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I think it's worse than 3rd edition Grapple rules. I never had trouble understanding how the grapple rules were supposed to work. I am still confused how Stealth is supposed to work in combat. I love 4th edition, but this is one area I am frustrated with and still waiting for word from WOTC...

I rated Paizo a 5. I think very highly of them as a company. Unfortunately, I am now most likely about to cancel my subscription to Pathfinder, because I've switched to 4th edition and am not switching back. I may keep the subcription though. It is possible if Paizo/4th edition fans with...

Has anyone tried creating the Maze of Caves section of the dungeon with the Caverns of the Underdark dungeon tiles set? Is it possible?

I answered with a 3. The main reasons pushing me to like the company are: 1) I like fourth edition a lot. 2) I am overall pretty happy with the content of the core books, and Keep on the Shadowfell, as well as recent Dungeon and Dragon articles. 3) Quick errata issued for problems in core...

I prefer the 4e approach. I don't want magic items to generally be made, bought and sold as part of an economy. I want them to wondrous rare things which are mostly obtained through heroic quests and discovered in ancient ruins of civilizations with greater knowledge of magic than now remains...

We are playing again tomorrow, so I'll be posting another update soon. If the party survives, they should reach second level this session.

To me it depends if they mean the price of a cup of coffee at a diner versus a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

True, it would be better in an ideal world if the product was so well playtested that there was little or no need for errata. But I am still relatively pleased that WOTC is addressing these problems early on, rather than waiting a long time to fix things. Remember with 3rd edition it took an...

I like Unstoppable for those really tough fights, unless you have a party where others are going to be giving you a lot of temp hp in a tough fight, such as a warlord or cleric that has as their daily a power that gives everyone temp hp. But for you, with regeneration 4, I think I'd go with...

Thanks for the feedback, Caldarion. I am enjoying writing these. And I find that writing this helps me remember as DM what happens in each session when I need to remember it later. Hi, Ralph. I was wondering if you'd seen this thread already, since I know you read some of the story hours on...

The Downfall of Irontooth The heroes had rested, and had taken up positions on either side of the waterfall and the cave beyond. But though much activity and preparation could be heard from within the cave, no enemies emerged. Finally, Xandir decided to open the battle by stepping up and...

I agree that giving the outline of the adventure at the beginning is something very useful which Paizo learned to do with paths. I'm surprised that WOTC hasn't learned from Paizo to do this better. I hope this doesn't mean they don't even have the overview yet. That is also a lesson learned...

One of the things that made Paizo's Dungeon adventure paths great, aside from the great adventures included as part of the paths, was the great support created by an online community of DM's running the adventures, who shared ideas and little extras created by each DM. Paizo's website was very...

I agree that paragon path multiclassing needs better rules, so that it is a viable choice. The feat-based multiclassing seems fine, however.

I definitely think clarification is needed. I am an attorney and consider myself at least reasonably capable of understanding rules, and I have read the rule book and read the arguments on both sides. Even after all my effort, I still am not 100% sure how the rules for Stealth should be...

Remember, you can't make every super powerful monster into a 30th level monster. You have to leave some for 29th level, 28th, etc.

I am sure the 4E designers have seen the rampant confusion over the rules for using Stealth in combat. Has there been any official word as to when, where and how WOTC will issue a clarfication of these rules? I am hoping for a detailed article with examples. And I hope they are not planning...

It would be nice to have some equivalent level power to easily substitute for Goblin Tactics, Shifty, etc. to easily turn goblins, kobolds and others into humans. But using the stat block without change would either cheapen the distinctiveness of those abilities being tied to certain creatures...

One thing I'd love to see which I didn't see listed in the options is NPCs.

Someone else posted the list to another thread. I'd love to give credit, but I copied the list and didn't note who posted it. If someone knows, please post credit for the hero that posted the list previously: Hobgoblin Warcaster Hobgoblin Soldiers X 4 Norker Slinger X 2 (ettercap?) Norker...