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Dunno if it counts as a set piece, but my players are nearing the end of the first chapter of Red Hand of Doom; I'm planning to run the entire thing mostly as-is, with some changes to fit into an existing world created by the previous DM (not quite Eberron but some strong influences.)

Been thinking about this myself since watching that episode. My initial thought was to create some variation on mind-flayers with combat related abilities like the gnome's fade away. They would make great epic level baddies, especially when the party realized they have been watched and...

Strangely the first thing this makes me think of is Harry Potter. Most of the challenges he faces (not all, but most) in his first year result in demerits, by the final book his friends are dying left and right. Perhaps a game where the characters start as children and the situations and...

I plan to do it a bit differently, the background for the Inquisitors will be that they were originally sorcerer hunters. From Coaltongue's perspective he controls the army, the church (In my setting he's made himself part of the pantheon, in Ragesia at least ;) and the wizards guild (by...

One of the most important things I've learned from giving puzzles and the like to my players over the years and being on the receiving end as well is ALWAYS give multiple clues. The Alexandrian - Misc Creations DM's all to often think a puzzle or riddle is very easy (because they know the...

Yes, in the Monster Vault there is (IIRC) nothing with resistance but plenty of "you hit me with this and I react this way." From the Flesh Golem being empowered with lightning attacks and fleeing from fire (FIRE BAD!!!) to the fire elemental being slowed by cold attacks. The whole killing...

Gotta agree with Ryujin myself. I'm currently in a 4e game where the DM keeps track of everything in his head without a battlemat so it can be done, but one of the reasons for me to switch from my previous game system to one that used a grid was I was getting so sick of the "teleporting" always...

So is the necromancer gone? Or is is a variant of the warlock? Strange that there is no mention of them so far, when up to this point they had been touted as one of the big new things in this book. Is nobody talking about them yet or did they not make the cut?

Downgrade all monsters a level: minions become the standard, standard monsters become elites, elites count as solos. A paladin would be a good character that can cover most of the bases, perhaps with a companion character like the one from the WotC solo adventure (a goblin that provided...

If anyone wanted to figure out a mechanic for this type of game the three dice types available are (all six-sided dice): Red: 3 sides blasts, 2 run away, 1 brain Yellow: 2 sides of each Green: 3 brains, 2 run away, 1 blast So all dice have 33% chance of running away, yellow has the same chance...

Zombie Dice is a really quick, simple game of chance. The players are zombies and must eat brains before getting a face full of shotgun. Each dice has symbols for brains, footsteps and blasts. On your turn you draw 3 dice at random and roll to see what you get. If you get brains or blasts...

Thanks Morrus (and everyone else that worked on this!) This one answers one of my biggest questions, "Why the heck is Leska doing all this?" ;)

Underdark: Great book for ideas, a bit too focused on Torog for my tastes, but still very good overall, one of my faves along with Open Grave to just read for game ideas. Dragonborn: I had a new player with one, so the book was useful if for no other reason to give some good plot hooks for his...

Mostly going to have to agree on that. At this point I don't have any real use for MM except for a tiny handful of corner cases like hellhounds. MM3 covers epic tier far better, the epic monsters in MM were a joke from every account I've seen. And a new DM is going to be better served by...

Looking at the Guard and Scout, they are mostly the same with the errata adjustments to defenses and damage. Scout's underdark sneak ability does twice as much damage now, and infernal quills also adds ongoing 5 poison (save ends both effects.) Not huge changes though.

@ Flobby: Most of the art is the same as the MM, there is some new art too. The small circle pics are with each monster entry so you can tell which pog it corresponds to. @ sc8rpi8n: gonna try this without breaking IP- -AC/Will are -2, Fort and Ref are -1; attacks are -1 to hit -HP +40 and...

@ Stalker0: sorry, no non-epic swordwings exist anywhere that I know of.

Epic monsters are: Fire Titan 21 ESo Lich 22 A(L) Hezrou 22 B Efreet (3 total) 22/23 So,A,Sk Dracolich Doomlord 22 Solo C Elder Red Dragon 22 Solo So Gargoyle 23 Sk Marilith 24 E Sk Pit Fiend 26 E So (L) Balor 27 EB

@ mshea: yes there really aren't that many epic monsters, there are a total of 12 with a level of 21+ and no named enemies, the Balor is the highest level monster in the book. But what is in there is far better at being threatening than their MM1 counterparts. I basically plan to use this book...

Just got my copy today. Wraith no longer weakens, it now can turn invisible when hit (if the hit wasn't radiant or force) and does extra damage when attacking if it's invisible. It is still insubstantial (negated by radiant and force) but does not regenerate. Wraith Lurker 5 Mad Wraith...