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It's about the level of a B-movie you might see on the Sci-Fi channel - definitely not cringeworthy. I'd probably rank it around the level of the second Dungeons & Dragons movie. Pretty impressive when you watch the special featurette and realize it was a bunch of FFGers and the Prez that put...

I'm with those who've suggested the pole arm or staff-fighter that inflicts status effects on enemies - stuns, trips, dazes, immobilize, slow, etc... lots of burst 1 effects swinging the sticks or pole arms and zapping lots of enemies. Lots of shifty abilities could let him move around zapping...

That's hilarious - *exactly* what I was expecting to use as the mini for the 'Torians' from Revenge of the Gianst, too - the Loyal Scragglemaws. (And they're large!) They even fill a similar role to the flavor text - their previous role was faithful guardians of the eternal city.

Near the King's Wall there is a cave symbol and the letter A - we're thinking that's the first cave, and the letter B will be the second one. It's not explicitly stated anywhere, but the encounters in the mod all have the letter A...

The original Keep on the Borderlands / Caves of Chaos had an evil temple in there that reminded one of the Elder Elemental Eye that appeared in the Against the Giants modules... I'm hoping the Meteorite of Doom and the shards of evil that splintered off of it harken back to the Chained God and...

This is why looks are deceiving and flipping through an adventure for 30 seconds really doesn't lead to a good review... Revenge of the Giants actually appears to be one of the better adventure modules put out there by WOTC in the 4E era. The basic framework of Revenge of the Giants is the...

4E Sandbox via the 'Caves of Chaos'? Count me in! This was a great idea. And it starts next month! Between Dungeon Delve, the encounters in Open Grave, Draconomicon, "Caves of Chaos" in Dungeon, and future books that will feature delve encounters, and a DM will have a huge selection to speed...

Apparently the next issue of 'Level Up', Goodman's 4E magazine, will have Lovecraftian monsters in it for 4E. I didn't get the first one, but definitely looking forward to the second one for these Cthulhu tie-ins. Since Goodman and Chaosium are all buddy-buddy, let's hope a Lovecraftian...

Let me ask you something, using the DMG NPC creation rules, are you making the NPC equivalent to a "standard" monster for XP calculation purposes? I like those rules, but it's not clear how they correlate to the monster creation rules just a page early - I'm thinking a page 187 NPC is probably...

I realize there are samples in the various MM's, and I've been using them to piece together NPC parties as monsters... but your point about DDI is great idea, and one I'd been overlooking. In many cases the NPC monsters are scaled for you. For instance, Dwarf Bolter is a common 'enemy dwarf...

4E is very home-brew friendly for creating your own adventures, but there are some areas it can be expanded easily by a 3PP that would enable the do-it-yourself DM: Reference Books! Book of traps Book of terrain and hazards Pre-made encounter groupings that fit the 4E DMG suggestions...

Does anyone have a good approach for making NPC enemy parties in 4E? Unfortunately, it's something a bit lacking in the MM's and DMG... You flip through the encounter tables in past editions, and running into rival adventurers was a staple in the 1E DMG encounter tables. Anyone have thoughts...

The mix in this set works for me... wow. So glad to see multiple Foulspawn, been waiting for Goristro, Yochlol, Storm Titan and Remhorhaz are spectacular, and Visible Elder Dragons... joy. When does this come out? August is too long.

Chillborn Zombies I've had a few tough encounters that featured them; the overlapping aura damage is absolutely brutal, especially if the group blunders into them (so the aura's don't just hit the front line).

What? Dark Tower as a major license? Could this mention mean we might see a 4E version of Dark Tower? Yeah, on the GR announcement, yawn. I got excited wtih the hype when I was reading maybe it was LOTR or DCU; I really like M&M. Ah well, maybe next time. Good luck GR fellas.

Has anyone tried using a house rule like this to shorten the duration of 4E combats, but keep up the same level of threat? My largish PC group (6) still takes a long time at the table, we're only averaging about two encounters per night and not enough time for exploration and other...

Since monsters and NPC's have a 'magic item threshold', I've considered giving all monsters extra damage dice on crits up to their threshold; I've had plenty of deaths though, so I haven't implemented the rule. However, it could make solos more threatening, especially ones with area attacks...

Ah, thanks for asking for some feedback! I will chime in for: Fomorians! Those guys are the early paragon fey villains of choice. Huge Dragons - Green, Blue, Black Huge Shadow Dragon... (Nightwyrm Fortress) Aspect of Orcus - new art Treant (classic styled, with greenry) What! No Black...

Sure - I agree with this. I live NE of Philly, and there aren't any true game stores within a half hour ride - but there are 2 Borders and a B&N right in town. The 40-year old working dads will drive over to a mainstream bookstore and get their books, or order online, but why drive 45 minutes...

My group was playing 1E right before 4E came out, and converted straight over; they went from non-buyers (who used my 1E books) to players that owned their own player's handbooks and a couple of supplements spread about the group. Not exactly "new to the industry" but definitely new to buying...