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  1. DrSpunj

    D&D 4E Obligatory dump stats in 4e: the irrelevance of Intelligence

    I took Leather proficiency for my Wizard and thought the very same thing when I did it! And since I haven't said so in the relevant threads, Stalker0, thanks for all your efforts on Obsidian and other stuff. Much appreciated!
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    D&D 4E Obligatory dump stats in 4e: the irrelevance of Intelligence

    I don't have FRPG but I'll try and flip through it in the store and look at this. Until then I'm assuming it just makes Intelligence your primary stat for attacks & damage? I'm not introducing any House Rules for at least 6 months or so beyond starting stats (choose what you want from 3-18...
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    D&D 4E Obligatory dump stats in 4e: the irrelevance of Intelligence

    With a successful Resurrection ritual... So, now that we're about 6 months into this whole 4e thing, has anyone messed with Intelligence or made any House Rules about ability stats in general? I've only just started playing in one game and DMing another, and Intelligence just doesn't seem...
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    D&D 4E Changing the 4e save mechanism.

    Maybe I'm missing your point, PS, and if so I apologize but: It seems to me the Athletics bit about Catch Hold would be very relevant to all characters after they fail their save. Sneaky McRogue is going to have a much easier time after he's knocked over the cliff to catch hold of something and...
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    Epic Podcast - good, bad or indifferent?

    The nice thing about minions is you don't have to keep track of hit points or previous hits or anything else. Their utility is largely defined by the simplicity of their (lack of) bookkeeping. Personally when we get to Paragon levels I'm going to consider JMcM's Zombie rules (Prone & then out)...
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    Most Useful Reference Sheet ever?

    Here's my attempt merging and cleaning up much of what I've seen others do. It's one page, front and back and uses the Arial font primarily. I like Calibri and have it now on my home computer but I've had trouble printing things at work and other places with it (as have my players). I find the...
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    Drawing a ranged weapon

    For those realists out there, a bow or crossbow I've always heard loses some of its strength the longer it's got tension on it, so they're typically stored tension free -- uncocked or with the bowstring removed. With that in mind, IMG I'd allow a player to load their crossbow before we rolled...
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    4th Edition D&D in the Iowa City / Cedar Rapids, IA Corridor

    I greatly enjoy DMing but haven't had the chance to try the other side of the DM screen for awhile. With 4th Edition I'm looking forward to doing both! On the DM side our group just finished a 4 year homebrew campaign using a 3.5/AE/IH hybrid, and the majority of players would like to continue...
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    A Couple More KotS Questions

    At Dayspire and others: That questions and others are answered in the KotS FAQ at WotC's site. EricNoah provides the link in this thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=227044
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    Are PCs expected to beat skill challenges?

    To those discussing how to integrate skill challenges into their game: I think I'm going to start off being rather heavy-handed about them. While I probably won't say flat out "this is a skill challenge" too often, I already ask for random d20 rolls from my players several times during a...
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    Threads/page and posts/page reduced

    I noticed it right away, too, since I had set my preferences for 40 per page I think. No biggie, but currently I'm getting 15 posts per page, not the 20 Morrus stated. I looked at the "edit options" part of my control panel and my only two choices are now "Use Forum Default" and "Show Posts Per...
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    Excerpt: Racial Benefits

    Similar to others that have posted, I had problems with the racial levels, mostly conceptual. In hindsight I think it was because it was a "whole level package". While one PC spent the last month (game time) learning how to force the powers of magic to do more of their bidding, or better...
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    Excerpt: Multiclassing (merged)

    Whew! I made it! :cool: It only took several hours over the last couple days to read through everything, just in time for the next preview! ;) Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread, especially to WotC_Miko for sharing what she's able to at this time. It's been a very...
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    D&D 4E Raiders of Oakhurst: A 4E Fan Playtest Adventure

    Since I've been following this thread closely I thought I'd contribute my experience to date with the adventure. Thanks to Olgar for this fun 4E test run and everyone else in the thread for all their input. Background: I played some AD&D in the 80s but didn't play consistently until 3E came...
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    Confirmed Skill List from D&DXP and WotC Articles (?)

    Thanks much, Nytmare, for that tidbit. I've not messed around with Google apparently near as much as I should! ;) That aside, can anyone please make some guesses as to what type of stuff Endurance will cover? Ever since I saw it on the sheets I've been a bit stumped. I thought of fatigue and...
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    What Unique Schtick Do You Think Each Power Source Should Have?

    Hmm... There's a joke here somewhere.... :p
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    FR Update at WotC-Year of the Ageless One

    Ha! Alright, I've been into Iron Heroes and reading quite a bit of David Gemmell in what free time I've found, so I haven't been reading/following FR twists & turns too much in the last year or so. In what storyline/novels did Mystra die this time? Thanks in advance for any info.
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    figure out the RSS link?

    Thank you! Out of curiosity, did I just miss an obvious link somewhere on the front page? I'd like to be able to get back to that link directly down the road. Thanks.
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    figure out the RSS link?

    I've just started tweaking my Yahoo Beta homepage and it's got an RSS link as a module. This is one of the few news sites I check regularly and thought I'd try linking them up. I half-remember Morrus making a pitch about the RSS capabilities of the site but can't find in the Help FAQ or as a...
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    What's going to happen to druids?

    In case you and others hadn't realized it, that "informal YouTube interview" was done by WotC. ;) The interviewer was Mike Lescault, aka Gamer_Zer0, who is the Online Communities Manage at WotC and basically runs the WotC Boards. Read his blog from Gen Con here along with all the other Wizards'...
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