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Here is my situation. I started a 4E campaign with friends, and we've been having a fine old time. We started with Keep on the Shadowfell, but we stopped that adventure early after reaching 2nd level, mostly because the plotline had some serious holes in it and it seemed to be very linear. I...

4E is "combat heavy" in the rules-explanation of the player's handbook, it is true. Indeed, it goes to great lengths to explain the details of the combat rules, because it has taken great pains to create a tactical miniatures game out of the combat system. What they've done for the non-combat...

Well Drek! My wife is gonna desperately want to be a "Dwarven Defender" style tempest fighter with an Urgosh, as soon as we can figure out what the actual rules for applying the templates are. I guess we'll have to wait until November. I mean, there's gotta be a downside, or penalty, or...

Okay, so what 4E did is it removed the game-mechanic consequences for ethical actions. It effectively said, "Okay, you don't suddenly unlearn the "Monkey Claw Maneuver" just because you slept with some strange person last night!" Now, that being said ... there is nothing that says that the...

Sorry to hear that the ideas didn't catch on. I think that one of the reasons they caught on with my players is that the mats and cards were a fait accompli. When the players walked in, everything was pre-done for them. Of course, it took me an hour ahead of time, doing up cards and mats...

Just commenting on various things, in no particular order: - on using writing instead of tokens -- you could do that, of course, but in my opinion it is a step backwards. That was the point of my original post. The act of using tokens, or say poker chips, is something well-learned from the...

First off, this is a bit of a lengthy post, and I'm looking to solict responses from people "in the know" about D&D miniatures, the new plastic pre-paints, and so forth. I hope you'll bear with me. I’ve been slowly getting into 4th edition D&D, and one of the things I’d like to do is build up...

I'm in favour of keeping things as simple and uncluttered as possible. That being said, I think that tracking magic-item use is important. Towards that end, Grandpa's Cards again play a handy role. If you physically possess a card for each magic item, and then "tap" the card when you use...

It is still perfectly possible to have a modifier, even a significant modifier, and yet be untrained in the skill. Trained is reserved for skills you've trained in under character creation -- spent points in (or a few skills are auto-trained by class, like Arcana for mages). It is a special...

I absolutely love Porter's update! I can't wait to see the version with the icons put in! I'm in agreement that the actual attribute stats are vestigial save for calculations and character mapping. That is why, for me, they're best left on the character sheet, and then tucked away while...

I feel the new Realms Campaign book gets an unfair rap. I don't know what people were expecting, but I think that their expectations were unreasonable, and I think that if they were given what they were expecting, they'd ultimately be unhappy. (and the book would've been 25 volumes!) What...

This is one of the "sacred cows" I had to kill for myself. This is my own personal preference. This is the way I roll. This is the way my brain works, the way my preferences run, and the way that makes me comfortable, the way I figure that is the best possible solution for the largest number...

Grandpa's Cards http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?p=4351249&postcount=718 Full-disclosure -- originally these were the cards I'd wanted to use, but I was using the Power Point files and foolishly didn't read the Acrobat File note about printing. Thus, I thought you could only print...

I really like it! (edited to remove a silly queston that was right there in front of my eyes). I think it is a thing of beauty!

Here is a copy of the Primer I'd e-mailed my friends. It relies heavily on the "Shadowfell" module quickstart rules -- and by "relies heavily" I mean "I re-typed it and added about 5 percent new material". I added those bits which I figured the players would need, but weren't included in the...

One more thing ... while advanced players know how to exchange one action for another, in the beginning the little arrows did actually help the newbies figure out which type of action could be exchanged for which. Would it be possible to put in some arrows between your own "Standard Action" /...

Goblyn's Hoard, that is beautiful stuff! Making it look like a rolled-up parchment was inspired! Very slick! I'm loathe to make suggestions after you made such a beautiful product -- but refinement makes for a better end-product, and if I throw in some ideas, maybe other people will throw...

Heck, it is yours for free! (I put it on as an attachment, in a pdf form, along with the side-mat/skills-sheet that slides underneath). I'm just hoping that somebody with more skill than I have makes one that is prettier! The real hero is Grandpa and his wonderful Power Card set, all here...

And a shot showing the skills-side of the side-sheet, normally hidden under the game-mat. You only slide it out when you're trying to do something with an active skill use, and need to look up the rules.