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I haven't really had such huge problems with these issues as most people here seem to imply tend to occur, but nonetheless I like the basic idea being presented here. Just a couple of comments: 1) Don't remove dispel magic or give it arbitrary restrictions on being completely uncastable in...

I don't have the time to post a major response at the moment. I am just posting to say that I have been playtesting my modified Channel Energy mechanics and I am satisfied with the results so far, but I must insert the caveat that so far the group has not had truly major undead battles. I...

I am just wondering if one of the reasons for the huge differences between 4th edition rules and flavor and that of the previous editions is an attempt to consciously distance the rules and the names from the Open Gaming License, so as to gain greater control over the product and create more...

Yes, that is precisely what I mean by those terms.

Thanks for the answers. From what you describe, the per encounter powers are actually implicit rather than explicit, so that is a positive thing for me.

Thanks for expounding on the answers to my questions. I appreciate it.

Ok, thank you Mort_Q! I appreciate the fact that you took the time to answer my questions. :)

Now that 4E is out and some people have the books, I wonder if somebody could find the time to answer a couple of questions for me. I am a simulationist DM and have been mostly unimpressed by the previews of 4E, so it is rather unlikely I will actually convert to 4E. Nevertheless, I would...

I am neither converting to the 4th edition nor am I even planning to buy the rulebooks. I don't like the fact that simulationist concerns were apparently deliberately ignored by the designers and I am also not so keen on wholesale 'reimagining' of D&D flavor to the point that from what I have...

Sep, I am wondering whether your campaign will switch to 4E or remain with 3.5E (including your houserules and modifications). I would imagine that it will remain with 3.5E - conversion of the materials you have already created to 4E would take an inordinate amount of work.

Volaran, I have used the channel energy mechanic for some time before the above-mentioned side-quest and now also after the side-quest. When the party is not fighting undead, I find the current incarnation of Channel Energy to be just fine. When it comes to fighting undead alone, though, it is...

A possible solution I proposed to balance Channel Positive/Negative Energy (from the same playtest thread): Reposted from: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=225589

I have been using the Channel Positive/Negative energy rules for quite a long time now. For the most part, they worked well, but they turned out to be overpowered when the party is dealing with undead. Here is my brief playtest report of an undead side-adventure: Reposted from this thread...

I too cannot download it.

Hey Sep, I am just wondering whether you are planning to maintain your campaign as a 3.5E game or if you are planning to convert it to 4E or perhaps to the Pathfinder RPG (http://paizo.com/store/downloads/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8253), which is something like 3.51E or 3.75E. I would guess that...

I just want to say that I really like the new layout of the fora. I know this is not particularly useful feedback, but even positive feedback is feedback...

Well, I think it would have been substantially more difficult for the party. Apart from other reasons, there is the fact that the BBEG would have Channel Negative Energy that would hurt the party and heal the undead... and there is also the fact that I think clerics are the strongest of all the...

Yes, level can factor in to the equation, but there is also the issue of how channeling interacts with feats. For example, the Cleric in my party had the Quicken Turning (Now "Quicken Channeling" ;) ) feat, as well as the Extra Turning feat. Hence, the Cleric could essentially Channel Energy...

The party was at level 9.

You make a good point, but it seems to be a new policy to move everything to the side fora that are not so widely read. This was not always so strictly enforced, but now it seems to be.