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Not to quarrel with your 'theme' argument (which I note and agree with), but I don't recall the warden even being mentioned in the discussions at the time about the changes to out-of-turn saving throws. IIRC, the concern was actually that it could be a very bad idea for leaders to grant saving...

Generally, I don't like them. As you said, they tend to bog down. They're also statistically quite hard to succeed at. But most importantly, it's difficult for me to imagine a 'scene' that would require so many successful skill checks to resolve. My preference would be to replace one '12...

Love it! Surprisingly little information about what the AP contains, but I adore that way you've made the illustrations animate. Especially the skyseer. Edit: I've just spent a few minutes studying that last map sweep, checking out the illustrations I haven't seen before. Very nice :)

Assuming this is a shot at the Essentials naysayers, I feel compelled to throw Aristotle back at you: "One [ritual] does not a [resurgence] make".

I can't believe no-one's mentioned the recent Monster Makeover: Demilich article from Dungeon zine. The demilich is a level 22 solo controller, but it has some good ideas and explanation of the sort of thinking that should go into an epic solo.

Except that the announcement for that article begins with something along the lines of "you've spoken and we've listened." Since Divine Power, the strength cleric has been almost completely abandoned. IIRC, something like 4 out of 16 cleric at-wills are strength-based. The Warpriest merely...

One of my players raised the same issue and it turned out that he was mistaking the "register for the forums to view attachments" as "become a subscriber to see the attachments". FWIW, I assume there's something about the registration screen that's conveying that impression.

I think this is actually a pretty good idea. I recently started having one drink per session. I find that it loosens up my creatively nicely, and also lessens the inhibitions that stop you from getting into the roleplay.

While talking with one of my players (who will be taking the Yerasol Veteran theme), he expressed interest in the portion of the theme that mentions war poets memorialising the conflict. To help flesh out his backstory, I prepared this for him*: I'm not quite happy with the references to...

One of my players (who is taking the Yerasol Veteran theme), just sent me this email: Is there anything to stop my players from going into every "slow" encounter (ie. ones where there's no time pressure to start the encounter quickly) backed up by 4 (or 12!) members of Risur's military...

Bear in mind that (at least on my reading), it's +2[W] total, not per [W]. So a 1[W] power does 3[W] when using a firearm. A 4[W] power does 6[W], not 12[W].

Doh! :blush: Ooh, I did not pick the appearance of the rulers of Risur. It's a nice surprise. Which reminds me: How exactly is Aodhan intended to be pronounced? Various sources on the net give pronunciation as A-den and A-yawn. I must admit that the name of the thesis did make me smile...

As a rule of thumb, if your group has 4 PCs instead of 5, then your DM should be removing a monster or monsters from each encounter so that the encounter XP total is 4/5 of what it is as-printed. Eg. If an encounter is 500xp as printed (even level for five 1st level PCs), he should remove...

Very interesting, particularly that Prestige is a measure of 'visibility' rather than friendship. Is this a preview from the player's primer or the DM's primer? Ie. should I be circulating this among my players? I'm half inclined to keep it to myself.

How compatible is Essentials with Legacy 4e? Very compatible. As others have suggested, there's little problem with combining the two in the same game, and I'm looking forward to my new campaign which at the moment features at least 2 Essentials PCs. Is Essentials just an option for 4e? I...

It really depends on how you frame the encounter. If the encounter consists solely of talking to the 'lady', then you're pretty much stuck with the conversational skills (don't, for the love of the gods, allow rubbish like "I do pushups to impress her. Can I roll Athletics?"). If you widen...

Are these previews subscriber only? I linked a friend to this thread and he says he's getting a 'must subscribe' message when he tries to open the PDFs. Edit: He was referring to the requirement that he register for the forums before he can view attachments. Never mind.

I must admit that the 'extra 2[W]' optional rule did make me "WTF?!" :) For those who want firearms to be more readily available, though, it works nicely to counterract the action problems, because in many cases it - combined with brutal 2 - means your firearm is doing double (at least) the...

I don't personally see a problem with it being a melee power, just as there are a few cleric (and paladin IIRC) healing powers that have a melee range. The only difference I can see is that I can think of a few way to increase the range of a close burst, but none to increase the range of a melee...

I voted Prestige, but only because I was lucky enough to be one of the proofreaders for adventure 1. Otherwise it would definitely have been dramatis personnae.