Recent content by pdoconnell

So based on the previews for products coming out this month and the new monster block design, there's a new icon for auras. Any chance of having a similar added to the icons available in the forums here akin to the others?

I actually think the concept of less time of battle has done one good thing for me and that's it makes terrain far more important. If an enemy can take a couple swings and not even be bloodied, it is far more willing to sit in the open and not run behind rocks or walls. If any hit can be over...

I think the important thing I've seen (only done it in three sessions, so four combats give or take) is that the damage range can be somewhat unpredictable. A player who takes a couple bad hits can be extremely knocked around, and can find themselves in very precarious positions if they're less...

I've been playing with 50% hitpoints, +25-50% damage. It makes combat MUCH bloodier, but the party I run is enjoying it, since it allows them to avoid what they perceive as a grind, lets them use all the toys they like, and move onto story. The higher end of the increased damage scale I think...

double post attack...shouldn't try posting after doing homework/coding for 36 hours.

Yeah, a drow assassin. Its not bad, not sure where I'll use it yet though. I got my case a few days ago, and I'm going to have some fun with it. Offer it during my game next week, and see how long it takes for the players to notice (during a major campaign event/battle) that they're getting...

Does anyone have a way to query the Compendium easily? I'm hoping to be able to dump the complete list of monsters and all their stats/powers? I'm still working on my monster/encounter designer, and if I can figure out how to dump the complete compendium without having to manually re-enter...

I would not be opposed to releasing the program sans all the data for DMs to plug into on their own. I may end up doing exactly that, but if I can figure out how to query the DNDI database I'd love to do that. I'm going to have to check to see about any licensing issues, because sometimes there...

The Asmor.com 4e Monster Math Cruncher has been useful given the lack of alternate tools for doing monster generation math. The overall missing piece is something that WoTC should have released right away, and I sure as hell would have purchased: a complete encounter generator and tracker. This...

You can get the attack fonts (including dice) at http://educatedgamer.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dd-4e-icons-v2.zip . You'll have to play around with the various letters to find out which is which, and if you want to make an attack a basic attack icon (ie a basic ranged attack) you just...

Answering my own question, I found the font that I was looking for. It is available from http://educatedgamer.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dd-4e-icons-v2.zip and was made by EN's own Daelkyr.

So I'm putting together my first few statblocks for 4th edition, and was wondering if anyone has put together a font with the icons for the various types of attack (melee basic :bmelee:, ranged :ranged: , burst :area:, etc). What have you all been using to deal with that so far?