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I don't track xp for the online eberron game I'm running right now, and I didn't track xp for the eberron game I ran back in 3.5. I do however us XP totals to plan encounters, but I tend to push my players to the limit, because well I'm a bastard that way. One of the more recent encounters I...

I'll second this. :)

Keep in mind that the more dice rolls you require for an action the more likely the action has a chance of failure and the less likely your PC's will "think outside the box" Best to just keep it simple single roll and just add a description. Maybe give the player a bonus for being creative...

2nd Roleplaying session Rail to Sharn After having a good discussion with Dr. Lazarus, and armed with more questions than answers, and after resupplying and selling your plunder you're on your way to Sharn, the city of towers. (Here you have the opportunity to discuss in character whatever...

Our First E-mail Role-playing session Okay the point of this thread is so that you can communicate in character to each other. Any replies to this thread must be in character. This will allow you to interact with each other in character on your travel to Sharn, I'll start the scene with Dr...

Lumber Mill So the characters recieved a message marked and sealed with the House Tharashk mark, asking them to meet a Sergeant Dorn at the old lumber mill outside of town about some possible future employment. The characters were wary and expected some sort of trap but did not want to...

Cut Scene 3 Cut Scene 3 The only sound that can be heard in the darkness is that of the constant clamor of metal scrapping on stone and the occasional grunt. "Are you sure this is where we want to go Yerra?" says a gruff male voice, barely audible above the ringing "This is where the circlet...

Level 2 Overview 1) you discovered the possible whereabouts of the temple. A trapper reported that strange creatures had set up camp outside of town near a place animals won't venture. Once there you discovered a group of dolgrim and dolgaunts working for a gauth had just broken the seal on the...

Cut Scene 2 Cut Scene 2 A black crystal sits atop a small metallic eldritch device on an oaken table. Suddenly the crystal begins to glow and hum, and veins of red are now visible snaking the length of the crystal. A male voice from nearby speaks. "Commander, the kobolds have been...

Cut Scene 1 Cut Scene 1 A large half-orc kneels and places a vicious looking bloodied axe on the stone floor in front of him, and he bows his head. "Where is the necklace?" A feminine voice asks. "Do not tell me five of you were unable to recover the necklace from that feeble old fool?" The...

Here is just a quick brief overview of what happened to the character's during level 1. 1) you rescued an old man on the lightning rail, who was being mugged. They wanted a necklace he had stolen. The half-orc managed to get away. Turns out he is a historian with a fascination for the...

The Begining The Beginning Rain trickles down the window of the lightning rail car. A flash of lightning off in the distance briefly brightens up the nearly empty train car. A few moments later the loud boom of thunder can be heard. Sharn is but a tiny spec off in the distance now, as the...

Prologue Prologue: A black gloved hand rests on a worn oaken table, next to a swirling crystal ball. Scattered around the table are many bits of worn parchment covered in ancient runes. The silence is broken by a knocking sound off in the distance. "Come in," a feminine voice beckons. The...

Eberron Teaser Eberron Teaser: <Screen fades to black> <A deep booming voice echoes> Eberron <Images begin to slowly appear on the screen> Peasants work the fields in a small farming community. A grand ballroom filled with well dressed nobles dancing to a light tune. A dozen knights...

OKay this is not going to be your typical story hour. More a collection of Cut Scenes and little bits of role-playing, plus some updates on my players progress. It's more a central repository for me to put down what's going on. Feel free to read, enjoy and comment as you wish. :) So we started...

Yah I definately agree that the intent of skill challenges is to encourage particpation from everyone. :)

Very helpful indeed. :) I wonder if imposing a penalty on characters that act on successive days would be okay. basically if someone is using nature/history/perception to guide the rest of tha party through the more days he does it in a row the more tired he would be. That way, other...

Okay I'm going to be running Seeker's of the Ashen crown for my group, shortly and this skill challenge will come up. I'm just very confused on how to run it well, well basically run it period. Its a 6/3 challenge but it takes place over 6 days and each round is a day. Which is fine. But each...

It was your thread PC that got me thinking about it in the first place. :) I run a game online and I've put the "do something cool" in there power set, but because it's so nebulous hardly anyone tries anything cool. Just last session I had them get ambushed in a lumber mill, but a bunch of...

So page 42 of the DMG is great at helping the DM adjuticate when a player decides to do something cool. But, most players have a character sheet with a bunch of powers and options that all seem way more optimal than trying something cool. So, how do you entice or encourage your players to try...