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The ultimate secret is, of course, one, that cannot be discovered. So, tie one of Vecna's abilities to this. How to beat it? By realising it is an undiscoverable secret! By realising it is a secret that cannot be discovered, the heroes should overcome this one puzzle. Or, to kick it into...

I played once with someone like that. First, I asked him, in private, why he does that. He just denied it alltogether. So, next time we played, I did exactly the opposite as he (e.g. he rolled 5 and anounced 15, I rolled 17 and anounced 7), only I didn't roll my dice behind some cover, but...

Oh my. Why spoil the most entertaining 3.5 full spellcasting class by direct damage powergaming? Just direct (pun intended) your efforts to creativity, that's the funniest part of playing a bequiler. But if you absolutely must have a no-save damaging evocation, there's always magic missile...

In the darkness where lurkers dwell, one name is whispered in fear. When they hear it, they run like hell, because the end is near. In the twilight where trolls are spawned, one name is cursed by many. When spoken, the speaker is pwned, his life not worth a penny. Where flames can start wars...

Horatio is name of my first "real" (rich backstory, complex personality, etc.) character I played back in the eighties. Character so memorable, that I got called by his name instead of mine, that the way he behaved was henceforward called "horatioing" in following campagns and still is, that the...

How about ruins of an ancient city, hidden in a forgotten valley? Made it in excel, so no great quality. http://i56.tinypic.com/11weoee.jpg (Note: originally, I was building it for FR in a crater of a dormant volcano with earthmotes over it, which would explain the water coming from above)

I'm currently running a 4e sanbox game and there's really no problem at all. Mostly due to the fact that I have the benefit and pleasure to have very good players who can (and do) play they characters well and play them as characters, not a puppets. The characters understand that their...

A curious question here. Did they (try to) cast the Gentle Repose ritual 2nd time, after they killed him? (If not, he might now return as the aforementioned zombie. Or something else. /villanous smile )

Sometimes, the lack of evidence is a good evidence too. Perhaps there are signs that someone cleared few specific spots in the room lately? With chemiclas, that can be identifies as a blood-cleaners? Perhaps someone made the effort to clear all signs that a female actually lives there, but...

I would request several favors from them, something like this: A cherry pie The most beautifull trinket they have ever seen (in -their- eyes, and it have not to be neccesserily the most expensive they ever seen) A cherry pie Moving her meadow and cleaning her favorite pond A cherry pie Proof...

Once, I was DMing a FR campaign and TPK happened. So, the heroes' souls traveled to (Fugue?) plane, Kelemvor's domain, where souls normally awaits their transition to their patron deity plane. And what happened? A devil approaches them (as they are allowed to try to lure the souls to nine...

Let the NPC invite them to a banquet. Poison the food / drinks with narcotics. And make it a memorable experience. I did something similar once. But with several twists. For example (and briefly), after they had a good time (wine, women and song singing), they fell unconscious. And later woke...

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Just attack the invisible opponent in front of you. You know, the one you can't see.... Sometimes even DMs can't see them... ANd than just bamf away.

Stop comparing at-wills only, especially at higher levels. In a combat that lasts about 6 rounds, heroes will use (let's say) 4 encounter powers, 1 daily power and 1 at - will power. Most of the time, all strikers excpet the avenger and rogue will miss half of the attacks, while avenger will...

It's "face up" deck. Each card is with the picture up. Otherwise, no point doing it ;)

Here's one of mines. I usualy preapre a few "opportunity" skill challenges - optional, "unlocked" by a certain actions made by the characters. So here it goes: In a village, the party rogue decided to look around the village to find something interesting (they were trying to undermine certain...

I use cards for initiative since the beginning of the 4.0 (and I'm quite sure I already posted my method somewhere around here alredy). Thing is, I made my own cards. Each player has a card with his character portrait (so it's easily recognisable), name, class and some basic stats that helps...

Some teleport powers that (could) teleport others (enemies) explicitly tell you, that you HAVE to teleport them to a square that can support their weight (or something similar). Naturally, any other teleporting powers that (could) teleport others (enemies) lacking this statement CAN teleport...

I (as a DM) play it this way: Me: The tiefling hexer summons a green flame to his hand and hurls it towrds you. You (brief glance at wizards reflex defense) almost dodged it in time, but ... Wizard guy: Seeing I can't manage to duck fast enough, I raise my hand, quickly shouting a word of...