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  1. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E XP for NPCs in 4e?

    Good to bring up, because in what I reported I did not correct for that. Many artillery attacks are against single foes, however, and none of those except the dwarf bolter are at level +7. Scanning just a few artillery again (don't have time to look through again--should have done it the first...
  2. Magus Coeruleus

    Stalker0's Obsidian Skill Challenge System (Update: Version 1.1) Now with PDF!!

    I feel like a jerk for asking :) but would more/fewer rounds than 3 work fine with a different set of DCs and thresholds? If so, you could always slave away at more simulations and then present among super-advanced options supplementary tables for people who are looking for more/fewer...
  3. Magus Coeruleus

    One Cantrip to Rule Them All

    I like the name Prestidigitation but you raise a good point; it's more logical to call it Cantrips since it encompasses them all. By the way, note that following "up to three prestidigitation effects active at one time" rule you can use various combos of light, sound, and spectral (or...
  4. Magus Coeruleus

    One Cantrip to Rule Them All

    For my game I want just a tad less magical oomph from Cantrips, such as a lesser range for Ghost Sound, not having Light make torches obsolete for any party with a wizard (and no sunrods either), and no simply minor action to create a Mage Hand. So I folded them into the Prestidigitation...
  5. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E 4e symbol font

    Check out this post, which may have the link you're looking for, and perhaps a useful monster template word doc if you're interested in that as well.
  6. Magus Coeruleus

    Stalker0's Obsidian Skill Challenge System (Update: Version 1.1) Now with PDF!!

    Funny thing; I wound up doing a skill challenge very similar to this as part of the final encounter wrapping up my 8 yr 3ed campaign, but I was just gut checking whether the skill checks were good enough because I had no good guidelines for DCs. It worked out fine but I would have loved to have...
  7. Magus Coeruleus

    Stalker0's Obsidian Skill Challenge System (Update: Version 1.1) Now with PDF!!

    Liking this a lot. Seems to allow for a wider variety of styles, e.g. time pressure vs none, total vs partial victory. One simple suggestion for your Advanced Options: While I applaud moving a way from a successes vs. failures model and just requiring a threshold number of successes, I think...
  8. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E XP for NPCs in 4e?

    I just wanted to share the following which I posted in another thread. It's tangential to the issue of XP for NPCs but related to other things that have come up here: ...The DMG p. 184 table does not look like it gives a good approximation of the MM monsters. I know it's guidelines and...
  9. Magus Coeruleus

    A tool to aid in monster creation

    I'm confused on the ability scores. It says the highest of each pair is 13 + 1/2 level except for the primary stat, which is 16 + 1/2 level. Well, what about the lower of each pair? In your calculator, Asmor, I see it makes both scores of one pair 16 + 1/2 level and all others 13 + 1/2 level...
  10. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E 4e Monster Template

    So there's WampusCat43's template which is nice but I'm not as crazy about the images for the attack icons. Instead, I downloaded and installed Daelykr's Fonts and replaced the images with those. I then made the text Arial Narrow to fit more in and made a few more minor formatting edits. I...
  11. Magus Coeruleus

    boat plans in 5' grid format?

    You're right. I was confusing that with the BECMI Riverboat, which is what's assumed in the module. No space problem in that system since there are no grids or anything. With 3/4e, though, it needs to be scaled up to have enough room for a fun fight, so there--it's done. Thanks again for...
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    boat plans in 5' grid format?

    Yeah, that does look good. I was concerned because 3.5e keelboat (we don't have a 4e one but what difference should it make logically) is just 10' wide, which may be realistic but offers little space for a fight. I don't think my players will think twice if I have a nice large keelboat. This...
  13. Magus Coeruleus

    boat plans in 5' grid format?

    Thanks for all of the ideas! I'd forgotten, btw, that my old Spelljammer and Champions of Mystara box sets both have those ship cards. Cheers!
  14. Magus Coeruleus

    boat plans in 5' grid format?

    I have no idea if this is the right part of the boards to ask, but does anyone know where I can find 5' square battlemat images or grids showing the layout of boats, so I can run a fight on a keelboat? Thanks very much!
  15. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E XP for NPCs in 4e?

    The class template vs. from-scratch NPC difference makes sense to me. What doesn't make sense to me is that it seems like the NPC gives you many much better stats that typical monsters of the same level. Then again, I look at the strangeness of the monster creation rules saying AC = X + level...
  16. Magus Coeruleus

    Mounted Enemies

    Sharing actions is for PCs...
  17. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E XP for NPCs in 4e?

    Right, but I'm not talking about class templates (pp. 182-183); I'm talking about creating NPCs (p. 186-188). There's nothing in that section to suggest that classed NPCs count as elites.
  18. Magus Coeruleus

    D&D 4E XP for NPCs in 4e?

    One problem I had when building a mid-level human villain was I started by following the rules for an NPC ranger and was getting number much higher than level 4 things in the MM. Anyone else get the feeling that a level X NPC is tougher than other level X creatures?
  19. Magus Coeruleus

    Stalker0's Alternate Core Skill Challenge System: FINAL VERSION 1.8!

    Stalker0, based on your analyses, what recommendations would you make if I did not want to force anyone to make a roll or aid another necessarily? I appreciate the 4e philosophy of encouraging everyone to participate in a skill challenge but frankly I feel that if the work has been done to make...
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