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Thanks EugeneZ. You're awesome, as always. -Berc

Bumping this since it's still an issue.

I'd like to second Zinovia's point about not splitting the combat encounters from the main story. While I don't mind having a separate section that shows the maps and the stats, it was annoying to sometimes find that essential descriptions of a room were in the main adventure text and at other...

Definitely. If you don't need the map features, Masterplan isn't all that useful in running published adventures. (Although when running Shelter from the Storm, I found it useful to use MP to lay out how all of the different encounters interacted.) -Berc

Hmm... Under Resources, the file for Fantasy Grounds--Mission to the Monastery of Two Winds seems to be wrong. The file name says fg2_wotbs4e_5.zip, but on trying to unzip I can see that the file is called Tears_of_the_Burning_Sky.mod. Tried unzipping and got a password error, so I tried the...

Although I think the map feature of MapTool is way better than the one for Masterplan, I like the fact that Masterplan also lets me easily track damage, expended powers, and initiative. When looking at MapTool, I wasn't immediately convinced that it could do all of these other things. Berc

I am. My group uses a screen/projector instead of tiles/minis, so Masterplan works really well for us.

Thanks y'all. I missed the section in Adventure 1 and I haven't read past adventure 5 yet. I figured this was just a case of me not noticing something. -Berc

So, I haven't read all of the adventures in the path for 4e yet, but I don't recall ever finding out what is actually in the case that the PCs smuggle out of Gate Pass and through the Fire Forest to Seaquen. Did I just miss that information somewhere? My players have become obsessed with what's...

SPOILER Although I'm not entirely sure the overall role of Khadral, his final actions in the Fire Forest are picked up as part of the flavor text in Adventure 4. An NPC has met Khadral in his dreams and can tell the players more about the trilliths. Although, overall, I wish I had cut more from...

The new Essentials treasure method just "feels" more like D&D to me--probably because I've been playing quite a while, so random treasure has always been a part of the game for me.. (And I would never suggest my feelings are more valid than someone else's.) However, I'm not sure the Essentials...

Knowing how my group rolls (namely their 3 strikers/1 leader party demolishes most creatures pretty quickly), I decided that the final confrontation in Shelter from the Storm would be pretty easy for them, and I really didn't want to add more creatures as that tends to just draw out fights. So...

I think there is a danger of missing something, but a good bit of the information is only important in fleshing out the backstory. I try to read at least 2 modules ahead of the one I'm running, so I have time to plan for what the players need to know, and can draw out the reveals I may have...

On page 48 of MKB, under the section called "Succession," it says "and the heroes can pursue the cure . . . (see Succession, page 48)." That seems to be referring to itself. Any ideas on what pursuing the cure means or what the reference is suppsed to be there? -Berc [Edit: Nevermind. That...

I agree to an extent. I would have liked to have seen the Blade with multiple levels of power that were extended into the Paragon classes, and not just a reset. Seems like it could have been structured like a character class's abilities. It gets this at level 1 Concordance, this at level 5...

Sounds like a good start, Sky. Glad to see your players are getting involved in the setting right away. -Berc

I played her as written, but the group didn't fight her anyway. They convinced her it was a good idea to work with them and not against them.

Questions 1 and 2: I started out having Torrent as a full-member of the party, but after seeing Durn's post here, I switched her to a companion and let the players run her in combat. The companion build also nerfs her abilities and makes her much more of a sidekick than a full-PC. I played...

I think #6 is the most recent release for the 4e version. (All of them are out for 3.5). (Although I couldn't really find that info on this site, either. I just checked on drivethrurpg.com.) -Berc

The Dianoem (a dwarven artifact that becomes important in adventure 3, see page 20 of scouring of Gate Pass) would be a great call. Or if you want to be amusing, you could have Katrina send them to get the scroll she wants to leave her brother. (Of course, then he would later give it back to the...