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  1. mcmillan

    Tutorial dungeon?

    You should have some chances to get to use skills, the traps might be one place to show this off, but there probably should be some other examples. You might also want some social scenes giving her a chance to get into character, depending on how much it's integrated into other aspects. In the...
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    Check on how Warlock "Curse" works...

    I've rarely had it be much of an issue with my warlock - usually you curse an enemy and focus on them till they drop anyway. Plus with moving to keep shadow defense bonus, if I want to target somebody I usually can.
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    Any news out of PAX East?

    There was another seminar on DM advice. I went to the equivalent seminar at Pax Prime, which granted was before the announcement, but I'd think it would be pretty similar. It was basically an hour long q&a with wizards staff about how they run their own games. I imagine most questions were...
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    Vestige Pact

    They're supposed to represent powerful individuals who have died, though it doesn't seem quite right to think of them as undead to me. More like you are channeling their spirits through your body.
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    Question about Basic attacks on PC sheet

    Mostly, there's also a bonus due to weapon proficiency (usually +2, some weapons have +3) and you also get a bonus equal to 1/2 level. But as far as stats go it's Str for melee and Dex for ranged unless your class has a special feature that changes it. This is correct, and doesn't include the...
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    Need some skill challenge help

    I think one of the most important things to think about to start off is what happens if they fail. If the only interesting things will happen if they find her, you might as well just say they do so. When it comes to figuring out what kinds of skills could come up, I usually leave that open to...
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    Do any on you know how to smith weapons and armor IRL?

    Kobold Quarterly's blog has a feature describing weaponsmithing. That might get some of the info you're looking for, and could give you a name to contact if you have more questions. Real Steel Kobold Quarterly
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    Looking for adventure

    Lord of the White Field is pretty nice https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/duad/20101116
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    Blood Money Adventure in Dungeon

    New Adventure for Dungeon posted today. Looks pretty interesting, has the character trying to figure out how to break into a keep and steal a treasure hoard. Also has some nice mechanics for managing the defenses that I might have to adapt for a different setup I have coming up for my players.
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    Legends & Lore 3/19

    Already a discussion going here http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/319899-one-hour-d-d-game.html
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    How do you create magica items

    The ritual says "your level or lower, so making a level 3 item means the minimum is to be level 3 No, it's 680 GP for the cost of a +1 Paired weapon period, you don't need to have a separate cost for the level 1 +1 enchantment. I also thought the 1gp for the dagger itself was included in that...
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    Unique Monster Trait Tables

    I agree with the people saying it makes more sense to keep things simple, though still give some good flavor. Maybe something more complex and mechanical can fit for the leaders of the group. Also since Mattachine mentioned the old Hordelings, I figured I'd point out there's a 4e update to...
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    D&D 4E Best adventures to introduce 4e with?

    I'll second the recommendation for Slaying Stone. I also really like what I've seen of Zeitgeist, though haven't had a chance to run it myself yet, but not sure if it's where I'd start people off, depending on what kind of introduction you're trying to give people. If you just want something...
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    4e vs PFRPG

    I have little experience with 3e and none with Pathfinder, but my impression is NPCs would be built pretty much the same as a normal character. On the other 4e has the companion character guidelines set out in the DMG2, which give suggestions for simplified characters. Depending on your view, I...
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    Adventure Path Help Please

    I've been running my players through and they just finished up Den of Destroyer. I'll agree with the others in saying it seems to be a decent core storyline, with a few big holes and feels a little flat roleplaying wise, but overall my player's seem to be enjoying it. A few major tweaks I made...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Next Character Builder Update?

    If I remember right the Hengeyokai was originally published as a playtest, and recently finalized. Think it will be due in the builder next month in that case.
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    Dragons in the Dungeons of D&D

    The Slaying Stone for 4e has a brass dragon that's designed more as a social encounter and not for slaying, also
  18. mcmillan

    "Themes"

    The mechanics of themes are similiar to kits (though I'm less familiar with 2e so I'm just going with Morrus' description), however they're not tied to a specific class. So a samurai cleric would work mechanically - storywise it sounds like it would be a good fit for someone that wanted to play...
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    A small handful of new 5E designers' quotes: Design Goals, Healers, Art, OGL

    I happened to recently come across another mention, tracked down description from back then. The relevant part:
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    WotC's Annual Xmas Layoffs

    Greg is still at WOTC unless you're breaking more news
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