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While I haven't tried to tackle the wilderness idea, a little while ago I was designing a social encounter system that would allow for more structured and interesting social encounters than 'roll for a skill challenge', and would also allow social situations to flow into and out of combat ones...

Just a quick thought: considering that a number of paragon paths give additional effects when using action points, it might be a fun idea to scale this to the heroic tier by using Second Wind as a trigger. By having different Heritages grant different effects, you could have some interesting...

Motion seconded :)

I'm putting in another vote for Neil Gaiman. Also check out the works of Brian Froud, although they do relate more to the boggart-y, pexyish, mischievous side of fae than the more aloof and mysterious elements. They are great to drop in though!

Nice idea-you could almost replace races with it... it actually looks more like the leveling races that I was hoping for with 4th ed. Are the powers from Heroic Heritages in addition to the powers that one would normally gain? (just an element that should be clarified) One of my worries is...

I'm relatively new to this community, having only joined since the release of fourth edition, and the openness, support and creative nature of the people here continually amazes me. People here have taken this new edition, accepted its strengths and, rather than complaining incessantly about...

A few months back there where a couple of good threads on making a classless system that could fit these desires well. Here is a link for one of the more recent and complete drafts: http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan-creations-house-rules/236466-class-free-d-d-4th-edition.html For the , we...

The setting that I'm writing uses a couple of different races of humans, which will have mechanical differences. This is largely because the setting is post-apocalyptic and different groups of humans have been effected by the magical taint in different ways: Highborn: The ruling caste of the...

Theres a lot of great material in there. Time to experiment!

I've only had a quick flick through the books, but it seems to me like they've tried to build a new world by destroying an existing one. The new 'version' of FR looks (at a glance) like a world saturated with magic, at least flavor-wise. While I can see what they where trying to do, they...

I like it - Hadn't thought of doing combat this way. The problem in this though is that it could prompt you to think more two-dimensionally. Also, I was thinking that it may be important for the DM to be able to keep track of general grid positoining in order to adjudicate blast effects. I...

Ok, I know that when 4e came out there was this big uproar (or at least a bit of chatter) about how it would be practically impossible to do combat without a grid map. I was wondering if anyone has tried to play using 'traditional' storytelling combat, and how much sucess (if any) they've had...

These mostly seem pretty good. Very well thought out. I may even pinch some for myself :). The Power Exchange is slightly confusing though. How often can people switch/trade powers? when does this take place? Also in relation to this, I would worry that people would too often opt to have...

I just don't think that anyone can help you with that: class creation for 4e, especially in this early stage, seems to be more of an artform than a science. (an artform with boundries and guidelines, but an artform nonetheless) You're best bet would probably be to look at the existing core...

I'm intrigued.. what where you thinking?

I prefer the black, but would love to see the tonality of the greys fixed up to make it easier to read. Thanks for consulting us :).

Here's a draft for the social encounter system that I've been brainstorming. It's still pretty basic, and there are a lot of specifics that need to be covered, but I thought I'd post the work in progress and see what people think. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. (I haven't posted it...

I'll post up the work in progress later! Social encounters are for situations larger than something that requires a single skill check or challenge, such as a scene in a bar, a masquerade ball, or even negotiating through a military camp. A social encounter uses 'beats' instead of rounds (a...

Much smoother :) Nice idea; very cinematic. Lots of potential. I'm working on something similar at the moment, a system in which players chose a 'vocation' in addition to their class. Sample vocations include Aristocrat, Entertainer, Merchant or Gambler. (this is actually designed to...

Ok, time for an actual reply! As I already mentioned, I quite like the design and the concept. It's actually given me some inspiration for something I was mulling over for one of my campaigns - a spreading madness (although for this I would use will rather than fort for the defense). My one...