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*shrug* My core group and I steadily bring new people into gaming. 6 people during the 5 years we played 3.x and other games, 3 in the year that we've been playing 4e. We're all playing 4e at the moment, and the new players definitely like the simplicity, but I can't say that either edition is...

I like that idea Plane. Consider it stolen. Another idea one of my friends instituted for all levels of play is giving minions more damage - take their flat damage and add a die to it - d6, d8, d10, whatever fits the circumstances. (He actually added 2d8 - those were some scary minions, let me...

So far . . . Marilith, Hezrou, couple of other demons/devils, Greater Flameskulls from Winter of the Witch, lvl 28 Blue Dragon, lvl 23 Vampiric Dracolich, lvl 29 Dragonborn Annihilator from Draconomicon, lvl 26 Lich Vestiges, and a handful of others. The dragons attacked as a pair and got...

Okay, I promised myself I wasn't going to necro this thread, but I do have one more significant thing to add. This is the list of classes/builds you want to subtly discourage your players from playing if you're having problems with grind. As a disclaimer, I would never forbid a player from...

Hey all, Vayden here. Big 4e fan, love the game, etc. I've run two heroic tier campaigns, and am running a low-paragon tier and and a mid-epic tier one at the moment, for two very different groups. I've played in 2 paragon campaigns and 3 heroic ones, with 3 different DMs. I think it's safe to...

I was, have been, and am a huge 4e fan. I will admit that lately I've been getting frustrated with it however. Monsters have way too many hitpoints and don't do nearly enough damage in high paragon/epic play. And even in heroic, strictly "by-the-book" encounters are often a waste of everyone's...

Haven't had a chance to listen yet - any good juicy details of the Avenger in action?

Heh. My favorite kill has to be the Githzerai monk - he boosted his AC up as high as he could get it, and I couldn't land a hit for 3 sessions. Then I flanked him with a pair of Assassin demons, landed both sneak attacks, and killed him in one turn. The second attack that ever hit him killed him...

Eh . . . I'm not sure I could resist reading it. I'm bad with spoilers. Please don't post (one of D's players).

Well, I don't know Mystara at all, so I won't give point-by-point suggestions (you already seem to have plenty of those). I will say that you don't seem to have enough in there for 3 full tiers of campaigning, unless you're levelling them up really quickly. Even the H-P-T series gives you 3 full...

Usually around 1-2 hours in my groups. A lot depends on the players - one or two players who take a while to choose which power they're using and don't have their attack and damage for each power written down can really slow the group up. I very rarely use throw-away encounters either - if my...

Great fight. I'm slowly trying to teach my players to use rituals in interesting ways like that. It feels like only now, 8 months into 4e, is our group really starting to look at the rituals and the possibility of using things beyond Knock and Comprehend Languages. Hmm - not sure if there is...

Hello again all! I'm back with what I've learned from 2 more sessions of paragon play, one as a player and one as a DM. I'm also excited because I got a chance to start DMing an Epic campaign - no real details from that yet, as we basically just did character creation. Hopefully I'll have some...

Yep, pretty awesome article. Nice job as usual by the Mouse. I can't help but notice that he forgot to actually include stats for Bane though. Bad Mouse! Tiamat and Vecna need company!

Well, personally I would rule it a bottom-less pit and say sorry but you're dead. But if you want a really rat-bastard idea . . . The pit drops the character into Baphomet's section of the Abyss. Schedule a one-on-one session with the player. Have them fall into a the dragon's lair, deep inside...

Why not use zombie and skeleton minions? Keep them spaced out so that the wizard can't get them all in one turn and bring the pain. Make sure the PCs get to enjoy at least one night as heroes of the town first though. By the way, thanks for saving me from having to perform necromancy on my own...

Thanks for all the responses guys. Most of what you're saying I'm familiar with - like I said in the OP, I got my start in RPGs DMing Aberrant, which is the d10 superhero game. I'm used to characters rolling over mortals without noticing them, and the fact that balance is completely different...

So I just picked up Exalted 2e yesterday from the bookstore. I'm loving the flavor and setting, and I'm trying to decide whether to steal the world for a 4e game or to run it straight up. Obviously I'll need to spend some time absorbing the rules and make the decision for myself in the end, but...

Great point. The final encounter in the Well of Demons section in Thunderspire Labyrinth (is anyone sick of me talking about how great that particular mini-dungeon is?) utilizes this tactic very well too - the Gnoll Warlock is in the middle of a ritual to drain the life of a pair of captives...

Really long, tedious combats. One of the weaknesses of 3e was that you could have really short, swingy combats due to all the save-or-die spells etc. I remember a 3.0 18-20th level published adventure one of my friends ran where we destroyed the big bad dragon final boss (Ashardalon) and his...