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Hey everyone. Recently, my wife and I were talking about the Artificer class for 4E and she loves it, but wishes that the class received more love from WotC. We were brainstorming character ideas and one of the things she wanted to do was make an artificer character that has a mechanical...

I got some really interesting concepts in it. A lot of this stuff you can pretty much make up on the fly though. I do like the idea of having random events pop up in between Adventures that the players may or may not have to deal with such as somebody getting the wrong idea about their...

I like that. I always thought 1 hp was too easy and if you get really high level characters, you can throw standard low-level monsters at them and they would be equivalent to a minion. This brings a nice balance to it which I think I'm going to have to try out. 😊 Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

This one is huge and always good to keep in mind. Tell the story you want to tell. Those who like it will stick around. Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

Well, 1. Do practice runs with the mechanics. So run a few combat, social, and exploration encounters to get comfortable with how they run. 2. Start small and the go big. Too often, new DMs try to go with the big epic story arcs and they end up biting off more then they can chew. Also, they...

That would make sense. I know there were dozens of Shadowfell crossovers that were established during the Spellplague. It would take a while to clean a lot of that up and shut them down, assuming that would even be possible. I'm assuming it's possible that they might be doing witch hunts as...

I would agree for the most part. I would say both Cormyr and the Dalelands did well and are cleaning up after the war and getting back to normal. Sembia on the other hand I think had some if the most drastic changes, at least in the North. It would be interesting to see how relations between...

Sorry, I should have been more clear on this. I use the DC of the appropriate level of the trap or hazard and compare that with passive insight. So if I'm using a level 5 hazard or trap for example, I use the DC of that level to help determine how much information the players receive from...

Two words: Insight checks. It is actually a mix between their passive insight and their active one. If their passive insight is higher then the level of the hazard, then I let them know what it could be used for straight up. If not, then I have the dice decided with the check. Sent from my...

Welcome back! Many of us have PDFs of magazines and other documents. If you look at the list, you will see who the heavy hitters are. 😊 Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

I hear that. I have a laundry list of things I had to homebrew in 3.5 just to make it work the way I wanted it to. Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

I use Narrative Challenges for the same thing. Structure wise they're very similar. Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

You could replace all the mechanics in 4E with Skill Challenges if you wanted to. There was a blog called At-Will.com that covered this very topic. I think it depends on how the DM wants to handle the situation. You could use the ritual to just summon the spirit and use an interrogation SC to...

A very valid point. Just curious, what game system are you playing with?

That is a really good point. I never thought of it that way. Thank you. I think that clarifies my issue. :)

Hey folks. I recently got into a conversation with a bunch of gaming friends and we had talking about player characters being involved in organizations which got me thinking. Different game systems have a tendency to approach this particular topic in their own ways, but I found myself asking...

Agreed. Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

I did see a home-brewed website involving the Feywilds that took the idea of the despair deck and came up with a Bright Beauty deck that works the same way. I was also talking to my wife and what we thought was interesting was that since you see the effects of different planes in the books when...

True that, and completely welcomed as far as I'm concerned. 😁 Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

Don't feel bad. You're not the only one who missed it. 😒 Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk