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As usual, my opinion on this sits firmly in the 'its your campaign, enjoy!' camp. But the original poster seemed to be worried about how that would impact game balance or something, so I was being conservative with the background recommendation based on that. - Wraith

I've had more than one novice player sit looking at all the power cards they had arrayed before them and go, "Um, can you explain this to me again?" That being said, I've not run 4th in a long time, so my comment should be taken with a large grain of salt, heh.

I'm a canon junkie. I admit it. So I voted whatever the 5e continuity says. Mainly I think I'm this way because I love incorporating whatever the latest thing off the presses is into my game. In 3rd edition, the shade invaded my game. 4th I ran a short campaign in the area around Aglarond (to...

Every mention the designers have had about Backgrounds or even about hacking the system in its current form starts with customizing backgrounds. So I think you should be safe to customize them without too much worry. If you are really worried about balance then just be sure to keep them in the...

If the implement is weapon, you also add prof. bonus if you are prof in the weapon you are wielding. If the implement in question (weapon, wand, etc) is enhanced you add that modifier as well.

Also, if two weapon attack is anything like the other ranger multi-attacks (I've looked at the ranged multi attack stuff) it goes from 1[w]+dex (str for melee probably) to 2 1[w] attacks with no modifier. So while you are getting 'more attacks' you are not getting more of your base attacks. If...

I've had two FLGS's in my life that I would go out of my way, and out of my pocket to support. Book Villa in Huntsville, AL has always had top notch service (ever since the current owners took over at least) or rather, that was the case as of 2 years ago when I moved away from Huntsville to...

I started my group into KotS this past weekend. It was our second 4e session. First was just making characters and getting them together. We play every two weeks. This last week was really fun for me, but the players were a bit frustrated. At the end of the first session... The warlord was...

Gnolan stared hard at the scorched and pockmarked old stump. In his head he conjured images of a lightning bolt blasting away at the stump, turning it to nothingness. Sparks snapped from his finger tips, and nothing else happened. His cussing echoed through the small stand of trees around him...

Mind if I ask, do you work for an FLGS? I'm getting mine on the release date (20th) but was just curious how you got yours. Would love my own copy rather than and see if I can figure out much from that. I agree 100%, delay should not be a way out of ongoing damage. Personally if it is not in...

In KotS ... ... one of the encounters includes a group of baddies that waits to attack for their buddies to attack first. It says their initiative becomes 1 less than their friends. Sounds like Delay to me. - Wraith

So as I see it, a major quest is a reward that covers several sessions of play, and is basically the equivalent in value to killing a solo monster. If you add up all the quest rewards that are listed in the book (three quests) then you get 6000xp! KotS says (I'm going from memory here so I...

There is no discussion of quest content, etc. But obviously you disagree, so I'll change the title. - Wraith

So, I'm running Keep on the Shadowfells at my FLGS (Dragon's Lair, Austin, Tx) this Saturday for my regular group. We made characters and got people together in a town in my campaign setting (which I will be replacing Winterhaven with). Anyways... as I'm reading through the adventure I see...

We already started. :P Last Saturday we did characters made from the PHB Lite, and played for about three hours with intros to the town I made up (which has this keep up in the hills... hmmm....) and then started some 'filler' plots that I plan to weave into my KotS run. So I voted pregens with...

Valian Longstrider gripped the reins of his horse tighter. It was the only way he could prevent himself from reaching over and slapping either of his riding companions from their horses. The eladrin knew that as warden it was his job to take these two out to the South Woods and let them hunt. An...

Convergences, our story is about convergences. The first convergence of importance took place between six adventurers. Though capable individuals, easily able to take care of themselves, these six would find their fates drawn together and intertwined as the second convergence of our story...

Greetings all. This will be the home of my new story hour. After a month’s preparation we started our first 4th edition game last weekend. The game will run approximately every other weekend. It is set in a PoL style campaign setting of my own design. We are starting with the PHB Lite as our...

Alternately, you could use the 'something bad happens' and 'something good happens' mechanic of easy and hard checks to make the two things mix. Something bad happens during one check means that the other challenge is modified, or something like that. I ran my first full 4th ed game from the...

*tap, tap* Is this thing on? *sheepish* Um, first off, apologies for reviving a REALLY old dead thread. If there is anyone out there who remembers this campaign's story hour from the original writing, I wanted to let you know two things, and make an offer. 1. The campaign did wrap up. But life...