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$5 for a game, maybe, but only if it happened to be an incredibly amazing game. (This is my personal opinion). I once played in a Vampire LARP that was $15 per game, but it was to cover the cost of hosting the game run by some very imaginative and talented folks in a church. In this case I can...

Going through the new Heroes of Shadow book (and this has probably been brought up, but I don't have a subscription so I can't do a forum search), but with the Vampire as a class I came up with a horribly terrible idea (that probably won't work, but that's why I'm asking.) If I were to make a...

I believe you mean rapid shot and manyshot, correct? Rapid shot is required for manyshot. The action would be two attacks at -2 (so base 4). If the first attack hits roll damage twice, then take the second shot. Rapid shot is akin to firing one arrow after the other very quickly, while manyshot...

Haven't had the session yet, but it's the changing everything and adding guns that takes the most time. What I learned was not to try and use online monster generators and to just do it by hand (typing it out is much faster.) Also drawing out the map ahead of time and having a rough idea of...

I used this to determine the CR type, and the Bestiary to pick the monsters. What took the most time was transcribing the statblock shortlists, editing the monsters so they'd work in the campaign (this game takes place in the 1930s) and coming up with background information. Also I wanted most...

Pretty much all day Friday, from around 10am to 10pm.

Just spent all day working on the encounters for a dungeon in my first campaign. It's roughly 10 encounters and 8 pages (two columns each.) Should it be taking me this long to make encounters, and how many should I have per-adventure? I've run 3.5 and 4e games before, but I've never really...

I like stalker's idea, then I'd give them a +2 Cha and a +2 Dex (the Cha covers the whole "good with everybody" thing, as well as playing up their elven blood a bit more. It also makes them great bards and sorcerers which is what Wizards is sort of aiming for.) I can see Grey's dislike of the...

I disagree about nerfing Flaming Sphere because it's more useful than overpowered (as almost everyone else is saying.) In the last game I played, we came upon a small tower, and upon opening the door the found the tower filled with ice archons. I casted grasping shadows on the space behind the...

Thanks for the help Starglim, GSL is a little less confusing now!

Let's compare the two: In Icicle's suggestion you get the +2 Dex and the freebie +2, humans only get the freebie +2, so as far as ability scores are concerned Half elves are ahead. Though humans do get the +1 to all defenses. Half elves get low-light vision, humans have normal vision Both...

I think Grey is right in that a lot of the suggestions here are making half-elves a little too overpowered. My only complaint with the half-elf currently is they feel a little bland compared to the other races. Conceptually (as in, outside RP fluff) I see them as a strong role player race, with...

This is going to be extremely noobish, but I'm totally lost since there's a lot of licenses floating around and all sorts of rules and it sounds like most people aren't sure themselves but: is it legal to make a new campaign setting for 4e with new classes, races, places, people, things and what...

As cmbarona said, it's like throwing a grenade. If you threw a grenade you would roll to see what attacks hit what targets, and you have no control over making parts of the explosion easier to dodge than others. Even though the Wizard doesn't want to hit her allies with a fireball she has no...

I could be wrong but... 1) From what we've done sneak attacks can be used with powers. In the rules it states it is used with attacks, instead of basic attacks which is what you're thinking of. Usually if a rule has that restriction it will say "basic/simple melee/simple ranged attack" instead...

In the games I've run and played in combats usually take 1-2 hours on average depending on levels, classes, player experience, etc. But from what I've seen player strategy and cooperation in tactics and planning are what really determine game length. When I first started playing 4e we had an...

Thanks, I was using the DM Toolkit before to try and put everything together and make it nice, but it's way too buggy it seems so we're back to Word. There's a new version up with a couple of changes and new stuff and what have you.

Thanks! It's like aid another, but that bonus lasts until the target dies, though I think I'll tweak it so it also gives a +2 power bonus to damage.

Good point, I was actually a bit afraid I'd be going overboard. The class is meant to be more skill focused than combat focused, but an initiative feature would make it a lot more unique. That and I figured it would be better to multiclass into time traveler, though it should probably stand on...

Hey, I'm new here. Anyway, I've been working on a steampunk/sci-fi setting for 4e that centers on villains, and this is a sample of one of the classes I'm working on. Unfortunately it seems to be a lot like another class (the historian) that was posted here a little while ago, and my .pdf is...