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I tried the invigorating build fighter once. Honestly, it was pretty boring because it was too easy. You might want to ask your friend if he wouldn't mind trying a different build before you start re-modifying every encounter just to give him a challenge. He might welcome the idea. On the other...

D&D is a social game for me as well. I also agree that face to face is preferable. But a couple of my real life friends in our regular D&D group (going on for about 7 years now) is retiring and moving to another part of the state in a couple of years and I'd like to continue playing with them.

If you have a chance to try D&D Encounters at your FLGS I would highly recommend it. You don't need to buy anything and it will give you a good chance to find out if it "feels" right to you.

I want to see a nice 3d virtual table top with the 4e ruleset built in. They used to have videos of demonstrations of this (3d VTT sans ruleset) back when 4e launched but they gave up on the idea because they couldn't produce it. I never expect to actually see this but that doesn't mean I...

Same. I am not planning on re-subbing at the current offering. Truthfully, CB Classic (or whatever they're calling it) is good enough for most things and the additional content a new subscription will offer just isn't worth the price for me. That being said, a cheaper price would probably pull...

For what it's worth, my D&D Encounters group has a mix of some players using classes from Essentials and some using Legacy 4e classes. The group is a good group and the classes work well together.

The default is 1/2 level + attribute mod + feat. For heroic this equates to (assuming expertise and +4 attribute mod at 1st level) 1 : 5 2 : 6 3 : 6 4 : 7 5 : 7 6 : 8 7 : 8 8: 10 (attribute mod now +5) 9: 10 10: 11 I tried making this into a formula, but it's not quite linear and it's probably...

You might like the board game Castle Ravenloft. They do the simple hitpoint thing very similar to your proposal.

Don't forget the paperback novels. If you need more ideas you could try reading those. Disclaimer: I haven't read any D&D novels since Song of the Saurials.

To-Hit should really be disjoined from attributes. The one thing that sucks in D&D more than anything (short a sadistic DM) is not being able to hit something. I can understand attributes affecting damage, rider abilities and even feat choices. But telling someone they're going to spend most of...

I know one of the guidelines is if a bonus always applies, there is a source associated with the bonus (usually "feat bonus"). If it is situational the bonus can be untyped. That being said, I'd probably steer clear of static bonus type feats and concentrate on things that encourage dynamic play...

Research projects? Imagine the pirates using money (substitute affluence, influence, favors owed to them or businesses they own as appropriate to the campaign) to hire people to go out and attempt to create/acquire/locate desired items. They wouldn't get results immediately and results wouldn't...

No, I didn't just get out of the bathtub...:uhoh:

Sometimes room descriptions and searching manually can be fun. It depends on how well the DM describes the room and little things like voice inflection to give hints on what should be looked at. With a less skilled DM it can quickly devolve into either searching everything in every room and...

Cool. Which do you think would be more useful if there were only one in the party?

Could you compare the two types of warpriests for us as they played in an actual game? Does one or the other seem more useful/wanted?

Here's mine (Level 7): I plan on getting polearm momentum once I reach paragon. I like using a great spear and knocking things prone. ====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ====== Gorden, level 7 Goliath, Warden Build: Earth Warden Guardian Might: Earthstrength...

Would it screw up the game too much to disjoint chance to hit from attributes? That way any race can effectively be any class and there is more focus on flavor (feats, secondary powers, multi-classing) with attribute selection? Edit: I thought about it more, and I think the way of the future...

Your gaming buddies will laugh at you.

There doesn't seem to be anything restricting it!