Recent content by Satori5000

Didn't they also say though that lower level characters wouldn't be swimming in money by the time they were 5th level (wearing more money then small towns). The costs seem ok to me, but as a d.m. you can always change them if you feel it necessary.

I see no problem with the epic destinies. Even if after the books come out and you still dont like the destinies presented, 4e seems like such an easy system to understand, it wouldnt be hard to sit down with your DM and come up with one of your own. And if you like the destinies, but not the...

And who says the guards cant one shot enemies in a battle? If you as the DM want them one shotted, just say they were a minion and problem solved. If you want the guards to be helping the PC's defend something, you can have the guards fight whichever you deem thematically appropriate. If it...

Minions are meant to be put out for characters nearer there level. Thats why you can have so many in a balanced encounter. My idea would be to keep 2-3 Vampire minions and use some basic zombies for the rest. Im not sure if they have stats for them yet, but with 4e its really easy to make them.

I too am glad that ability damage is gone in the next edition. It is generally something my current group avoids. It makes the game less fun in an RP kind of way when the wizard/sorcerer takes out the big bad fighter type with an empowered RoE. Whats fun about beating on a guy that cant...

In one of the 4e home games i was in, the dwarfs tide of iron moved an enemy into a pit trap. In another one, with Goblin Picadours, they were dragging the PCs into swarms of goblins. So yeah, i think that environments are going to make a big difference on tactics and the way combat runs...

I would be disappointed if clerics couldnt heal NPC's. Even though i am pretty sure there are going to be rules for it, it wouldnt be a big deal for a DM to make something up for it.

My group has done one of the D&DXP adventures, plus a home brewed game. In each, all of the classes stood out and it was great. Sounds like they had fun too in your game. Dont you just love the minion rules!! The image of a party standing around after having defeated hordes of monsters is great.

I see no way to run a game without Rule 0. If one of the players wants to do something that isnt specifically addressed in the rules, i am not going to say,"No, its not in the rules so you cant do it." I am going to come up with something either on my own or with help from other players/gm to...

We fought a beholder in one of my home games at the appropriate level (i think the EL might have been higher because there were minions all over the place). It was a somewhere between a challenge and basic encounter. If i remember correctly, this was the 3rd encounter of the day. We had a...

I would just stick with a theme and story for the character. Mechanics-wise its gonna be a whole different ballpark. And unless you feel comfortable starting a mid level game in a new system, then i would do what wizards suggests and wrap up the campaign before 4e comes out.

Could also be that all undead share certain traits and the ones they have statted only show what that particular one has immunities to minus the basic undead immunities.

Greater teleport+ Sphere of Ultimate Anihalation to the power core = win One of my current DM's had this as a back story for a planet in the Dragonstar universe.

In the home games i play in, the DM decides what happens as far as fate and that kind of thing. If the high priest needs to come back, then he can. If not, then sux to be him. I agree with the philosophy that destiny means whether or not the player wants to continue that character. The best...

Turning is pretty cool. We ran a demo for 4e and the cleric was able to Turn Undead. Sure, they had to get within 2 squares. When you ready your action though to turn, its nice. I forced 3 skeletons back 5 squares away and did a good deal of damage.