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Tightrope I agree with you 100% on this issue. In my experience as a player, a solo equates to free xp and treasure for our group. The reasons for this are the reasons that have been mentioned. We lock down the solo with control, and we unload massive amounts of damage. In addition, the solo...

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Damage expressions have recently been errata'd, and fights tend to be more deadly to the PC's it seems. Check that out for sure. The mistake that many people make when building "difficult" encounters is that they increase level. More so than previous editions, increasing the levels of the...

Dragonfoe Ragespell I was thinking about doing a Dragonfoe Ragespell, but didn't want to be stuck with just a staff, or daggers. Might need to check this out, thanks.

Woot Have I been walking around with a +2 circumstance bonus I didn't know about? Stealth Solid!

You raise a very good point, and I believe that the inherent bonus system in Dark Sun does a much better job at reflecting a reward system more true to the Points of Light system. If someone charged to create a magical sword in an isolated area surrounded by evil, it is highly likely that they...

When I read this I got this really weird vision of magic items becoming collectible cards.

Int/Con Race please Our DM in our home game already houseruled secondary ability score choices for all of the races that didn't have them previously, so nice to see we're on the right track. How about an Int/Con race though?

I was very, very dissatisfied with the poor job that was done with the Dark Sun Encounters. I may try this, but I'm I don't have a whole lot of faith in this program at this point. I know in my area the Dark Sun Encounters turned a lot of people off to D&D.

I'm glad my defender has Eldritch Strike.

You mean like how D&D Insider was going to include a game table and features to display a character portrait? Not taking a shot at anyone in specific here, I'm just illustrating the point that things change and that many fears will be put to rest when we see a more comprehensive release...

The encounter design for the first module isn't bad, it is just inconsistent with the goals of Dungeons & Dragons, and Encounters in particular. There isn't a lot you can do to optimize some of the characters, the other ones aren't too bad. Well, some ranged weapons might have been a nice...

Not a persona I bought the book for my wife and we read it together, it was pretty funny. I think that Shelly just does a really good job of putting herself out there. You can get a feel of her personality by her writing style. She is definitely a "girly" type girl, which I think is...

Yeah, my response was a bit rude, apologies. To be honest though, MORRUS kind of piled the wood on the fire with the splash on the welcome page this morning though about the whole unsubstantiated rumor thing. :) I think there's a lot of people out there (not enough though apparently hence the...

Go start your own forum dude, and you can decide what people post there and what is "of substance" and what isn't.

Wasted Effort First of all, I am not under the conception that my opinion on this matter is really going to change anything one way or the other. I've wasted way too much time and effort following this story. More information would have probably made me not even raise an eyebrow. At the...

My concerns about Essentials, based upon my observations of what we are being presented and the current release schedule, is that the game seems to be trending toward a very cookie cutter approach with less specialization or opportunity to mix and match things, which I really like. Again, I...

There are so many 4e books out that people feel lost? Ok, so Essentials is 4.5e. Class builds modified and shaken up with the addition of past errata corrections. It's a lot different than 3.5e, they have a more robust web presence and can update a lot of stuff online. I don't really buy...