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    WotC puts a stop to online sales of PDFs

    I don't normally quote a full post like this, but... ...hear, hear. DDi subscription canceled. D&D4 books will be shelved (or boxed & crated down to the basement) with the rest of the 3.x material. My wife and I are 40% of our gaming group, and we're going to talk to the rest about some...
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    New Class: Time Traveler

    Any new developments on this?
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    D&D Solos - just not that threatening

    Funny.....it almost sounds like you miss those page-long 3.x Monster Manual stat blocks.... :p
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    DMs: what have you learned from PLAYING that has made you a better DM?

    I didn't mean for my posts to sound confrontational, if they did (and I apologize if they did). I'm trying to glean understanding from others who've experienced DMing so that I can absorb that experience and be a better DM. So instead of confrontational, my comments are meant to...
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    DMs: what have you learned from PLAYING that has made you a better DM?

    I want to clarify: pace suggests "movement, then rest...movement, then rest." You're saying "always movement". I ask because, as a somewhat inexperienced DM I don't really understand pacing, yet it's been mentioned and emphasiszed in every thread (including this one), article or chapter...
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    DMs: what have you learned from PLAYING that has made you a better DM?

    I'll be the jerk to put it out on the table (and no, I'm not trolling or aiming for a flame war about D&D4): D&D4 basically requires that you have a battlemap, otherwise you're blunting or dulling the effectiveness of certain characters' powers (push, pull and slide powers, specifically). Once...
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    DMs: what have you learned from PLAYING that has made you a better DM?

    Exactly. Otherwise, how else could Anakin and Obi-Wan have had their second-to-last big falling out? ;)
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    DMs: what have you learned from PLAYING that has made you a better DM?

    Could you elaborate on this, please? Maybe by giving an example or five? And how does his method relate to minions in the current incarnation of the game (which appear, to me, to be speed bumps/XP pellets/the next routine fight).
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    D&D Solos - just not that threatening

    This, in my view, indicates "something is wrong". Further, I keep seeing posts where DMs indicate they either have their players walking all over the opponents or that they're TPKing them all the dang time. I, as a DM (and a new DM to D&D4, for that matter), am not a tactical thinker, and I...
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    WotC Fall 2009 Catalog report

    Really. Not to be a 'richardwad' or anything, but I won't be buying any of these books. None of them seem all that appealing. especially interesting as the Summer 2009 catalog is filled with tantalizing little treats... I suppose that's good, as the Star Wars books have a whole lot of...
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    Rules for Designing NPCs?

    So, let's take this to the next step--pg. 188 of the DMG has "PC classes" as quasi-templates to be applied to NPCs. That's really cool...but what about all the PHB2 new classes? (I'm hoping we can expect these officially written up in the DMG2 but it would be cool to get them as an on-line DDI...
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    What can we expect from DMG2

    DMG, page 188? The PC classes written up for NPCs (a la templates)? I'd like those ASAP, please.
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    Tricks to make your RPG experience better!

    I found elastic hair ties at a local Wal-Mart. These are smaller than normal hair-ties, they're about 1/4 to 1/2 inch diameter. They easily slip over the heads, arms or weapons of minis, and can be stretched on those irksome weird minis. Plus, the advantage over soda-bottle rings is that...
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    Understood. This is the very first encounter, kicking off the entire pulp campaign. I'm being intentionally vague regarding most details because I suspect a few players may be lurking on these boards, but I will say that after the encounter with the "thug 'bots" the party will have several...
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    Pretty cool--the skirmisher is very close to the way I statted up my 'bot. The soldier is a bit too mighty for my 2nd level party, I think, lol...unless they only took on two of them at once! ...But I get the gist of what you're designing, and I think the X-Men would appreciate your naming...
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    I think it'll be best to just use the DMG rules to lower the level of a monster, and just cosmetically reskin the choker. I'll likely give the 'bots the electric gun as Nytmare statted it up, but with a limited number of charges. I'll also do as suggested and make it a skirmisher, and I'll...
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    Looking at it again, you essentially made a fairly weak but useful wand from what I can see....which is basically how I envisioned it--like one of the stalk-like guns that daleks have on their fronts.
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    true enough...the pulp setting already has guns and a failed Martian attack and eladrin and goliaths and mad scientists....what's a few ray guns between friends? :D
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    Hmm, thanks for the replies. I used the DDi monster creator app on the WotC web site for both versions of this thing. I promise you, the 2nd version of the gun (especially the hellacious damage) was directly from that app. Also, as mentioned, I used the cavern choker as a basis for this. The...
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    Robot Enforcer - please critique

    38 views and no opinions? * pout *
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