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Greetings, I have just finished creating my first Seeker using the Character Builder and I am a little confused about the output. I understand that it has issues here and there with certain things (I noted it ignored my Primal Eye feat), however my question is one closer to the basics of...

I have a Shaman in my game right now (non-MM3 updated). None of the monsters can achieve a "Spirit Kill" unless VERY lucky. Although I'm not a DM who likes to deprive players of their "character skills", the Spirit is slowly becoming a non-target in combats since there is no point to attacking...

I'm sure you probably thought about this, however the Boneshards have Resist Necrotic 10. The average Boneshard Burst delivers 10 necrotic damage. So they should not have set each other off unless you were rolling some big damage rolls. This makes a big difference in a situation like this, it...

@Admin - Thanks to the keeping a rein on the thread. Istar - if you had cared to actually read what I said, everything that wasn't RAW was prefaced by "in my opinion". That was intentional because it is what I thought and how I might rule if it were my game. But if you want a 100% RAW answer...

In general most of the combats I have run have lasted around 5 rounds on the average. However my last session saw one go on and on and on ... it was the longest grind fest I had seen for a while. The only contributing factor I could find to this were monster hit points versus bad player...

Since you have a newspaper that runs articles on them, why not let the BBEG somehow gain control of said newspaper. Suddenly articles appear about their exploits but with the wrong perspective - instead of saving a village they caused collateral damage, didn't pay for it, etc. People are now...

As many have stated, you need to rebalance the encounters for 4 characters. You could also use the bard as a Companion character instead. This will keep the healer around as if he never left. The other option (which a lot of people scoff at) are the healing potions. The let you spend surges...

My personal opinion is that putting on/removing an item is a standard action since equipping/stowing a shield is a standard action. Why do I think this? Because shields are a slot item as well (Arms in this case). So it would make sense that other slot items are the same - and this action is...

My method of writing my scenarios in general is a flow chart/brain map. I start with a bubble labelled "Start". From there I branch out as required for the options that I can foresee the players taking. I also have a branch that covers stuff I've not anticipated. I then take that step and...

When 4th edition came out I wanted my playgroup to try it out but buying books, creating characters etc was going to cause a bit of a fuss. I got hold of the preview adventure/characters and ran that instead. It was not part of my campaign but it did give them a feeling of the rules and how...

My thoughts on system burnout ... I personally have found that system burnout is not what is really happening. What most likely has happened is that you were playing along and then suddenly you had an internal conflict that made you "hate" the current system. Perhaps it was because the others...

I lived with a 2 hour each way commute before. It was great for reading notes/books and even catching up on some sleep. As a student I survived on powernaps, especially when every second night you were going out with friends. The suggestions of biking are good, and you could possibly pick up an...

You know my wife did this for me a while ago and then she wrote me a riddle to solve so I could find it when my "more important" business was over. It was the coolest riddle hunt adventure to find an RPG prize at the end. D

For me ... Greyhawk - it was the first campaign setting I saved up for and bought at the ripe age of 11. It was the boxed version and it had just appeared in the local store I bought my D&D stuff at. Back then it was hard to find stuff for me in Austrlaia. It also just went along with most of...

For my monsters and NPCs I use beer bottle caps. You can buy them unused in bags of 200 around here for like $1-$3. I then painted their tops in groups and numbered/lettered them so I could use them for monsters and track them. They are slightly bigger than a 1" square but it doesn't make a...

As CircadianWolf stated, there was a dragon issue with great information on running gladiatorial combats. The article was reprinted in the Dragon Annual. It also has mechanics for the crowd to actually hamper/grab combatants they do not like during the event - treating them as a Trap of sorts. D

Unfortunately, although I dislike people in general not giving valid reasons for actions, S&B is right - they essentially told you no because it is ours. There is no reason entered into because they do not have to give one. They have the power to say no over their own IP. Hopefully as renau1g...

I've had similar experience but it has been on the 10 player side. I handled he night well enough. The great thing was that the players themselves started "fixing" the problem without me saying a word. The combats ran a bit too long since there were 10 combatants, roleplaying was a mess since...

Best dentist name I have ever encountered is Dr Fang. Of course here in Australia you cannot go past the racism that existed during settlement ... Blacktown ... I know fairly certainly that there is no Whitetown. D

I can only speak as a DM since no other DM I have played under has presented the possibility. I have allowed players to develop romantic interests, from the basic tavern wenching all the way to chaste dating with chaperone and permission from the parents. Included in this were parents urging...