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I don't think that it is a false statement, but just a sometimes false one. I don't think there should ever be a blanket rule on how enemies behave. Sometimes the enemy knows they are overmatched and tries to run. Sometimes they are enraged (or fanatical) and fight to the death. Sometimes...

Honestly, my players really like the minions. I think they like the changeup between one encounter with 4-6 enemies (so they're pretty confident each monster is a tough guy) and another fight with 7-12 guys (so they know that several monsters are probably minions). It gives different people...

Well, first, Power Attack makes Sure Strike pretty attractive at Paragon and above, especially with a Two-Handed Weapon. Second, these are fairly attractive for those fighters and rangers with other bonuses to damage (such as Pitfighters, people with Marked Scourge, Hunter's Quarry, etc)...

Also, giving the +d6 (or whatever) bonus to an action with an AP steps on some of the paragon paths established. Rather than anyone and everyone getting more accurate with an AP, some heroes (such as Kensai) can reroll, while others do more damage, get better defenses, can also move, etc. Not...

Ky Swiftwater, Rogue Extraordinaire Melech Naerumar, of the Fallcrest Naerumars Kris, Missionary of Avandra Alzahan, orphaned elf Torgrim, axe-for-hire.

Perhaps, given the Green Dragon, it could be a portal to a verdant swamp in the Feywild (sort of a pocket dimension)? This would explain why a Green Dragon was deep underground under a mountain. On the other hand, it is the Well of "Demons". Maybe it could be an Abyssal "wormhole". A...

Given that Attribute scores are chosen, just like powers and skills, and can be modified by choice as you gain in levels, what makes them so different in your mind than powers and skills? After all, you could remove the attribute itself entirely from the equation and create "Powers" which had...

Also, my group has a tendency to "merge" encounters. This may be due to me being too logical and having the guys in the next room hear the fireball and see what is up, or it may be due to them being doofuses and letting one person pursue a fleeing enemy into an unexplored area. In any case...

We use index cards to track HP, Healing Surges, and Action Points (so we don't erase the sheets too much). Any mid-session stuff would go on that sheet (what spells were used, what items were used, initiative rolls). That sheet then goes with the character sheet. The counters and maps are...

I just started running it, but I'm very excited about how it is slotting into my own version of Fallcrest and the PC's backstory: The Tiefling Wizard is a member of House Naerumar, and was asked by his father, Orest Naerumar, to deliver the tiefling blade to Gendar the drow. He became an...

Well, here's my short list of how I avoid (and how I screw up and endure) grinding: The last enemies standing start making different decisions. If most of the bad guys are down, the last few guys start doing something else. This may be running away, surrendering, or suicidal attacks...

See if you can get one (just one) player to be an instigator. Whether this involves creating a new PC for him,or just getting him to change up his character a bit, see if you can convince one player to be reckless, impulsive, or overconfident. Suddenly, every instance of debating either...

Someone earlier in the thread had some good suggestions, and I'd like to chime in on them as some of them arose in the last session I ran. The wizard was in difficult terrain. The "main enemy" (the person he really wanted to damage) kept near the wizard's allies. The "main enemy" sent minor...

Possibly, the reason for lack of "empty spaces" is the 4e assumption of Dungeon Tiles or other types of gridded map rooms. While this can lead to slightly artificial encounters, it does mean that spaces are either "encounter" spaces, which are relatively small and expressly designed to host...

The dwarf is now using an Execution Axe, but he's been promiscuous in his use of weapons (waraxe, greataxe, throwing hammer). He took the feat for the damage bonus before Martial Power even came out, so it's not as if he took it to get access to Superior Weapons, though he is now using one...

Well, honestly, what I have been doing is forcing the PCs to track ammo. Thrown ammo can be recovered (provided that, for instance, they don't kill someone who falls down a mine shaft), but missile weapon ammo always goes away/breaks. Then, the other thing I have done is consistently have some...

I think that also, more than any other sort of roleplaying session, during a mystery, the DM has to be very conscious of what the players are picking up, and what they are missing. In addition, in a mystery, the players need to be very actively conscious about creating a clear picture in their...

I really think that the skill challenge (and the general skill resolution system) was written to be mechanically viable (with the errata) if you run this either way. That, to me, was the point. You might be playing with a group of extroverted improv actors, and enjoy RPing the heck out of...

I'd say that in my estimation, Battlerager did a lot more damage to the Great Weapon fighter than Tempest did, but then again, many people regard it as broken. However, Tempest does seem to be too good, simply because of the availability of the double weapons (depending on how you read their...

Our group has ONE player with a superior weapon proficiency, the human cleric, who used his bonus feat for Triple Flail. The dwarf fighter took Dwarven Weapon Training, the Ranger uses Longswords, the wizard didn't bother, and while the Rogue likes the look of Kukri, to her (and me) it is...