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In my experience I would not say they have ruined any games or adventures, but they can keep a DM on their toes. If the adventure I have planned is "find the mcguffin" and instead of a bunch of Q&A with some NPCs the mage busts out a locate object spell and leads the party to the object in no...

I am of the school of thought that says roll with it, but you know your players best and what will be interesting. Perhaps they have an idea? Putting my own evil idea hat on how about having the brother, or a lackey who didn't mean to kill the master's brother, bump into them and offer a...

This might be a bit off topic, but the flipping the argument around I think could be interesting. So the world is clearly in danger and the PC's go to the super powerful mage who believes them. In a game I'm running the players are about to reach this point. When they get there I plan the...

I run a game with 9 players and would not have it any other way. I love it. Most of what I have to share is version neutral. Some great tips above so I will try to stay on other thoughts. 1. Understand what drive your players. Story? Combat? Puzzle solving? With a large group you will...

I'd say if both the DM and Players were up for the challenge and agree it would be fun it could work. It would be a lot of work though. The DM would need to constantly need to find challenges for the various players at different levels. And the players would have to enjoy taking on the...

Ah! So it is. Thanks.

A +8 racial bonus to Listen checks! What race is Xykon originally?

So if I follow the thief is not likely to be tricked or intimidated due to the parties and his own tendencies/skills/background. Building on Jack's thoughts how about having the thief wanting the party to take out the next ambush group for his own reasons. Perhaps someone in that group made...

Ha! I've got this image of Alfred from the Batman series as a warlord now.

After loosing a PC one of my fellow players showed up with a warlord to last weeks game. He decided to heal himself and described the scene as "my finger gets glowy and I heal myself". Quickly someone reminded him that he does not heal with divine magic, but inspires himself to go on. Without...

My rogue moved around a target to get his precious flank. Little did he realize the statue trap next to that square. Trap triggered, crit him and stunned him. As the next turn came around the bad news hit. The trap was in the initiative order and had interupted him which meant it got to go...

Thanks for sharing the details of the skill challenge PC. That definitely sounds like it was an engaging challenge! I've already shared your notes with the group I game with and hope to see something like it in our game soon!

The DM in the game I play in has been holding off on skill challenges so far. It's a new concept the entire group is still looking for the right way to make it interesting. The first hint of how this could work and be exciting / fun I saw in a posting PC put together...

Any purpose behind the experiment? Of is that the final layer of the onion?

Interesting! So is the creation god something like a Tharizdun that will destory the world now? Or some other type of insanity?

Reading the title of another thread I was expecting a very different topic. It made me go back to my campaigns roots and think about why the world was created. I was curious was is the purpose behind the creators of your campaign world. Was it created with a purpose? Just as a play thing...

They go talk to their local warlord of course! "My Lord, I have gout and my foot is rotting off" "Bah, that's not so bad. Get back in those fields and plow" "I feel better already..." On a more serious note, the magic healing concept changed in 4e. The healing abilities in the PHB are more...

Beyond the obvious in rules options of spending feats for skills or using classes that already have access to these skills I would probably run more of the stealth checks as skill challenges. Of course the skill challenge approach could be used with no rule changes at all :yawn: so some other...

Ki, two quick things I did playing a warlord to get past the passive vibe I got from time to time. 1) I bought a baseball size d20. When someone used my power I threw them the d20. Doing something physically myself really seemed to help and I could see the result from across the table. 2)...

Ha! I love it! Definitely going in. One of the players is a doctor and will really get a kick out of this.