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This may not be cliche, but a friend related a story from his high school days. This was one of those groups of random friends and others from school. The assassin(ish) rogue in the party threatened to murder another players Minotaur Warrior in his sleep over some slight. The Warrior (a patient...

I'd like to suggest we take these posts to their narrative conclusion. Explain how you dealt with the mega-cliche behavior. I experienced a similar "new players" interaction, however it was actually two very good friends who were starting level 1 characters. They have a great friendship but...

Quickleaf: I'd grant experience but I have to spread it around a bit more.

Hello Dungeoneer, A few thoughts as you go in to this. You can accomplish a great deal more if you scrap the battle map for many of the "combat" encounters, especially the ones that just advance the story a bit and build tension (knocking out a guard patrol before they can sound the alarm...

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Hi all. I realize this cuts against the grain of this thread, but I'm trying to imagine what would flip this encounter on it's head and really make the PCs stop and say "wtfmate." What if capturing the Heart is only the half way point in the encounter? Perhaps you can create the fight in a way...

This may seem odd, but how about bringing the "Types of Players" page from DMG to the game after a few more sessions. Have the players can through it and identify what type(s) of players they are. It might lead to a very good discussion about what they enjoy and want more of. We've all got to...

I'd like to offer another perspective here. The ability to optimize the entire party to create a unified fighting force is one of the fun things about 4e. This is coming from a player and GM with 6 different campaigns over the past year. 4e is remarkable partly because you _can_ change your...

If they insist on camping in the mists you can simple have them suffer from awful nightmares. Could even have them fight an encounter in their dreams. If you don't want to make them fight in their dreams you could say they only gain back 1 healing surge because their rest was sub-par.

These boxed board games are actually quite a decent value. As a whole it is introduces some of the mechanics to new or younger players. The individual pieces in the box are equally valuable to me as a GM. Castle Ravenloft contains 20-30 (maybe a few more) miniatures of staple monsters...

The tomb might be warded against entry. Runes on the walls would offer suggestions of how to gain entrance. The means to do so are scattered about the valley. They could even pass one of them as they venture in for the first time. A skill challenge would them ensue as they use Nature, History...

Riffing off of WizarDru's narrative. Zacris performed many grave acts. He destroyed nations, enslaved races, shattered the spirits of uncounted masses and stripped entire planes of existence to fuel the engines of war. He did these because he was compelled to. It was in his nature to perform...

Use Stunt cards (spend a action point or a couple healing surges) to do something really exciting at about the power level of an encounter power. This could let them find creative ways out of problems as you learn to tune the encounters to their level. A single elite can be pretty challenging...

Props to the GM and OP meeting his players half-way. Hopefully they deserve the hard work and reflection you are investing in this adventure. A few more thoughts. I have a pretty fun game going now. 5 players, 2 very experienced GMs among them and two virtual newbs. Now in my case they love to...

Hi folks. I just ran across the following item on the WotC DND site. I'm particularly excited by this one for a number of reasons. 1. It comes out 6 days before my birthday. Thank you Wizards. 2. It contains 5 separate products in a single package. 3. It builds on the abundance of material and...

With all due respect, I'd suggest you don't have them take part in the planning. You have slayers and probably a bit of metagaming/tactical mastery going on from the players perspective. Removing the mystery won't push them towards immersion. I doubt they are resisting RP out of a lack of...

I suggest a compromise. Find as many ways as possible to put the Role Playing in to the Roll Playing. I'll start: - Arena fight where the party must prove their worth and play to the crowd in order to win. Bonuses for Role Playing during their turn might include +1 to hit, +2 to damage, +1 to...

Figured it out. Feats provide: - A way to customize your character that was not available in 1e, 2e - A way to customize your character _after_ the initial character creation - A way to feel like leveling is more than just adding some hit points

Awesome Cards or Do Something Cool cards have been a huge boon to my game. I don't give them out as rewards for going quickly though. Essentially each player gets a Card at the beginning of each encounter. They can invoke it at any time to do something Awesome that is consistent with their...