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I know I'm probably a little late on the uptake, but I just discovered the free game "Shadow of Yesterday" by Clinton R. Nixon. After reading it, I'm quite impressed. I was introduced into the world of tabletop roleplaying games with D&D 4e. Many people say that 4e lacks roleplaying, and while...

It's funny you say that, since shaman's are listed in the Player's Handbook 2 as being Leader, secondary defender or striker. However, it's true that Primal Power introduced the World Speaker Shaman, which is a secondary controller. Still, that's one out of four options. Most shamans are...

While many may tell you that you need an 18-20 to be "good," really an entire party of 16/14, even after racial bonuses, can do fine. What they lose in class power, they gain in versatility. If anyone tries to tell you it's not worth it, that doing better at what you're meant to do is a better...

Or why fireballs are squares. Still, if players at level 30 are getting a bit cocky, it's good technique to give 'em a bit of a scare. PS: Shadow of the Collosus, very nice. I had thought of that earlier, just didn't mention it. Fun game!

I like that they're expanding on the mechanical options a background gives you. It makes it much easier to come up with interesting characters, at least for my players who just make treasure hunters with no previous connections or sometimes even personality.

Though there is an epic destiny for a monarch. Legendary Sovereign, Martial Power 2, page 158. You'll need to multiclass as fighter, paladin, ranger, or warlord, however. I agree that it's all up to the roleplaying. Maybe in the heroic tier you have been shunned from your noble family and...

They've already done that; remember the martial power source? They could do it again.

I took a closer look at the Tarrasque and had an epiphany. Have only one mini, 5 x 5 squares, but it does not represent the Tarrasque. It is the Tarrasque's enormous foot. Other than that flavor description, it functions the same as the Tarrasque entry. The Tarrasque can lean down and bite...

I hope the essentials don't have any new content, or at least new content that's good. I paid good money on my Player's Handbooks, and I'm not going to buy a book that is mostly the same with a little bit of new added in. If every class has entirely new options, feats, and powers, then yeah...

But those posts aren't individual things. They have a connection: the poster. Their creator. The living, thinking, human being sitting at a computer and typing them up. We may only be able to see their posts, but that doesn't mean that's all there is.

Sorry. I didn't research or anything. But it is still something that would just be strolling down the street killing 10 to 20 people instead of an eldritch beast that can destroy cities and millions of lives. I just think that a battle against a 5 x 5 creature would make the PCs go, "Woah...

That's actually a really interesting idea. I've heard of a kraken attack being done as multiple tentacles sticking up out of the water, and you could attack whichever one you wanted. Having collosal monsters have seperate parts might be a really cool mechanic, if at least for another game.

I'm pretty sure when the designers of 4e made solo creatures, they intended them to be used alone. It wasn't until they realized they didn't design them to be challenging enough that they started suggesting that solos of lower levels be used with other monsters for an epic battle. I think...

Yeah, I get that, but 20 x 20 feet isn't exactly "gargantuan." In real life, that'd be like a fat elephant.

I haven't been here as long as some of the other posters, and maybe my new-fangled youngster thinking is the reason for this, but I agree with the idea that XP should be for posters not their posts. However, I also agree that the way the XP system runs currently is attributing to the idea that...

I for one will be disappointed if there's not going to be a Player's Handbook 4. I really like the consistency and continuity that the core rulebooks and supplements have. I see nothing wrong with a PH4: Shadow, Psionic, and Primal (or something else) Heroes, followed by a Shadow Power book...

The space a gargantuan creature takes up is written as "4 x 4 or larger." How do you know what size to make a gargantuan monster? Going off of reach and speed seems logical, but the Tarrasque has a reach of 3. Shouldn't it be the size of a city? If I decided to improvise and actually make...

8C I'm a writer. Part of my heart was with that book. You sliced up part of my heart. Really, though, I couldn't imagine losing half of the items in a book in order to make random treasure. I understand how it suited your game, since you like random items instead of player suited items...

I'd like to join a pbp 4e game too. I know the rules in and out, since I'm normally a DM, but I like being a player in pbp. I will play any character and adjust to any house rules, so count me in when a DM takes interest in this! Hemera, if no DM comes by and you're willing, I'll DM a 4e...

I know one of my favorite things about the Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons was the "Creating Dragon Hoards" section starting on page 62. It has a percent table for what kind of treasure a dragon usually has. Then it has lists of types of materials that an art object might be made of, which can...