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The dragon pact warlock is now playable throughout the heroic tier! Plus, I changed the class features a bit to work better. Try it out and let me know how it works! Dragon_Pact_Level_1 Dragon_Pact_Levels_2-10 Rules_Updates

That's a cool idea, and it could really be helpful for a player when deciding what choices his or her character would make. However, I would make it a little more freeform. What does the Lawful/Chaotic axis have to do with the Loves and Fears? It seems that the Guides are separate from...

*Based on the events of an improvised 4e skill challenge* "Where should we start?" Ghesh said to the rest of the group. They were walking down the street of the comfort district of Grutal, a city populated mostly by dwarves, built into the side of a cliff. "Maybe we should head to the slums...

All of these are great ideas. There is still so much material that warrents a PHB3!

There is no official ritual to decipher a code. They can understand the language, sure, but not what it really means. If you want to go skill challenge, Raistlin's ideas for skill checks are spot on great. You could also make up your own code and have the players themselves figure it out...

I'd love to see a book on how to make your own classes, races, etc., but I don't think there's a hard and fast formula. Did they really announce such a book at Gen Con? I don't think improvisation rules are necessary. Suggestions would be fine. I do think there's enough to have a section in...

Here is the rest of the shadowdancer!

I guess the elf might have nothing to do with her backstory, but might be foreshadowing of things to come. Maybe it's a messenger from the elf insurgents in Azure City, trying to send V a message? Maybe it's an elf slave, jealous of V's freedom...or warning V of danger to elves in this land?

I was wondering what was up with V and the elf too. If it was a joke, it went over my head.

I regard alignment as a consequence of your actions, not the other way around. Instead of, "I'm Lawful Good, so I can't kill the orcs in cold blood," it would be, "I killed the orcs in cold blood, so I'm Unaligned, or Good (but the end justifies the means), or Evil..." Having an alignment from...

As you dance, shadows stretch and swell to the rhythm of your footfalls. As your enemies are mesmerized by the dance, their own shadows will betray them. BUILDING A SHADOWDANCER The shadowdancer theme uses the Full Discipline mechanic debuted by the monk class in the Player's Handbook 3...

This has certainly been done, but I don't have any published skill challenges to point you towards. You can easily make this into one yourself. The DMG2 talks about battles as skill challenges on pages 180-181, giving suggestions for skill usage.

It's too bad that they scrapped it. An online tool specifically for D&D would be great for pulling the online gaming community together, especially because you won't need to pay for any more than a DDI subscription already is. It would also be a lot easier on DMs! Something like that could be...

Sounds like you've discovered what the developers did too. The new treasure rules determine the level in the same way. It's great that you let your players pick their items; I don't know why more DMs don't. Personally, I pick items for my players because they're all rather casual and...

I was introduced to RPGs through 4e in 2008, and I've never played any other editions of D&D and only very few other RPGs (two sessions of SWSE and some Solar System). For me, Essentials doesn't bring back memories or provide me with a system I'm used to. It's an addition to the game that I...

I think it has to do with psychology. For the new players (who 4e was then and still is now trying to draw in), they wanted the alignment system to be open and nonrestrictive. For the players of previous editions of D&D, they wanted the alignment system to exist. Imagine the nerdrage if they...

I think it was because they were trying to separate roleplaying from the rules. In 3e, certain classes and abilities were tied to your alignment. In 4e, they wanted to get rid of that mentality, so they wanted the alignment to seem less rigid. With the fewer, vaguer alignments, new players...

Of course a pure seeker is viable! Why would they make a book full of non-viable characters? I've seen the seeker in action, and it's got a quite unique play style, shooting arrows (or throwing stuff) and having it explode on contact. If you still want to go hybrid, ranger's a pretty good...

It was also thought that Str/Con would be too efficient for a dwarf too. If there is one thing we have learned, it's that Wizards doesn't care about making races (and other things) just to fit a niche. The fact that there are more Str/Con races than Str/Int races won't affect their final...

I coincedentally came across this article. It's at least funny, if not somewhat relevant. Killjoy_Cooking