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Yeah, that pic grabbed me immediately! I'll definitely be including some of those in my next game.

I enjoy the fluff in monster-specific books, but when I buy something like the MM I'm in it mainly for the crunch. The amount of background info in the new MM2 is just about right for me, but I would like short descriptions of each monster. Since almost every monster gets a picture I'm not...

:devil: Me too! When I counted the XP for the monsters in the MM2's sample encounter the 4 initial podspawn definitely count toward the total though. I hate having to read between the lines. :.-( Total Party Kill, or some slight variation. My thought exactly! None of my players come to...

OK, so even though podspawn say "0 XP if encountered with pod demon" what they actually meant was "0 XP if spawned during an encounter." The sample pod demon encounter includes 4 podspawn and they contribute to the encounter's XP reward. I suspected this when I was writing up the encounter -...

Ah, good points - thanks! :blush: I should have re-read variable resistance in the glossary before running the encounter. Thankfully most of the damage being thrown around was acid and the mezzodemons already resisted poison. Playing the correct way would have resulted in some more minion deaths...

Nice, thanks Rechan! Slaad are lots of fun to use what with their teleport speed and various odd abilities. Did you get the MM2 too? I need this book, dammit!

Not at all. Experiment with increased damage and defenses and perhaps unique attacks and qualities as well. If after one encounter you like what see keep following the path you've set for yourself. The great part about monster design in 4e is the freedom and ease with which you can tailor your...

lol! Podspawn start as little wet-behind-the-blisters minions, until they TPK their first party. Then they get to grow big and strong... and hunchbacked. --- Another factor in this particular TPK is that the outcome of the encounter was always in doubt. It only lasted 8 rounds, and even...

Was that a natural 20? These two instances here just sound like a bad roll and an unbeatable trap - nothing to do with the scrolls themselves. Again, all in the roll, nothing to do with the scroll. As you said your scrolls are only 1 behind your current caster level, so you should change the...

Quite! The first wave of minions hit them hard and fast, which was surprising to them - minions usually miss as often as they hit and end up doing laughable damage. When the pod demons kept churning the little buggers out they were really thrown for a loop! Great thing is we get a MM3 playtest...

Damn, 5 TPKs?! With last night's routing I've downed 6 PCs total during my time as a 4e DM... I've got some work to do. I've got a bunch of those medals in my 3.x shoebox beneath my bed though! :angel: Ouch! It hurts when someone can't show up to the game and their character isn't in play...

I had the same thought. We're starting a new game in a few weeks so I'm sure some PHB 2 characters will be showing up, which will be cool. I've only seen PHB 2 classes in-game in a paragon-level one shot but they were lots of fun. The mezzodemons weren't the problem, it was those damn minions...

Halfling rogue/daggermaster Eladrin orb wizard/wizard of the spiral tower Dwarf fighter/kensei Human tactical warlord/twice-born leader (re-themed toward elementals) Dragonborn paladin/astral weapon

5 14th lvl PCs were done in by 2 pod demons and 3 13th lvl mezzodemons. Earlier they handily dispatched a 14th and 15th lvl encounter and came into this one, a 16th lvl encounter, with plenty of surges, dailies, and item powers. The pod demons each started the encounter with their 4 podspawn...

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku is pretty much in there already as Three Winds Kick (17th lvl encounter power). It fits perfectly. I will also take a Hadouken as an at-will power.

Agreed. In a system with alignments I'm probably going to make my monsters be whatever alignment I need them to be. If there was no alignment then they would just "be," which works fine too.

If you multiclassed into cleric you'd get Religion on your skill list, right? And a nifty Healing Word to boot.

Noice!!!

:eek: A monster with an encounter power that has the Reliable keyword?! That's gonna freak my players out. Hey Dice4Hire, what's your impression of the metallic dragons? Are any quite as nasty as the elder adamantine dragon that WotC previewed?

I've DMed for a group from levels 1 through 14 and I have not noticed an increase in combat length (yet). On average combats require fewer rounds, actually. Combats took roughly 10 rounds, and then once the PCs hit paragon level they rarely go beyond 8 rounds. Experience 101. :angel: *note* I...