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It just occurred to me that I wouldn't object to a $5 entrance fee for a night's gaming at my FLGS. Seems like a reasonable price to pay to be allowed to play in someone's store. This way, I happen to get a booster pack of cards thrown in (which I could then use in my home game in a manner...

Welcome to 4e and ENworld! I'm sure you'll have a blast. Don't worry about being a bit lost. There's a lot of information to take in when you first pick up the hobby. But it'll all be second nature before you know it. In order for us to provide some tips, you'll need to give us some more...

What is wrong with you, man?! Personally, I'd like to see WotC try their hand at a Paizo-style adventure path. Scales of War wasn't bad, but knowing what they know now about Skill Challenges and monster/encounter design, I'm sure that a non-Dungeon adventure path could be pretty impressive.

Not every D&D game is about combat, despite the system's robust rules for it, and not every portion of character design needs to be focused on preparing for it. At their cores, most RPGs are storytelling engines, and it's equally valid to choose a feat or power for its storytelling potential...

For what it's worth, I've been slowly reviewing my way through SoW encounter-by-encounter on my blog, starting here. There's also some good info and tips on this wiki. Best of luck!

I'd go the other way. It doesn't matter how the mount was obtained; it's what it means that matters. If the mount is just a means of travel, or a technical means to a mechanical ends in a player's build, then it dies at 0 hp. If the player is emotionally invested in the mount; if he mentions...

Looking at the first photo, I don't think it gives you terribly much to play with. You either need to change the location, or introduce other terrain elements. Wispy strands of web floating in the breeze that threaten to grab flying PCs. Hordes of spiders that count as difficult terrain...

Ok, maybe I'm dense but I can't find any sign of this 'announcement' on the WotC site. Where exactly is it? Edit: Never mind. Found it. And my-oh-my does it look awfully like Maptool... Still, a VTT could do a lot worse than replicate Maptool, especially if it auto-fills the monster...

It works for Paizo because they have a generally good relationship with their customers. It could work for WotC, but it would take some effort. Their customers might not have the same positive brand associations. For example, the primary reason I haven't given any thought to taking part in...

Hmm. So I did. Must have missed that the monster builder was defaulting to the wrong number. Editted now. Thanks

Strictly using the new damage and monster numbers, without variation for new powers or other new design, she would be: The Fort Defence is a little higher and the Will defence a little lower than standard (12 + level) because of her ability modifiers. Otherwise, she reflects the new design...

I think the h4ters' main complaints about 4e are that: it is less "realistic" than 3.5 (eg. fighters have daily powers, PCs can be dying and then on full hp 5 minutes later without magical intervention, mechanics are disassociated - "why exactly can a fighter mark but a rogue can't?", mundane...

Maybe there's a misunderstanding here. By "across the open doorway", I mean that the goblin starts hidden and out of LoS/LoE. It moves across a 5' opening and ends that move action in the same room it started in (ie. it does not approach the PC) and out of LoS/LoE. If the goblin is hidden...

I'm equally honoured and disturbed that someone chose to resurrect my dead, buried, and happily decaying thread from 2 years ago. I'm not sure I follow your logic. In example one, I assume you are taking issue with the "moves adjacent" trigger, maintaining that a reaction can't trigger...

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Hmm. Now I have to go and check whether I've ever won (or "drawn") an argument with Dracosuave. Edit: Knew it (even though it's cunningly disguised as Draco agreeing with AbdulAlhazred). Morrus, can I be credited with those extra few thousand posts?

I interpreted UngeheuerLich as meaning "why [didn't WotC] just give it 2d6+5 damage instead?" He wasn't so much suggesting that the DM modify damage expressions on every monster he uses as much as he was suggesting that WotC should check the damage expressions on every monster it creates...

I don't think I've ever seen a citation for that assumption, which many people (including NewbieDM) seem to be making. The fact that there are new options for essentials class builds in the latest Dragon suggest that at least some ongoing support/widening should be expected.

Nice catch. Not sure it strictly speaking solves the "if" vs "when" distinction I drew earlier in the thread, but I'm willing to believe that if it was meant to be "if" they would have said something like "the next time the enemy moves before the end of your next turn". Edit: Guess someone...