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Brilliant!! I like the looks of those. Now, you're going to ask why you had to come up with these rules instead of the designers. I assume the position that had the designers come up with rules for this that half the people out there would dislike them and house rule them to suit themselves...

I would suggest that the old Deathknight was poorly conceived, and has now been brought into line and improved. There was never really a good reason why a Daethknight, a soldier basically, was lobbing fireballs. It seems incongruous in retrospect. I also miss the shapeshifting ability of...

You know the hit points of the walls since you mentioned it in an earlier post. You know how to keep the noise level down. You just dont know what the hardness/resistance of a wall is. Spend a few seconds and assign a number, use the 3.5 hardness as a good basis. Don't overthink the...

Excellent idea about giving them the rumors at the end and leave them to sort it out. Thank you very much!!! I had already planned to give bonuses or penalties to the DCs based on the NPCs attitudes, motives and so on. Some of the NPCs are actually working against the goals of the PCs so if...

I guess it is just a difference in how we look at things then. I see it as actually liberating me as a DM to create my world my way and not feel locked into whatever wonky rules may have been designed into the game. I need rigid rules for combat because that should be the same no matter whose...

I am working on planning my next session and I would like to try out the skill challenge system. The PCs have come to a keep (not that one) a few days distant from their home base. I have worked up some rumors they can gather from the townsfolk regarding the keep itself (its history and...

After reading page 66 of the DMG as suggested by a previous poster, it looks to me like those determinations are in your hands. You can have every wall in your world have resistance x all, using wwhatever number you feel is appropriate. Or, if you dont want any walls to have any resistance...

Yes, you are correct on all counts.

That does not mean it is the rule that is wrong.

Just got my confirmation email that my order has shipped.

can you cite a page #? I looked thru there last night for it and could not find it.

Last night at 11 EST I checked my order and it said not eyt shipped. This morning it says shipping soon. So my little heart is all in a flutter.

Not to threadjack, but speaking of phasing. Has anyone given any thought to making a 4e Phase Spider? I am eventually going to need some for my campaign and just wanted to see if any of the braintrust had already given them some thought.

Speaking of knocking critters dead at 0 HP. Did anyone else notice this on pg 295 of PHB? If you knock a critter to 0 HP or less you can choose to render them unconscious instead of dead. They are considered unconscious but not dying until they get a rest or healing. Looks like 4e non-lethal...

Which reality that involves elves are you trying to simulate?

I always flash to Call of Cthulhu, where even if I am a policeman, I can start a ritual as long as I have the incantations written out and the correct props and prepwork. Thats how I picture the ritual system for my game.

I wasnt looking for statistics, I was looking for your impressions. And too many hit points is one I can understand. I am not sure they are too many, but as the DM I may be biased. My group got him to 25%, although they dont know that. The rogue hit him with a critted sneak attack as the...

What did you find inappropriate? I admit he is damn tough. But I didnt find him unfair.

Last night my group went thru the Kobold lair encounters also. They had 6 PCs (added the newly posted warlord). They bugged out of the cave with 4 PCs (one of which was unconcious and dragged out). They left behind 2 unconscious PCs and are right now trying to plan a rescue operation before...

wow, color me surprised by that one. And not terribly happy about it, but I will just have to deal.