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    New article Design and Development Article on Magic Item Slots

    Where do your PCs get their magic items from ? In my world it's from 1) Overcoming an NPC /monster and taking it's stuff or 2) Overcoming an NPC/monster, taking it's stuff, selling / bartering with it, and buying it. If NPCs/ monsters are no longer carrying as much stuff (because NPCs and...
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    One thing I hope they fix/do better (wording)

    You would think that however WOTC customer service (and a great number of people at enworld) has said that you can not benefit both from being a monk with improved unarmed strike and improved natural weapon. You're right that is what I'm going for because I've had the knock out drag down...
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    One thing I hope they fix/do better (wording)

    The case that springs directly to the fore of my mind seeing as how I love the monk class was the wording behind the whole unarmed strike/improved unarmed strike/natural attack/improved natural attack debacle. Not to get in to a whole debate about what should or should not have been acceptable...
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    D&D 4E The D&D 4E - Star Trek TOS Connection

    Except they moved seduction from an opposed roll to a roll against a static defense. The monster manual and the racial write-ups will note everyone gets a -2 on this defensive skill against human male space galactic space captains. Let's face it, no one else on that ship was as "convincing" as...
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    D&D 4E The D&D 4E - Star Trek TOS Connection

    I dunno how useful an "of cloaking" magic item would be. Can not power up weapons while cloaked. So yeah good for espionage but not being able to draw a weapon or cast a spell hmmmm like I said I dunno. I would certainly like one but my views tend not to be that of the vocal majority Dragonborn...
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    Scott Rouse blog - Rogue ability

    Tongue firmly planted in cheek [sarcasm on] You're playing WoW wrong and having badwrongfun the way you play. EVERYONE knows you grind the mobs that give rep until they stop giving rep (usually at honored) THEN you do the quests. Otherwise you are left with running heroic instances for rep...
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    D&D 4E 4e campaign settings in multiple books?

    Does one need to know the layout and time zone of every military installation to be able to write a general operations manual that includes the line "when dismissed from morning duties proceed to the mess hall" Would one need to know where every soldier is barracksed to include "when dismissed...
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    Filling Class/Role combos

    there was a style in BO9S which had a lot of throws, enemies landing prone in a square of your choosing etcetera seemed very martial and monk-like.
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    What the heck is "Unfun"?

    All that being said about death I LOVE being mangled . My DM has that part right in her motto which is " A happy character is a mangled character" I've got 0 issue with waking up captured bound and naked in some raksasha's caravan, or waking up in some temple, or other random place owing a favor...
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    What the heck is "Unfun"?

    Elf Witch; First I would like to say you make me almost want to subscribe so that you could see this a sa PM and I'ld be sure it got read by you. Your posts that I have seen are usually well thought out, civil, and intelligent As to my stance on death. Firstly no I don't hate it all together...
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    What the heck is "Unfun"?

    Right now then how many of those do you want to make in one session because of bad die rolls ? It takes me some time to create a personality for my characters, and it would feel like I was "cheating" on my current one to have a back up ready. So when my well designed, interesting character dies...
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    D&D 4E David Noonan on 4E "Cloudwatching" (Added Dave's newest comment from his blog)

    I can see your point about this (kinda) almost made me sign up so I could PM this too you instead but naw I don't like talking in secret. There are many more cultures than native americans (and even many varied cultures within that great first nation) that have rain dances and shaman. There are...
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    What do you think so far?

    I ,for one, welcome our new alien overlords.
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    Monks vs. Ninjas (vs. Lawyers)

    Oh come on now EVERYONE knows that monks just work better when they are permanently poor (vow of poverty)
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    D&D 4E Dump Stats in 4e?

    Nope not especially many and we have more "combat" encounters than other encounters And I am hoping 4e (assuming saga rules) will balance that out somewhat. I'll freely admit my philosophy is not one that works with point buy especially since I play characters with MAD (monk, rogue, ascetic...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    Okay so 2 things I am confused about 1) If it breaks down to the "at will" ability being exactly or nearly exactly the same damage as a crossbow except magical in nature what the big hullbaloo about ? The wizard contributes magically rather than mundanely. It just feels "more right" 2) It's...
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    D&D 4E Dump Stats in 4e?

    See now I must be broken. Con has ALWAYS been my dump stat (of course we do 4d6 drop lowest and arrange to taste so my version of dump stat and anyone elses are likely way different) I've always liked Charisma DEX and STR With the monk class my high to low went something like WIS, DEX, CHR...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    Ahh see we don't play evils. I don't even think we've had a CN ever though LN is fairly common. It's not always a "plan to 20" it's a here is my history with a bunch of plot hooks for the dm to use. Here is the thing about my past that motivates me, lets work together you provide situations...
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    The default campaign world - new article

    I really like it. Especially the blank slate fog of war feel it generates. Far from their being "no big cities or kingdoms" and "no political intrigue" I see the opposite, the potential. Hey GM/designer you need a big piece of real estate well the world is mostly vast empty and unexplored go to...
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    New tidbit about spells and hit points.

    Was she charmed, did she fail a will save or something ? Do your PLAYERS not like one another or value the time and mental effort put in to crafting a persona you plan to spend 10-20 levels with ? No really I am trying to understand I've run up against this attitude here before and it always...
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