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Honestly, I use the normal minions in waves quite often. I really try to make sure that they make good use of cover and concealment, don't bunch up conveniently, and otherwise behave fairly tactically (limited by their own intelligence, of course). I had one poorly thought out encounter where...

First, I don't know if I want to introduce a discussion of verisimilitude in a game with elves wielding two bastard swords, one in each hand, while fighting a dragon. Having said that, you can choose to explain this in-game in a way that makes "sense", or you can choose to explain this in a...

Well, people have just tried to answer this for you, but you have now excluded the "good DM" from the discussion. The rules don't expressly forbid you from throwing Orcus at 1st level PCs either. The rules give you guidelines, reasons why those guidelines exist, and suggestions on how to use...

I agree that this is the 'weakest' part of the storyline. It seems too artificial and tongue in cheek. Perhaps you could alter the this somewhat: Ancient Engines of Creation distill and congeal the energies of the primordial world. Those engines have become corrupted and perverted over the...

I'd really be reluctant to change the way healing works, since you have said that the cleric will be missing a string of sessions, but will presumably be back. I think it would be bad practice to change the rules, then change them back once he returns. Why not incorporate this absence into the...

I had this problem while co-running another game. I used several different solutions, depending on the situation. Some lackies were fanatics, and devoted to the cause. It really caused them surprise when they put a sword to the guy's throat, and he eagerly threw himself on it. Some (cultists...

I think that my concern is, given deliberate, even if "non-optimal" choices, the Battlerager build AND the Tempest Fighter build are better choices than the Weapon Talent Fighter (taking the same deliberation in ability scores and feats). What if Weapon Talent had benefits beyond +1 to hit...

This is true. The other thing is simply encounter design in general. PCs in an open field (with few ranged options) vs. a blue dragon strafer? Very hard. Same PCs outside a tall castle against kobolds on the walls? Very hard. Group with no Arcana-trained character against a magical trap...

Correctly stated. The reasons to carry a second weapon would include: Access to feats and powers which require the use of same. Access to two different types of attacks (perhaps two different magic weapons) Worry about being disarmed by specific attacks (paranoid, perhaps?) There's no...

Nope. But also note that there is nothing in the rules preventing you from wandering around with ten halberds, or a dozen quivers of arrows either. The encumbrance rules are pretty vague, and only cover simple weight. I think you'd either have to use common sense or accept treating each...