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This. The way I see it, you get 20% of the value for no questions asked. If you follow Treebore's example and find a drought ravaged village situated on top of the crypts of a vampire's coven then your Decanter of Endless HOLY Water could easily be worth more than 100%. It's always...

I am a fan of 4th edition and I like the 20% rule. It's an average re-sale value for used goods and it's no better or worse than the 50% assumption. A more realistic value can be set by a DM depending on the items being re-sold on a case-by-case basis, if they can be bothered. A longsword...

I got my shipping notice yesterday for Martial Power and Trollhaunt (P1) from amazon.ca. Verys, maybe you should drop H3 from your order (and pick it up from the not so friendly Sentry Box) and add P1 instead. You'll get free shipping and it isn't being delayed.

No, 4th edition has not changed the way I play. I explore, talk with NPC's, solve riddles and puzzles, fall victim to traps and hazards, help those who need it, punish those who deserve it, put the boots all forms of evil and get the boots put to me if I bite off more than I can chew. Oh, and...

I do not think 3rd edition could have been tweaked enough for me to enjoy it again. After 5 years of playing I had had enough of the system and was asking members of my group if there was another game we could play more than a year before 4th was announced. Too many elements of the game just...

Some great ideas in this thread that might see some use in my games. I like the idea of the wounding system but I'd like to keep it simple. I was thinking that any time a character fails a death save they gain a wound point (maximum of 1 per encounter). A wound point would represent -1 to...

I think this quote from PHB 279 is very relevant to the points being made. Basically, I read it as: 1. You suffer after-effects when you fail your save at the end of your turn. You do not suffer after-effects if you fail a save on someone else's turn as a result of a power, skill or racial...

This is the one I used in my example above: Hobgoblin Racial Power: Hobgoblin Resilience You shake off an effect that would cripple a lesser warrior. Encounter Immediate Reaction Personal Trigger: You suffer an effect that a save can end Effect: You make a saving throw against the effect...

We don't play our game this way. It seems counter-intuitive that an effect would occur sooner because of an ability that is supposed to make you more resistant to after-effects. I'm definitely going to have to open up the PHB when I get home to confirm this. If this is RAW then I may have...

We have been playing the extra saves as a bonus chance to resist the effect before the actual save at the end of your turn where, if you fail, the full effect takes place. For example, if a wizard casts sleep on a group of hobgoblins, the hobgoblins racial ability to make an extra save occurrs...

When 4th edition launched we decided to convert the 3.5 game we were currently playing in. I was playing a high-elf Cleric and I was faced with the choice of converting to an eladrin cleric or warlord (tactical) as these 2 classes were closest to the flavour of the character I was playing. In...

How long has your group been playing together? The core group (4 members) has been playing together since their university days (~15 years) and I joined about 10 years ago. What are the ages, genders, and professions of the people in your group? Male, 40 - pharmacist (myself) Male, 35 - bus...

1. 3.5 mechanics were good but I never used it. 2. Never read the book. No opinion 3. Anything beyond 2 to 4 levels of fighter was a waste. I like playing melee characters so I played clerics instead. 4. Yes. Wizards, clerics and druids were just too good at too many things to not be considered...

I am 40 years old, have played the red box, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of D&D since the early 80's and I am in WoTC's target audience with 4th edition. In fact, by Christmas, I will have purchased more WoTC product than I did through the entire 3rd edition era. Why? I never fell in love with...

My quickest death is still amusingly remembered at our game table. I was playing a half-orc ranger that was dual-wielding broadswords in a 2nd edition game where we were using critical/fumble rules. We came across a group with an ogre and roll initiative. I roll the highest and act first...

In one of my games I am playing an eladrin cleric of Corellon and I am using Righteous Brand on a regular basis as it is my preferred at-will attack. I have always described it as bathing my target in the "light of the fey" which can be seen by my chosen ally. The description echoes faerie fire...

I guess you're a defender of a different "realism" than I. I am finding it much more believeble that a commander can urge his troops to fight a little longer, to get up and push on, to shake off the cobwebs of that last blow than it was to have the 3rd edition ranger grab his CLW wand and use...

I call it D&D and I have enjoyed every edition, including 4th, to date. I have never considered a character at 50% hit points to be half dead. I think your question indicates that you don't either. If a person has taken the time to read Gygax's description of hit points in 1st edition I don't...

Two fatalities in my campaign so far, both strikers. One came in the Kobold Lair module at the back of the DMG and the second came in KOTS's goblin excavation room. The party is 6 members and they have been learning but the strikers sometimes seem to forget that, although they can deal a ton...

I've been DM for a session of 4th for my group and if someone would have made these comments while we were playing I would have warned them once and then asked them to leave the table if they persisted. Luckily no one did, we had fun and we plan on playing again. In my opinion, you had...