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Educate me: Does the inherent bonuses system somehow reduce the total number of magic items in the treasure parcel system (or Essentials variant), or do you still hand out the same total but none of them need be Weapon/Armour/Neck?

Thanks Klaus and RW. Excellent advice from you both. I've spoken with the player concerned and we're going down the thief path. RW, I'd xp you but for this darned 'must spread xp around' business.

I'm not sure it's an image problem. I suspect most adult gamers are knowledgeable enough about early firearms to know what a flintlock weapon was actually like. I think it's more that the pop culture references that inspire people to want to play gunfighters are either 'Wild west' or 'John Woo'...

Interesting! Does a human thief gain an extra trick, or are they forced to take Heroic Effort instead?

Of course, the minute you throw firearms into the mix, someone wants to play a gunfighter (as demonstrated by my advice thread in the 4e discussion forum). :)

A player in my upcoming Zeitgeist campaign wants to play a gunfighter, and we're currently leaning toward rogue as a class. However, he doesn't particularly want to rely on hiding for CA. He's also quite invested in the rogue's social class skills. The zeitgeist firearms rules are as follows...

I suspected it might be. But even if you assume 20 shots per combat, I still can't really see the justification for level 9. Thanks for the insight.

Level 9! Holy moly. Thanks.

Is there an 'infinite quiver'-like item in 4e? One of my players for Zeitgeist is quite keen on using firearms and has asked whether he needs to buy and track ammunition. The item seems like it would be a perfect compromise. If there isn't such an item, what do you think of the following...

QFT. The second list (sorted by groupings) is the sort of thing that an amateur fan would become an overnight celebrity for preparing. It'll make things soo much easier when figuring out what rituals you want to investigate. Having seen that list, I don't think I'd be overly concerned if WotC...

Agreed. Seems a simple approach. I especially like the Brutal 2 and high crit. It's a clean way of dealing with the high damage firearms are capable of.

lol. The joys of the publishing industry, I guess! I'm personally hoping it will be a "counts as x-type-of-crossbow" deal, but I guess we'll know soonish. ;)

The anticipation is killing me!

Light obscurement (?) grants concealment. Heavy obscurement grants concealment if the target is adjacent to you, or total concealment if it is not.

It did? Unified xp per level and (almost-)unified feat progression hardly represents unification when everything else from BAB to spells learned to fighter bonus feats varies by class. 4e went further than 3e did, in that it really did unify class progression and class design. PHB3...

Lol. "More than anyone else I know who's not an ENworld regular" ;) But seriously, he's self-published a book about running Epic tier.... Oh, I believe you, which is why I hedged my concern. It's things like the 'push 4 and knock prone' attack that made me pause, because with a little...

I'll be stepping back into the DM chair (when Zeitgeist begins) after being solely a player since 4e launched. I've therefore been reading through the Rules Compendium to brush up on my DM-side knowledge. I've come across a few things I'd like clarification on: Non-triggered Free actions...

The article is by Mike Shea, which is fitting given he's been pushing Epic 4e more than anyone else I know. Some of the ideas in the article seem overpowered, but I've never seen Epic in play, so I could be way off base. Overall, I agree it's a very good article and much appreciated.

I fiddled with the idea of converting SoW to Eberron for a while, but didn't go as far as you have. I left Tiamat as the overarching villainess. In Eberron she's trapped in Khyber, and securing her freedom is just as good a motive for the campaign as the original. As for your invasion force if...

Ok, I just have to ask: What's with the 'gear' that's suddenly started appearing in people's posts? I can't find an announcement about it anywhere.