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Wow Pogre, that's awesome! I use a lot of the WotC Dungeon Tiles myself. Just a couple days ago I also ran across a great tutorial on making your own Dungeon Tiles over at NewbieDM. I'm going to be trying my hand at something like this very soon. Dungeon Tiles aren't nearly as impressive as...

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Honestly, I think that you handled it fine. It's absurd for someone to expect they can beat an entire counter with a single dice roll. Allowing them a chance to talk and allowing the players to leave freely is reasonable, maybe even generous. Diplomacy is more of a skill to be used in social...

Ever watch the show Eureeka? It's a lot like when the non-science savvy Sheriff encounters some high-tech science concept, comes up with a really crude theory of very limited understanding, and then one of the brilliant scientists (usually Henry) lights up spouts off some pseudo science theory...

I'm actually with you in this scenario. When I was suggesting that maybe you might need to be more flexible, it was really in regards to the first example which there did not seem to be any apparent benefit for his request. However, in this case he clearly just doesn't want to follow the...

I never had the chance to play RPGA games until a couple months ago. Once I did, I quickly tested to get Herald level, but was not able to generate enough interest among my friends to pull off home RPGA games. Actually, I just recently managed to get a game at all running, so I wasn't able to...

Well that's fine, if that's your preference. My point is that the revamp allows for DM's that aren't as knowledgeable about the Realms (like myself) to have a chance of pulling off a decent Realms game without "ruining it" for the players. A DM, like yourself, who is knowledgeable and...

Play whatever you have fun with, and I'm not going to say that 4E is better or worse than another, however I think that this particular criticism is so off base that it really begs comment. My personal experience is that 4E is the exact opposite in this regard. D&D has always had roles, they...

Do you have a campaign setting in mind, or is it going to be totally homebrew? Try to avoid cliche character introductions. Of course it can be effective and work, but there are some really good ways to tie characters together out there. I personally liked the way the 4E Eberron level 1...

I think that blaming mechanics for changing the Realms so greatly is vastly over simplifying it. There were other reasons, such as the following examples: * The geography of the Realms were so well established and explored that there wasn't much new territory to explore for players. The...

However, it sounds like an overly literal interpretation that completely ignores the obvious intent of the rules. The idea is clearly that if a creature moves within a square that you threaten (without shifting, teleporting, or other OA negating effects) then they provoke. Furthermore, it...

Oh, I know... It was pretty bad, and there was much much more douchery in that same campaign... The whole reason we were in Xendrik was to collect eggs from a special lizard there. When we arrived, we found that by "lizard", it was a green dragon... Fast forward to the aforementioned...

I'd also like to add, I toyed with rolling up a character with the same general concept. Despite having tons of trouble making a character I was satisfied with in 3.5, I found multiple ways to make the concept work in 4.0! It can work with a bard, and I even made a cleric investigator that I...

I was just referring to trying to use the power, without the roll effect to argue that it wasn't a ranged effect to avoid an OA, but I don't know if they'd actually try that. But I certainly wouldn't let them. Eh, if he wants to play ineffectively, that's his choice. I wouldn't force a player...

Did you see this on /. also? :-p

Oops, i misread the diagram... but I'd still probably allow the OA. Doing otherwise seems kind of like trying to exploit mechanics on the DM's part. The DM should be closing and preventing loopholes and exploits, not trying to find his own.

I think people are being too literal with the term "enemy". I don't think it's intended to literally refer to the reaction level, just like "Bloodied" doesn't literally mean that the target has to be bleeding. From reading the rules, it appears that "Enemy" means someone who is not your...

It's not like we're bragging about it or something, just stating a fact. To some of us, the notion that it's rare enough to be worth this much discussion is strange to us. To me, it's like discussing whether or not there are females that like Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Football, drinking...

But as I mentioned before, we don't *know* all the circumstances, and really can't assume he's just trying to get some benefit. In the example given, the only mechanical benefit I can imagine is trying to skirt around treating it like a ranged attack in order to prevent an Opportunity Attack...

It's hard to make generalizations, since there might be unknown elements of the story and circumstances. This is obviously making the game less fun for both you and him. After the last example, I do wonder if maybe some of the stubbornness and desire for control might be occurring on both...