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Present. Everyone remember - this thing is permanently prone. That means -2 for ranged, but always have CA for melee, so add +2 to your attacks.

Magellan - when the conversation has drifted away from the game for a while, someone will mention Magellan or his voyage around the world; this is a reminder that we have a game going on and we should really get back to it.

"Get out the chicken wire" - to search a room very thoroughly, without regard for noise, time or destruction. Origin: our party carried a piece of wire fence in a wooden frame, and searched by passing every object in the room through the holes in the wire mesh, breaking it as necessary until...

dragon breath, like sneak attack and any other damage involving dice (with one exception), is maximized on a crit. The only dice that are still rolled on a critical hit are the extra "critical" dice, typically 1dX per plus, granted by a magical weapon or implement. And yeah, using a low level...

yes, i didn't intend those two or three words to encompass everything in a particular realm, just to indicate direction and flavor. Each realm will have a variety of challenges, events, and notable NPCs/ villains; I'd like each realm to have enough diversity to encompass an entire tier. I...

The idea is to play in a more limited, and hence more cohesive, world. Whether they ever even visit a different one is up in the air; these might be 7 different campaigns. I'm just looking at ways to define the parameters of a campaign, and choosing the available races seemed like an...

If a 1 always fails, and you roll any time you are doing anything covered by a skill, no character should survive a week of travel in the wilderness. Do you chop more than 20 pieces of firewood per extended rest? You should, on average, injure yourself with the woodaxe every night. Do you...

The kitchen sink approach of default D&D means there is a place for anything and everything. this is good for player options but I feel it leads to a world without a distinctive flavor. I'm often inspired by what is NOT in a setting. for example, the lack of a Divine class in Dark Sun helps...

Ran a 4e adventure on the plane of Mechanus. I used Robo Rally boards as encounter maps and Gamma World omega tech cards for treasure.

hmm, I was hoping to actually read about how peoples' lair assaults went. Maybe that will happen in a less angry thread.

I sent mine on day 1, and still have nothing back. my fear is that the email never got there, somehow (though I didn't get a bounce notice). The 60 day mark is the end of January, though, so I'll remain optimistic that it's in a large pile marked "worth a closer look".

Two things just started happening between 10 and 11 PM Eastern, 12/18: 1. The site began to hesitate a bit between pages - nothing like it was before the recent fix, but like it is before it gets that bad, and 2. Threads in which I had read all the most recent posts remained "marked as unread"...

It sounds like, in every case where you have changed the rules, you have done so in a way that advantages stealthy ranged types, disadvantages heavy melee types, or both. You have built a fighter-unfriendly game, in which the sensible thing is not to play a fighter. This is very easy to do...

Keep in mind that these are backgrounds for characters who are, or will become, heroes. So the question is not "what advantages would a typical peasant have?" It is "what advantage would a very non-typical peasant have, the 1 in 1000 who will not slave away on the farm 16 hours a day from age...

The most confusing terminology is the Hunter (essentials controller ranger) vs the Hunter (build of pre-essentials striker ranger). Would it have been so hard to name one of them Tracker, or Explorer, or Bowmaster, or something?

Reymus should defeat them easily. Almost trivially. But it's a waste of potential to kill such resourceful enemies (the classic villainous overconfidence). So after capturing some and probably killing a few, he explains what use he has for them, and why they have no choice but to cooperate...

yes, in 4e fights tend not to be against single creatures. Even "solos" should rarely be used solo. If you are new to GMing 4E, I recommend more and lower level monsters, rather than fewer and higher. Once monsters and players have used all their encounter powers (i.e. by around round 3), the...

Chizz watches as the skeletal monstrosity paws at its eye sockets and bangs its head against the ground, trying to rid itself of the image Anguish shared with it. Then he looks at his comrade with new respect and a bit of sorrow. Anguish lives with that darkness in his head all the time. No...

The thing is flat on the ground, making it a difficult arrow shot but easier to gang up on. (prone: -2 to ranged, but grants CA; crawling grants OAs). Still, worried about the baleful presence, Chizz decides not to move in at the same time as the rest. That way i can distract it if the others...

What is behind us? Where is the bridge that the creature cannot cross? My inclination, if it's possible, is to retreat across that bridge and attack it from bowshot range (20+ squares away). I know that won't be very cinematic, though, and would leave some of us with no way to participate...