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As per the rules of the game, intimidation could be widely and easily abused if the player choose to do so. I think there should be a little more to it rather than immediate surrender as been suggested above This simply carries over from 3rd editions diplomatic character who could max checks in...

Aid another is one of those things I've come to house rule in both 3E and 4E. My ruling on it is such that if someone fails to provide assistance the overall score receives a -2 as they actually hinder(be it the form of delays since these checks are time sensitive or something more obvious...

Only after playing 4E did I realize how bad Full Round attacks seem to hurt the flow of a game like this. While I only get to play 3.5 these days (my friends all hate 4E), I find the idea of playing melee characters pretty boring now that I know what they could be like. Having said that, the...

Under typical conditions I find the combat in 3.x to be largely quicker than its 4E counter part. I would go as far as to say 4E encounters are roughly 1.5x as long in my experience. The exception of course being any 3.x encounter where the enemy has a healer, or spells that greatly prolong...

I do not consider myself to be a good DM by any means considering what I've read from other people on these boards. But for 4E, I've been far more comfortable incorporating more action elements in the terrain. Namely incorporating traps in battles, or having pits/windows to push/fall through...

I'll concede to the fact that I associated this overpowered and underpowered as meaning, which character can a PC play with the best chance of overall survival...rather than, which PC is most beneficial towards the team's overall goals. I do feel that melee characters are still underpowered...

Overpowered: Ranged attackers: Bow Ranger, Controller Wizard, Fay Warlock The wizards controller abilities will easily win the battle as a result of costing many foes at least one or two extra turns to get into position and accomplish what they want. These turns give the PC's free chances to...

I'm really glad Veteran's Armor received a proper errata. It went from hands down best armor in the game to something balanced in my opinion. I feel the wizards orb mastery should be addressed though as it has the tendency to be over powered with certain magical items and a high enough...

I believe it is fairly essential to have a minimum of 18 in your primary stat and focusing on one build type. IE) As a cleric, I think you should commit yourself to either ranged casting or melee and not a perfect split. Having said that, I believe things like feats and magical items should...

I agree with cbbakke, the experience seems off when playing with a group of experienced D&D players (3E players). If the xp count is 2000xp. I'd probably make an encounter of that much experience, and then through in 8 minions for example...to make it so the main enemies have a chance to...

Our wizard focuses on conditions to hinder the foe while the rest of the party deals the bigger damage. As the DM, I find the wizard is by far the most threatening character in terms of ruining strategies and winning combat. I can't say that this is the best build for a wizard, but from a DM's...

Wow, VERY helpful link there Weem. The fact that you can manipulate the sheet makes for an excellent DM resource. Thanks!

I'm wondering if anyone has broken down the Monster Manual creatures by environment. My PC's were recently on a boat and I came to the realization that aside from 'pirates' my sea encounter options were almost nil for lower level at a glance. Essentially I'm looking for something akin to...

I really like the direction of humans in 4E namely because they don't come off as 'the race' like they did in 3E. A party of 5 players in 3E from my experience seldom had fewer than 2 humans within it. In 4E, humans come off as being equal to most races in terms of their general goodness...

I guess I was just being mean, thanks for the clear answers!

Greetings, I thought I was understanding how SLOWED worked, but now with the recent posts I find myself very confused with it. Can someone clarify some of these more basic scenario's. 1) Player 1 is slowed. He chooses to take a double move this turn. How many squares will he move? 2)...

My experience with solo encounters have been mixed. The players enjoy it, which is really all that is important. But thus far they haven't been challenged by a solo. I blame this almost exclusively on the wizard. Why? They can simply make a single creature useless. Spells like Sleep...

I personally make use of the -2 aid another house rule when it makes sense. I don't feel a skill like perception should be affected by someone else rolling poorly, however, most other skills such as athletics, acrobatics, intimidate, thievery seem to have direct consequences to failure by even...

Our group has gone from levels 1 to 8 without a leader at any point and not one character death. Ours is a group with a Feylock multiclassed into Wizard. A wizard focused on conditional spells like sleep. A sword/shield fighter, and a human rogue brutal scoundrel. I have noticed that the...

Mechanically speaking, it has miniscule impact on the game. There are more exceptions that actually mention alignment rather than mechanics revolving around them. However, alignment still matters just as much as it ever would have in a role playing sense. If you choose to use an alignment it...