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IMO, yes and no. We basically got two approaches to skill challenges from the publications. The first one was a list of skills and then correlating actions based on those skills, which you see in DMG1 and DMG2. Then later (example of this is in the Cairn of the Winter King adventure in the...

Side note, in our home games we've got to the point where we call Skill Powers, Expertise. Seem fitting given the skill focus. [emoji16]

Not necessarily. The point would be to take what 4E has and keep the good stuff and streamline the clunky parts. If someone was able to come out with a 4.5, a couple things I would like to see is: Updated Skill Challenge rules: These are basically situational trackers for the DM and needed...

That is the thing with gaming styles, the players always bring their own expectations to the table. This discussion reminds me of a conversation I had with a player who was insisting the 4E was the worse verson of D&D ever. We kept running in circles on our points and I ended up ending the...

I like this one better, but I prefer inturups over reactions for obvious reasons. Also, it keeps the player more engaged through the process instead of somthing that just happens to them afterwards. This sounds like a fun magic item. :)

Mind if I PM you for some help regarding troubleshooting?

So even though the conversation involving minis and combat has been really fun to read, I do have a question that is more on topic of the thread. I have the old character builder on my computer, Windows 10 operating system, and it's working perfectly fine. One program I have not been able to...

Same here. Although I will admit, I've always had more of a "cinematic style" when it comes to my DMing and the way they explained the abilities in 4E made visualising the cinematic elements to be easier than they were in 3rd Edition and in some cases even 5th edition. Also, I look at class...

Importing 4E elements in your 5E game is real simple. The biggest thing is just understanding how to do it without offsetting the core elements of 5e combat mechanics. Actually just watch this video last night. I really enjoyed it and I think he really gets to the heart of what makes 4E such...

It has died down, but depending on where you are at, it comes up. From what I've seen, most of the conversations here been pretty decent. Although I would not bring up 4E on any of the YouTube channels. It can get quite ugly over there.

I find that a lot of the folks who really enjoy 4E don't get very active on the forums mainly because they are too busy coming up with their own home-brewed stuff and playing the game and there's been a long history of trolls and nerd rage directed at them which discourages them from being...

A continuation of what I posted, I was talking to my wife about this conversation today and we got talking about the sense on the player side and I also realized that depending on how big the army was coming at the players, you could also treat it almost like a massive hazardous warm that pours...

Based on what you wrote, I think you and I are on the same page for the most part. Many of the options you brought up that would involve either rallying the troops together or causing enemy troops to flee were things that I was connecting with the morale check. I also like the idea of using...

Poking my head out of my cave..... I have used some of these my games. My characters are currently around level 16, give or take. I was going to hold off on the mass battle until after they hit level 20 and moved into the epic tear. Basically what we've come up with is we've used gargantuan...

Wow, my phone did something really goofy. Ignore this last post.

Well the war with the Netherese Empire ended with the Sundering so I would assume that there and postwar clean up. People are probably happy to have their lives go back to normal and not be paranoid about assassin's and spies around every corner. I don't know if they're helping Sembia out or not...

Cool. :) I would think so. I was referring to one of the post earlier in this thread.

It is interesting where you are taking Martial Practices. I know i had to do some real reflecting on when i would want to use them in my games before they finally clicked. I guess I see them as a filler for low magic games, where rituals are a rare thing to see and I don't mind cherry picking...

So the Social mechanics that I am playing with was partially inspired by a Robert Schwalb's article in Dragon Magazine titled "Fight!" (It is also in Dragon Magazine Annual on p.75). The main focus of this article was Arena Combat and one of the things in the article is where he talks about...

I made it clear from the beginning that they would receive XP from defeating the enemy and what method they use is completely up to them. I had to do some coaching on how that worked, but when they got it, they started coming up with creative ways to end fights. I think the most interesting...