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Meh, taverns are so passe. =P I think the most important thing to accomplish in one session is pure and simple: Make the player feel like they're heroic, and make them feel like they can change the story. If you can achieve that, you pretty much win at D&D! To that end, the best session I ever...

Sir, I believe the game "Hackmaster" was built for you.

Hmm...yeah sorry I don't buy this. Perhaps that would hold true with 1E & 2E, but that is no longer the case. In 3E and 4E, the spells (including rez spells) *do* have market values and component costs, and I think the game is better for it. I enjoy the complexity that it adds to epic level...

Yup. No counterspells in 4E I'm afraid. You're better off making a new immediate interrupt utility power. Make an attack role vs. the caster, and if it succeeds they're dazed/stunned for the remainder of their turn. Or you could make it a skill power. Like make a feat that allows you to use...

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Hey, I'm not complaining =) Forgot all about this thread...good stuff

This thread is great, even though I've only read the first 5 pages. I haven't read too much of the 4E adventure path because I didn't want to spoil the story just in-case I participated in it. However I can re-emphasize points already made in this thread. 1. Variety is key. I think a big...

Yeah I think that's way extreme. Any DM worth their salt would nerf down a powergamer exploit irregardless of the errata. Even if a DM was obsessive about people needing DDI, they could always let you use their account purely for the chargen. If the DMs are really hedging either 1. they're...

I would think the ramification that you'd need to worry about the most is balance. A level 20 leader is going to get closer in damage output than the level 20 striker, simply because more of the damage is coming from level. Rrather than the nature of class itself. And if you up NPC damage to...

I'd definitely recommend checking out Atlantis from the TV series "Stargate Atlantis". Its the best representation I've seen of a submersible city. If you're into comic books, definitely check out some of the old Aquaman series. Another good idea is not to limit yourself to cities built...

Yeah, I struggle with this question often. I tend to prefer "natural" magic to "scientific" magic... but I also prefer high-powered campaigns to low-powered campaigns. And its very difficult to run a natural, high-powered campaign without it coming off as something like DBZ. So I've found...

I've always been a big fan of Roman history, and I'm in the process of creation my own Roman-esque campaign. Even though my campaign is built around an earlier version of Rome (I'm aiming for approximately 100 BC, whereas it seems your setting is probably closer to 100 AD) we have many similiar...

Well as far as supplements go, there's plenty of adventures and class specific books out there. And I prefer to get my monsters from adventure supplements, so the encounters are matched accordingly with terrain, tactics, etc. Personally I never got much out of race-specific books. I think the...

I think by the time we get to 5E we'll be moving more towards digitalized D&D. Even if the DDI business model isn't very successful, I think the only way RPGs can keep up with rising competition from video games and book production costs is to supply more material digitally. So rather than...

I would use different dice sizes to represent the "strength" of a blow. So a 1d2 would be the heaviest hitting blow possible, and a 1d20 would be the lowest possible damage. And if you roll a 1, you become bloodied, and suffer penalties. If you're bloodied and you roll another 1, you die. I...

I guess my main question would be, what is the succbus' motivation? Why is it going out of its way to totally replace someone instead of simple seduce-and-slay? (And if they're going to replace someone, why kidnap instead of simply murder?) If you haven't decided on motivation yet, you could...

Yeah I'd say that a Swordmage who replaces blades with another weapon group should be fine. It has both upsides and downsides. The downside is that as a semi-controller class, so making sure they have a high +attack is more important than a couple extra points of damage. It's much more about...

Wow. You know, its kinda sad that with all the years of playing experience in that group, it still sucks. It seems like you all want to play radically different versions of D&D. I think you guys should split up or just scrap it &_& Edit: I don't mean to harsh :( but really...

Well...it sounds like you have a too-high-level-BBEG versus very-high-level-NPC fight in mind. No matter how you spin it, the PCs are going are going to be secondary characters. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's cool to have ultra-powerful BBEG to inspire the party to level up for...

I dunno I think the OP is really on to something here. The problem with doing gesalt by class role is that it doesn't let you do much branching out. A ranger/warlock combo won't play too differently than a ranger or a warlock. And one of the great things about running a gesalt campaign is that...