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How would you handle a player who wants to shoot an arrow and hide behind a tree. Can they move out of concealment, shoot an arrow, and move back into concealment?

Can I ask you a question? How does the Alea markers look with the Dwarven Forge terrain? My fear is that the height of the miniatures will "break" the illusion I'm trying to creature with the DF terrains. Also, do you use a wide variety of colors (eg: a different color for each condition) or...

A player controlling a Fighter attacked a creature and its effect was to shift the creature 1 square. Is the shift optional? The player was flanking and shifting would have taken the creature out of flank and did not want to do this. I ruled that the Fighter had the option. -PJ

Hi. I'm new to 4E and have a question regarding Encounter powers, and also where to ask my questions. But first, the Encounter power. I know you can only one it once per encounter until you rest, but what if you have more than one Encounter power: can you use both on the same encounter? Last...

My situation is actually a little bit different. I'm currently running a fantasy-based Savage Worlds (for about a year) and last week we all agreed to convert our characters, and campaign to D&D Essentials! My nervousness is twofold: 1. Converting the characters so they are as close in powers...

Before I ask my question, a quick background... Got out of D&D 3.0 and switched to Savage Worlds. Looked into 4E but felt it was a bit complicated. Now Essentials came out and picked up the Rules Compendium and the Heroes book. I remember how DC table worked previously, but now they have it in...

My .2 Cents: I like to think of running a session as taking a test. I study before hand (game prep), by writing notes, encounters, maps, even dialogue (like a Q&A type deal). In other words, I spend ALOT of time prepping for any possible outcome. But when it comes time to run the game, I put...

I'm looking for some props to make my outdoor, forest encounter really stand out. Actually, I want to get some 3D model trees, but can't find a good site that sells them (with sturdy bases). Does anyone know of a good site for purchasing trees (and maybe even some boulders). Thanks. -PJ

I'm looking for 3D paper model of a wizard's tower. Had one years ago, but can't find it online again. Any help is appreciated :) -PJ

I want to make crossing a bridge eventful for the players. What suggestions, tips can you recommend in making crossing a 40' rope bridge a really cool challenge for my players? -PJ

For those that use Dungeon Tiles (or more involved terrains like Dwarven Forge or Hirst Arts), do you build the room, then describe the scene, or vice versa? Also, for those that use miniatures, do you describe the creature, NPC, etc, then place the mini on the board, or simply place the...

I totally love this idea!!! Will take it a bit further: buy a puzzle with at least 12 pieces, scatter them around the dungeon, and when all pieces found, it will give a clue as to how to defeat the main villain :) -PJ

I'm designing a room, and it has alot of rubble. Other than just being "difficult terrain" I thought it would be a great place to thrown in a puzzle or trap challenge. Any ideas on a puzzle or trap that involves rubble? I want my players to think twice the next time they "check out the rubble."...

as a DM that's always looking to improve, i would love to listen (and maybe watch) game session podcast. maybe we can list here some of the best ones. i'll list one that i've been following and has helped me in my own sessions: Dungeons and Dragons 4E Adventures on blip.tv i love how they...

i'm running a one-shot this evening and wanna ask which one is the best Dungeon Delve adventure? i'm looking for a nice combat session with lots of options (not just a "hack-n-slash"), a nice twist or puzzle, and a nice ending. the one that caught my eye is #12: Emerald Dawn, but don't know if...

or how about keeping it simpler than what i wrote. something like this: Large, wolf-like humanoid, wearing royalty-torn clothes. the two distinct characteristics are "wolf-like humanoid" and "royalty-torn clothes." -PJ

thanks for the tips. here is a sample of one of my NPC's that the players will encounter very soon (they are hunting him down). he's the son of the king and has turned into a werewolf. his stat card is below (using Savage Worlds rules): using the suggestion by Stoat, i bolded two defining...

I've been thinking of adding a "physical description" under my custom-made NPC stat cards instead of the Tactics. Something I can read or para-phrase to the players when they first encounter them. One of my main flaws is describing characters on the fly, so thought this might be helpful. So my...

Hello all. This is our fantasy campaign using Savage Worlds system. The audio is pretty good, but the video is not very clear. Might have to get another video camera (Flip HD maybe?), but still use the Zoom Q3 for audio (sounds really clear!). It's also the first time using Dwarven Forge...

I replied to you but it looks like the message is not going through. If you didn't get it, email me at pjrake@gmail.com -PJ