more restrictive then the previous editions. This is easing as more and more splat books come out. Combat in general flows better...

Thanks for the responses everyone. What about making a failed aid another roll add to the bluffers skill roll? That might take care of the 'aid another' issue. Also, what about (and i know this might sound strange) rolling a skill check vs each PC that's rolling against them? I'm not sure if...

Howdy! I’m a long time GM and I’ve been playing 4e for a bit now to get the hang of it and am finally going to throw in and run a game. I have noticed a slight problem (IMHO) and wanted to get others thoughts before starting my game. I’ve noticed that, as a player, when the party talks to an...

You could use minions to flank and then aid another to a larger monster. Thats +4 to hit, also since the minion doesn't attack it wont activate the avenger int bonus to damage.

I think the issue is that it seems, to me, the same person is "taking one for the team" every battle. Besides, if the defender switches out for a new class, then another character (usually a melee build in my experience) will be the focus of the continuous, frustrating, conditions.