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Wait, so with the Wizard "setting the DC" for the saving throws, that means they're returning to the pre-4e way of spells. No more rolling to attack, just the defender has to make a save. I doubt they'll get rid of the save every round for spell duration, but this change has me very...

While the Panda ads are hilarious, isn't this just a different way of edition warring by comparing the Panda to Wizard's of the Coast's actions? Although, I'm not really sure how it directly relates to discussion of D&Dnext.

With a defender aura using class, you don't have to worry about your marks replacing the other player's. However, if the target is already marked, your defender aura won't affect them. It is a neat trick when two defender auras include the same monster. The monster has a choice of attacking...

I tried cutting monster hit points to 50% in my game, but I found that it was reducing the fun of combat for my group if I did it all the time. Sometimes 4e adventures have combats that are designed to drain resources, but aren't as important to the plot. For these I usually cut monster HP to...

My guess is that the D&D Next project is codenamed Iuz, if I can be serious for a moment.

The reason to start a new game is if you love 4e, and aren't particularly enthusiastic about 5e as it is now. I recently moved back to my home town, and just started up a 4e game with my old gaming group for a few reasons. One, I love 4e, and for me right now its the best edition of D&D. 5e...

I downloaded the playtest materials for the skirmish game when it was released, so I can comment on the numbers of minis, and the likelihood of new sculpts. The playtest documents had 12 minis per pack, with 1-3 large creatures. Drow: Demonweb Spiders (x2) Drow House Guard (x2) Shadow Mastiff...

If you want more variety in the Warpriest, check out the Neverwinter Campaign Guide. It has 4 more domain builds for the Warpriest, each one tied to a FR deity, but easily adaptable to a different campaign setting. The Corellon domain has powers that can be used with melee or ranged weapons...

Around late paragon and through Epic tier in my last campaign I adopted this formula for monster damage. But only to keep the challenge up, not due to combat length. Normally, monsters deal an average of their level + 8 damage, with modifications for limited attacks, brutes, and multi-target...

It sounds like two problems to me. One, you don't have enough Dms, or the right number of players. If you split from 8 players + 1 Dm, you create two tables of 4 and 3 players with two dms. The other problem is all of the themes that were supposed to be available for this season aren't...

I don't think its in the Errata for DMG 1, because the changes was published in DMG 2 (one of the sorta stealth-Errata changes). Since MM2, all solos have been published with just quadruple hit points. For a reference, see DMG 2, page 133.

Yes, recently there is a masterwork armor bug. If you equip a type beyond the base armors it does not include the proper bonuses. To get around this you have to equip just the +# armor without selecting a type of masterwork such as Braidmail.

Yes, plenty of people believe 5e is coming - I think they're wrong. The speculated anniversary edition makes more sense for me, but purely for selfish reasons. I might pick up a cleaned up version of D&D that works with older materials, but I wouldn't buy a 5e unless its a huge improvement on 4e...

Tested this out on my MacBook just to be sure, and it worked fine for me. Isn't the print to pdf in the CB just the Mac's native print to pdf function?

One tradition I've had with my gaming groups is to run a horror themed adventure as part of either my ongoing campaign or a special one-shot. I've done this several times with Castle Ravenloft, running it twice while playing 3.5. Once with a straight adaptation of I6, and once with Expedition to...

These extra "levels" was pretty much the system I was working out that Nemesis Destiny mentioned upthread. I broke them down into five named instead of numbered "levels" in what I called the "Apprentice Tier". It is designed to take you from only one choice up to the full options available for...

Good catch Celebrim, I had intended to include the three round duration of Three Forms of Evil. I really liked how Tharizdun's numerology informed the monster design, but the limits of Power2ool in size for the gigantic stat block made it very difficult towards the end. I may end up trying it...

I agree, his damage output maybe isn't enough yet, but working from Celebrim's version I could immediately tell that his was using older damage expressions. This was my first attempt at an epic creature, so I'm expecting I'll have to bump the damage up even further. Depending on how many PC's it...

Selduria is just the name of the eastern continent of the world map that's been released, the continent that has the empire of Karkoth and the elven Vailin Alliance. (Dragon 400, the Iron Wolf Barbarians)

I'm using Tharizdun as the big nasty at the end of my campaign too, so I looked at Celebrim's work with great interest. I think I'm using it very close to as-is, but I've added a few traits to make him more challenging without reducing fun. So I removed some of the stunning effects, or offered...