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Great program, of course. The new update to Adventure Tools (that puts every monster in the new format introduced in MM3) makes this program incompatible with the rich text of any monster with the new format. "DarkSir," a contributor is working on fixing that issue if he can find the time. If...

This means as it stands a MM1 monster is objectively weaker than a MM3 monster and so they shouldn't be worth the same XP / level. Unless the hp really has gone down or there's something I'm missing .. So just wait for the math to update across the board?? At which point the game should be more...

Does the new math increase damage? Decrease damage? Are average hit points effected? Is 100 xp of MM1 monster approx the same challenge of 100 xp of mm3 monster? If not.. Then .. Huh?? I've been using a 2x damage half hit points house rule for monsters if the damage was just increased with no...

Aw, tired old arguments from tired old edition wars. This thread was funny on page one, too. At least bring up another specific fighter power or whatever that is as "genre breaking" as come and get it or comes close

It's okay to set an unchanging challenge and have the players react to it as they will. Pulling punches cheapens the challenge in a way. Be sure to buy healing potions and survivability items and don't be afraid to run for it. As long as the dm's intentions are good and clear ( ie not clearly...

I'm going to go with yes, it is the right game move. The Artificer should have delayed or readied his heal in such a way so that you were healed right before your turn so that you could do something. It was a bad decision on the Artificers part, especially after the first time. Also, your party...

I'm no game designer, but I've found that 'swinginess' in combats gives you the edge of your seat action that you desire. Let me bring up one of my favorite video game series, the 'Mother' series called EarthBound here in the states. The second and third games featured a sort of scrolling HP...

Didn't Doug's quote of Dragon Magazine establish that this, not 'good thing,' has been around about 30 years before 4th edition? And check out the same kind of threads in the 3rd edition forum. Mathematics and statistics exist in any version of D&D; some are interested in it, others are not...

For me it's that your options change only a little with time. My non-spellcasting players made the comment that what they did the first session is what they're going to do the entire span of the game. Coming from a game like 4E D&D this seems like a problem, because there's always a new power...

Thanks for the responses so far. Not that it's a bad slug-out game, just that it's a boring one for our group. I agree completely that are not enough explicit options in combat. I think it's really good mechanically but would only be fun, in my opinion, with a fair amount of player input. You...

My current gaming group that I've had for many years at home has only played D&D together, from 2e on up to 4e. Most of us have had brief stints of playing other popular games in other groups (Vampire, Exalted, Spirit of the Century) but in our group it has really only been D&D. That is, until I...

Just like those playing 3.0 don't let 3.5 interfere with their game. I'm not taking a stance on whether Essentials is 4.5 or not (pointless semantic argument) but you seem to imply that ability to ignore means that it's not a '0.5' gap but I'm not sure that's the case. EDIT: If I have it down...

This year will be the first year for me to go to Gen Con, as well as the first time for my brother and my girlfriend. So, what should I expect? If I didn't sign up / pay for any events in the event listing, what would I do instead? Anything I should look out for, as far as avoiding or making...

@SageofMusic A single attack is not so much filling squares with smoldering flame you have to move out of, it's a single scorching blast of fire erupting from the origin square. "Zones" were created to model what I think may be what you are envisioning where the magic fills the area for a...

Looking at it now, it looks like the properly edited article is now in place. I think this article is great, and really does a good job of exploring new mechanics and the "power for a price" trope that is common in magic. Some of this stuff looks better than some wizard dailies, pretty...

Yes... they have you just where they want you. Pressing the lever and receiving a random reward of good fiction every now and then. Just as planned... :)

Do you mean 4E rules discussions or 4e discussions belong in the 4th edition forum? The forum description seems to imply that it's for discussing the rules of the game, as in what does forced movement mean? General forum is for, are rules for forced movement good for RPG's, even though it's...

The concept is double-awesome. Every magical item in 4E, should have at least one ritual of this kind. Artifacts should have a page or two full of them. It would be nice to have some be more broad for now, as in apply to more than one weapon. Something like a storm based ritual that can have...

@Kamikaze Try just prepping for 4E just like you did for 3E. I think you'll be surprised how easy it is to find appropriate level monsters; especially if you know what roles you want and it's even easier if you just fight multiple copies of the same thing.

@Jhaelen I'd love to agree that what you and I, and I'm sure many others, are doing is considered essential '4e thinking.' But, for an outsider especially, looking at the modules you can only assume that 4e is meant to be a dungeon delve, "slog" format. Because, in a way, the official modules...