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I like the idea that there are numerous different kinds of greater powers, and any or all of them can be served by supernaturally imbued mortals (clerics, essentially.) This ranges from the great big Demon-crocodile god that a high-end Heroic party could potentially slay, to regional god-kings...

*shrug* Not how I'd want to handle it, but if it works for his table, I can't criticize the matter. Maybe, if I had a fight with a :):):):)-ton of people on both sides, and for whatever reason didn't want to use minion rules, I'd consider it.

Unless they're not in the home country of the dead PC. Or the dead PC is an orphan, or simply never bothered to talk about his background with the other characters so that they don't know where to send it. Or nobody is around who cares enough to pursue the matter. Or nobody is actually...

Well, remember, 4E scales differently. That is, each individual level increase is less of a big deal than it was in 3.x. So, getting together like 10 30th level adventurers to take down something that should normally outclass a party is probably a much more reasonable option, if you really...

I was really addressing this as a theoretical question for people who want to have CdG outside of combat, but not inside of combat. I mean, we have at least some data on how the rules DO work, but I'm curious as to the fixes people might propose to bring it more in-line with their vision.

I think what really messes with this is overall HP inflation. It's almost okay if only PCs have so much more HP, but if even a peasant has HP approaching 20, so you can't kill ANYTHING in one shot with a sword, while it's asleep...well, then there's a problem.

If you manage to sleep a solo monster for a round or two, and there are no other monsters on the field, are you still "in combat?"

I've been thinking about something like this. I don't like the idea so much of huge proliferations of classes. So, I'll probably fold the class structure into only a few different "core" classes. New classes get all their abilities eaten by one of the existing ones. So, Wizard will eat...

Yeah, my players love it when I show up with all kinds of random plastic crap. In fact, sometimes I even tailor the adventure to what I've got handy. I'm lucky, though. Topeka, KS, has an *awesome* toy store, so I can buy all kinds of bags of little dinosaurs, bugs, junk like that.

Don't get D&D minis just to play the RPG with, they're too high. Find an old copy of heroquest, or a clearance copy of heroscape, or something like that. Or buy those cheapass little army guys, or any other random plastic toy. That's what they did when D&D first started out. If your players...

3.x annoys the piss out of me. Part of the reason I'm in favor of 4E is that even if I don't like it, I will probably like it more than I do 3.x, and most of the groups who play 'whatever the current edition is' will probably switch to it. If I want nostalgia, I'll go back to BECMI, 1E, or...

I'm a pretty big fan of the giant Chessex one, myself. Squares on one side, hexes on the other, you can write on it with some kinds of markers and then wipe them off. Good times.

Considering the amount of effort or handwaving required to run the game without a map and minis, I'd also probably just use the damn battlemat. I prefer it, and the game is designed to run on it. So, sure, you CAN run it without the mat, but I'd rather not bother. It's sort of like saying you...

To me, it would make the most sense for singular companions/familiars/whatever to just count as an extra member of the party. If they're going to be there, you add so much to your XP budget for the encounter. There. Now there's more bad guys, so the action economy stays relatively balanced.

I really don't like them as a core race, in the sense of living in the same places as the other major PC races. But then, I picture them out in a jungle somewhere, probably with aztec/mayan style pyramids, tying scantily-clad women down to altars for sacrifice to the Elder Wyrm they worship as...

That is completely brutal. I love it. I seriously think that might be the best preview for 4E I have ever seen. EDIT: Oh yeah, and I note that despite being a construct it has an INT score. That's awesome. I'm going to have an NPC one of these in my game, who will probably be played like...

Nah, not likely. I'm going to end up with it because D&D is the lingua franca of our hobby.

Tactical ability is a learned skill, not something innate. Some people are more or less talented, but rarely should a GM have a problem of being totally incompetent. If you're just bad, then *practice.* Start Q&A threads, watch what happens in fights and learn from them. In other words, the...

I would like to play a Tiefling Wizard, maybe with a little Warlord training if I can make it work mechanically (surely the Warlord has some cool charisma-based powers, and I mean to take good social skills.) Bael Turath will rise again, oh yes, you'll see, I'll make all of you see...

Skill challenges, including social encounters, will also give XP. So, probably slightly less than ten fights/level, on average, if you do a lot of stuff besides fighting.