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Be careful in how you showcase minions to your players. The time to inform players about minions is NOT right after they defeat them. Time after time, new 4th ed. players who were pleased that they took out some minions quickly feel robbed of their awesomeness when the DM explains to them about...

Tucker's kobolds.

Well, my follow-up question for a seduction attempt would be, "do you mean it, or not?" If you mean it, then it's Diplomacy. If you don't, then it's Bluff.

I use the Schrödinger's cat method: the character is there and also not there. The way I describe it is as thus: if you were watching a video of the events of your game, for some reason you never see the character of the missing player in the shots for the encounter. But there was no previous...

You might want to check out Arcana Unearthed/Evolved. Monte Cook makes a unified spell system for his D&D variant and then deals with the particulars that this involves. Read his design journal for Arcana Unearthed Magic here.

Tip #6a) Dynamic battlefields: make distance matter. About one out of five encounters, have the opponents appear more than 12 squares away from the party. Set up your encounter so players will have to choose between running and granting combat advantage, double moving and the charging the next...

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Check this KB article out and follow the instructions: You receive an "error 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation" error message when you try to install a Windows Installer package Since this is a failure to install a Microsoft component onto its system software, you can call...

Yeah. Choosing to have your +6 plate armor made out of steel is like choosing to buy a fine flatware set made from the plastic knives, spoons, and forks taken from various fast food restaurants. It's just not done.

Your report is very helpful. I was thinking about getting something like that for gaming. Please tell us how well it works while gaming. I want to know how well you can access DDI and shuffle between PDFs and gaming notes in the middle of a game.

Kindle's document conversion process can convert most PDFs so that they can be read on Kindle, but they will not convert PDFs that are protected by DRM. You can find the details here: Amazon.com: Help > Digital Products Help > Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device > How to Use Your...

If you have a DDI subscription, you will want to check this out.

I think only the balrog had magic resistance in 1st edition. Or am I thinking of Basic D&D?

You can use an action point on any of your turns that is not in a surprise round. However, there are conditions that prevent you from taking actions. For example, you can use an action point on your turn while you are unconscious. You just can't use the action granted by the action point.

The reason I took quickdraw is because I switch between weapons often. Normally, I use sword and board. But then I switch to long spear. Or, throwing javelins. Or, using a crossbow.

The Gamers And Dead Gentlemen Productions have made the first three chapters of "The Gamers" available on YouTube: "The Gamers" - Chapter One "The Gamers" - Chapter Two "The Gamers" - Chapter Three

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Here's are some house rules that I had before I read 4th edition that may look familiar: I also incorporated the 4th ed. death rules detailed in this rules preview article back in February.

I loved the Dragonstar setting. An excellent mixing of D&D fantasy and sci-fi that was very fun to play in. My DM used these books heavily when our Forgotten Realms PCs went back a couple of thousand years in time to find that the world was part of a high-tech high-magic interstellar union...