Recent content by pskought

We've had a similar experience with the Warlock. Gosh, it's almost as if these classes were designed to do more damage than the others. Hunh. I'm glad to hear the barbarian is more or less working. I have to say, I thought the rage mechanic was a little confusing upon first read. does it...

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice!

Wouldn't this interact with Passive Perception? What I mean to say is if you walked past a secret door in an alcove and your Passive Perception didn't pick up on it, would you actually be able to go back and roll to find it? The primary problem I have with Passive Perception is that I feel...

Folks have quoted you a bunch of ways, but let me add this: I play the tank (Dragonborn CHA Paladin) in a party of 3. We are currently 3rd level, having played 6 or 7 sessions. I have hit 0 HP at least once in every session. I actually "died" in our first game, because everyone else thought...

That's true, but you'd be a pretty ineffective defender. I'm squarely on the side of "or means or" and the paladin must either a) engage or b) challenge a different target. Two things: 1) If your argument against allowing a mark at the end of a turn includes girly skipping or just be patient...

<snip some other stuff> They're Strikers, so have them strike. By which I mean make them ambush things and be on the offensive. Simply blundering into lair after lair is going to get these guys killed. But a methodical hunt could be just the thing to highlight their abilities, both in and...

No good! He's got DR higher than my Strength Mod!

Good points, thanks. There was brief consideration of the PC's total skill points/bonuses but I went ahead with the low DC anyway. My understanding of the preview material is that the massive skill discrepancies from 3.x are going mostly away in 4E, so I felt safe previewing the concept, and...

I actually tried a Skill Challenge in a 3.5 Eberron game over the weekend, based on what I'd read and heard so far. Any feedback or suggestions would be appreciated. I had four players who were on an investigation that took them to a small town. They found the village devoid of life and most...