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Allow me to suggest the Master Puppeteer Jester from Alluria games. Yes, it's 3PP but it's pretty solid and will probably give you what you're looking for. And for the record, no I'm not the writer but he does play in my campaign.

My problem with the BW maneuvers (Point, Rebut, Avoid, Dismiss, Feint, Incite, Obfuscate) is that most of them didn't seem to make any sense to my players. They could do Point, Dismiss and Incite. They also had a basic sense of what Rebut and Feint should be, but Rebut felt like a Point and...

While I suppose this is technically a 4E house rule, I'm placing it here because I want the input of both 4E and Burning Wheel players. I tried running a Duel of Wits the other day in my 4E game translated as literally as possible from BW and it didn't work so well - the players didn't quite...

The trick with the Battlemind, to the best of my understanding (admittedly I haven't actually played one yet) is that it's Defending by sheepdog instead of by flypaper. Rather than most Defenders who punish in response to a 'bad decision,' the Battlemind is intended to force suboptimal...

I also play DitV (I'm the GM in fact) when I'm not playing 4E. Piratecat, if you have a Wave account and would like to do some PbP let me know. We're going to be finishing up our current town in the near future and could use some replacement Dogs.

What I would do is hand out "residuum" in amounts equal to the levels of the items you're switching out. So 360 for lv 1, 1000 for lv 5, etc. I don't think I'd call it all residuum - some might be dragon's gall, some might be ogre teeth, whatever. Is this the right concept?

Many of the 4th Ed. classes have literary or cinematic iconics to which we compare the class. Conan (Barbarian), Merlin (Wizard), Gandalf (Invoker, although I've also heard valid arguments for both Wizard and Swordmage) immediately spring to mind. I've been having a terrible time trying to find...

That's kinda where I was going with this. I don't actually plan on trying to rescale all the math but on some level it REALLY looks a lot like THAC0 from an alternate universe - moreso than 3E did.

OP - death can actually be quite a bit of fun. A heroic, dramatic death that has some meaning in the context of the story can be very satisfying. See also I'll Hold Them Off!", "I'm taking those *********s with me", and "Tonight We Dine in Hell". Being killed by Random Kobold 32 isn't much...

These two posts have got me thinking about the math system in 4E and whether it would be possible to 'gut' the math such that you could completely ignore issues like Expertise. We know that monster attacks/defenses should increase by 1 each level, to +30 across 30 levels. PC attacks/defenses...

LFR Warlocks everywhere have just grabbed their character sheets Red Mage style and asked "how do these new retrain rules work again? B-)

The way I have this houseruled is as follows - and is similar to Erik's: "Any character who is capable of performing rituals may prepare rituals during an extended rest to be completed as a standard action, much in the way magic worked in previous versions of D&D. The character must pay the...

As it so happens, I really don't like 4E's magic system all that much. I'm using the automatic item bonus to attack/damage/defenses at a certain level. This lets me focus my magic item drops on rituals, components, consumables, and wondrous items - the parts of the system I DO like. It also...

I'm preparing to start a new campaign in a setting where currency isn't common in most of the realm. Goods and services and achieved primarily by bartering in the world we'll be playing. The lack of currency is a significant issue for standard D&D, however, as the PCs are expected to be toting...

This post is in two sections - design theory and houserules. Skip to the section you find interesting. Design Theory Many of the problems with Skill Challenges have everything to do with design and nothing to do with rules. The first of these is complexity. A Skill Challenge is interesting...

Completely agree with Crothian. Furthermore, your players were able to hold it together as a party despite their differences and complete the arc as a group - you want to give XP to encourage that even if it seemed that it would fall apart along the way. If you want to verbally emphasize that...

here Mostly good stuff, but the one that got me laughing out loud was the Dragon Breath Scoundrel. With this feat, you can get sneak attack damage with your dragonborn's breath weapon. Does this remind anyone else of the ballista scene from The Gamers?

I have a player who has been doing this exact trick since level 2 - Sorcerous Blade Channeling and Distant Advantage. At only once per encounter, I have no problem with it.

Hey all. Wondering if anyone is going out to mini-MACE on Saturday (1/23). I've never been to it before (or full MACE for that matter) and would be coming out from Durham. Is it worth the 90-minute or so drive?