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The article seems filled with crunchy goodness! This statement of yours puzzles me, though. If you want harder traps, can't you just use higher-level ones?

You're right -- I knew this rule, but for some reason had this vague association between caster level -> spell level -> minimum ability score in my head. :blush:

If they're making scrolls with higher than normal DCs, then they'll pay the commensurate cost -- higher caster level = higher save DC = higher expense. Sounds fine to me.

My thoughts: 1. If they invested the money in it, go ahead and let them use it. Scrolls don't solve everything however. 2. The problem with scrolls is that the spell save DCs are terribly low. It's very unlikely that the scrolls will be very useful in combat unless they change the...

So on Sunday, I was in a game in which my wizard, Lei-Fang, was battling with a hobgoblin mage on top of a ledge, while melee combat happened below her. The warlock had set up a zone of Hunger of Hadar below and around one of the entrances, which was terribly useful for deterring people from...

Okay, I've got one for you -- kind of a fleshing out of the subset of the mini-setting, but: tier-crossing adventures. Adventure sites, plots, artifacts, and other nice mechanical crunch with the fluff of PCs discovering a way to reach a new tier of power. Kind of like the whole "PCs go on a...

Oh my God, yes. Reverse-engineering trap design would be a godsend also.

Okay, here's one idea -- a mini-setting/backdrop that is specifically designed with the 4E rules in mind, in the same way that Eberron was designed for 3E. By this I mean a setting that has some kind of narrative rationale for 4E concepts like power sources, healing surges, encounter/daily powers.

Discover something large and important that you can name after yourself. Find new spices and foods, and start a culinary revolution back home. See the ocean on the other side of the continent. Unify (subjugate?) all of the native tribes. Search for the fabled Fountain of Youth.

Have you tried the DDXP primer? http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4news/20080228a

I find it interesting that they lowered all skill check DCs but apparently didn't change any DCs for the sample traps and hazards.

I ran a trap-filled dungeon as part of an unexpected incident in KotS, and for some reason I suspect I'm getting it wrong somehow. Here's how I ran it: An area with a trap or hazard enters visibility range. Compare the Perception DC to detect the trap with the character's Passive Perception...

Why, of course. Here, I'll license it to you: I'm here to create an awesome story and kill your PCs. And I'm all out of story. /* This quote is free textware. It comes without any warranty, to * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the...

I'm here to create an awesome story and kill your PCs. And I'm all out of story.

The first part sounds like hash to me -- which in my head is, "a bunch of stuff fried up with potato."

My guideline is that anything that directly and permanently changes a character's nature -- bodily or mentally -- really needs to be discussed with the player. Nothing is more annoying than having the GM mess with your character. That said, anything else is fair game.

So I've been on a weird cooking frenzy lately, possibly because I'm a little excited about moving to a new apartment. Here's what I've made recently: steak au poivre philly cheesesteaks filet mignon with blue cheese sauce peanut butter fudge homemade brownies How about you? Any interesting...

Men and women aren't that different, in my opinion. That said, I think the expected roles of men and women in normal society construe each gender as a fundamentally different species. But in all seriousness -- come on, we play D&D. We're hardly in normal society.

I don't play a lot of board games, but I'm interested in trying to find one that's cooperative rather than competitive -- i.e., one where the players all work together for some purpose. Oh, one more -- I'm looking for something to fill in those days where everyone's all, "Oh, we don't want to...

I thought you banned death.