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Yes, I've played from levels 1 through 5 of 4E. I'd say that the following three features make advancement feel meaningful to me. Every two levels, almost everything goes up by one. This goes a long way toward making me feel more powerful. I didn't think that it would make a difference...

If you're afraid of railroading narratively but don't want to spend too much time on plot, try offloading the railroad into the adventure itself -- a dungeon being the classic one. One possibility could be starting in medias res with the party being captured and thrown into a deep pit, and...

I stole an elven word from Tolkien for my character's occupation -- palantir, "one who sees from afar," which in her case means detective.

Huh, must've been on another page. Mods, feel free to close this thread.

So if you are one of my players: Out. Anyway, here's the scenario. So I'm running Keep on the Shadowfell, and my players managed to clean out most of the kobolds at the kobold lair, but stopped short of being able to kill Irontooth and a few of his kobold henchmen since three-fourths of the...

Article's up: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drcamp/20080630

They lay there and take it. The rogue's Knockout exploit also knocks someone unconscious (save ends) but says that they wake up when they take any damage. The Sleep spell doesn't say that, so by Exception Proves the Rule, the Sleep spell requires them to save to wake up, without the "wakes up...

Don't confuse us with the facts, Merric. I'm onto you.

Maptool. That's it.

I like it. It plays faster, which means the casual players in my game play faster, which speeds up the game tremendously. One thing that bothers me is that an encounter three levels higher than you is extremely time-consuming because you can easily blow all your encounters and dailies without...

I'm amazed that nobody has mentioned skill challenges yet. So I will: skill challenges.

There is a local install I thought. Download the ZIP file, not the Java Web Start.

Thanks! I'm a software developer, so I spend some time reading a lot of licensing agreements; I figured it might be beneficial in this case. For the record, I suspect that this license suffers from the same problem as when AT&T added its "you can't say anything to damage our reputation" clause...

Fixed. Thanks! I was hoping to be informative.

Not that I'm a lawyer or anything, but the following is how I interpret the GSL, as I read it, in straightforward language: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Game System License This is the GSL. 1. You have to send us a letter saying you accepted this license. After you send us your acceptance...

I must admit that I am amused by the concept of a knockdown, drag-out fight between the D&D development team and Scott McClellan for that coveted Number Three position on the Wall Street Journal Non-Fiction Best Seller List.

Seeing posts like those make me feel better, because it makes me remember that the people behind this are just as dedicated to the game as we are. Just saying.

Well, I bit and made a donation. My party ran through Keep on the Shadowfell with hardly any challenge -- a better adventure for more serious players would be welcome.

A Last Word reference. Awesome.

Incidentally, obscenity is legally defined in the United States by the Miller test. To that end, I propose the Merric test.