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    Switching DM and being on fire

    It's much easier if you have a holocaust cloak. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Z9KqjSOko
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    How to make a Duelist/Fencer Class?

    My version is a hybrid ranger-rogue. Click on Chizz in my signature.
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    Value of a copper piece

    Through much of Europe's history, most people rarely saw a coin of any type. If you worked, you got to eat. If you owned anything, it was probably either something you made or something you directly traded for something you made.
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    Complete Redesign of D&D 5E Info Page!

    is there an easy way to tell which sections have anything new (i.e. a "last update" date in the title)?
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    Can teens participate in game-store hosted RPGs?

    I suppose stores can set their own rules, but our store definitely allows and encourages younger players.
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    I'm new to all of this

    Your local gaming store probably has an intro night. Ours runs both a Pathfinder Society and a D&D Essentials table on Wednesday nights (I GM the Essentials) where anyone can sit down and play. No need to bring a character; we'll even lend you dice (but not THOSE dice...) The basic structure...
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    Lord of the White Fields (advice)

    The very first encounter can set the tone. When I ran it, the monk (a broody-loner type) decided he would keep watch outside while the rest of the party went into the farmhouse. The farmer told him "they're coming... you're going to die, and we won't open the door for you!" but he was...
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    D&D 4E Handling godhood in 4E

    I would tend to move away from classes - perhaps just make a set of powers for each power source (martial gods, divine gods, psionic gods, etc) and let the PC's former class, race and other details of their mortal career mostly be expressed in fluff that alters the description of those powers.
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    Sentinel animal spirt help

    efficient use of the wolf is to let it die and resummon it, over and over. Save your two heals per encounter for other party members. The wolf is sort of a proactive party heal, in that it lets you spend surges to replace lost hp as a minor, at will action - as long as those hp are on the wolf...
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    Excising, Severely Limiting, or Strictly Organizing Feats

    There are two kinds of feats that need to die. The first are mechanically too good. "+1 to attack with swords", or "you can cast spells while in wild shape." Any feat that that a given class or race is an idiot for not taking should not be a feat. The second are those that are just too...
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    Help! Is my player cheating?

    4e primal summons spells (eg Giant Toad) do break the action economy with their Instinctive Actions. Pretty badly. Especially with a toad and a crocodile in the same fight. At least they are dailies, so you can't do it forever. Some arcane summons also have automatic actions, but they come...
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    D&D 4E 4E combat and powers: How to keep the baby and not the bathwater?

    OK, I'm going to take a stab at fleshing out FireLance's idea. On a (natural) roll of 16+, if that roll would hit your target, you strike a Mighty Blow. On a (natural) roll of 20+, if that roll would hit your target, you instead score a Critical Hit. A Mighty Blow or Critical Hit lets you...
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    Handling invisible monsters

    bursts and blasts.
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    D&D 4E 4e alchemy kinda stinks on toast. Give me something better!

    I could go either of two directions. Either make alchemical items more over-the-top but unsafe to use, or keep their impact low but make them minor actions. Perhaps some of both.
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    20 levels of Race?

    I suspect there would be far fewer choices to make when taking a race level than a class level. So one level 20 dwarf would strongly resemble another, while two level 20 fighters might be quite different. But perhaps some of the dwarf levels could be different depending on what class levels...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I am reminded of what happened when Burlington, Vermont's local ice cream shop/ creamery decided to try to market their handcrafted ice cream in faraway Boston. Pillsbury, owner of the Haagen Dasz brand, leaned on the grocers in the Boston area, threatening to stop selling them Haagen Dasz if...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    Will either store have a booth at ConCarolinas this year? I might want to shop at one, and ask some pointed questions at the other.
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    "only 3 recommendations are public", though 11 exist. i can still see mine, but no other negative ones. I don't blame them for scrubbing their page - it's their page after all. I just hope they get the message and reconsider their behavior.
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I also admin a (non-gaming) business page, and the recommendations do have a "hide" function admins can use. So I guess the admin simply hasn't noticed them yet.
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I can't see it at all. Either they can block individuals (I expect there is a setting for that) or they've decided to take the whole page down while they figure out how to handle the situation they've created.
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