Recent content by Steveyd

The success of the d20 roll is binary; a roll of a certain number or above is a success and a lower than that is failure. There's not just a simple effective bonus because the bonus will change depending on the target number. Let's say you need a 12 or better to hit the monsters Armor Class...

Actually had this exact situation come up last night. We had gotten the correct password from Ninaren and gave it to the hobgoblins we came across. After receiving the right password the hobgoblins were just confused; they kind of looked to each other to try and figure out what to do about...

I think it goes back to Ari's point earlier in the thread that a lot of things people have problems with at first read through just actually work a lot better seeing it in action. I think on the read through it's easier to imagine a number of scenarios where X mechanic doesn't work or make...

I don't think you're reading the same thread as everyone else. The line just above his points is "Just for argument's sake, here is why I think D&D 4e is NOT like WoW", and explains before that he doesn't understand just what the comparisons are. You then proceed to make a confused pile of...

I don't intend to point out minion-ness, some situations may call for descriptions that clue them in, some may not. If your PCs can figure out that even though there are 20 goblins that 16 are likely minions and thus this is just a standard encounter's worth of exp it takes away the real impact...

I ran this a week and a half ago so I'm a little sketchy on the exact details but will try to reconstitute the battle. I just kind of hand waved past the first part of the role playing, explaining the situation and plopped them in front of the cave. I had five players and the paladin was left...