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I think awesomeocalypse nailed it perfectly with: I bailed mid-session as a PC when we found out my wife was pregnant, and we went a good two months between sessions I DM'ed when we lost the baby. My players understood, and frankly, if they didn't, I don't think I'd want to play with them. Our...

We've been using two-hit minions with some success at our gaming table. I aim for hit points such that the fighter's at-will would kill it with a weapon die roll of 8. (e.g., maximum damage with a longsword). So, a crit kills. Most Encounter powers kill. Most At-Wills reduce more than half their...

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I've been mulling this one over, and I think I agree with Fan most of the way. I don't think reducing HP as you're describing is going to break the game. However, I'm not quite certain we're going far enough to "buff up" the humanoid monster in compensation. More damage is good. What about "do...

Hmm .. I was expecting a little bit more shiftiness, having just made a dance-themed villain. :D For the villain, I gave her a Minor "shift 1 square" to represent the fluidity of motion; I also gave her a "charge" equivalent which involved shifting the distance rather than moving the distance...

Good stuff from Keldryn, above. I'd say there are two ways to go, really. One is, simply run a sandbox: prep nothing, and respond on the fly. I did this in Greyhawk 1e; I actually thought it went terribly, as my players wound up becoming admirals of some fleet, battling pirates, water...

Yeah, I'd rule about like N0Man. Either its a solid, high railing, in which case, nobody is getting pushed over it, or its a low railing which one could get pushed over but ought to get a pretty large bonus to one's save. Though I could see a battlement type of thing where there's a...

To really push the "Plot": 1. Why were we mining into a new level, anyway? a.) Greedy mine owner? b.) Corrupt pit boss? c.) Accidentally broke through into empty space? 2. This babbling survivor .. a.) Real miner? . i. ) Telling the truth? . ii. ) Lying about...

Never! One question per poster, sir! ;) Mmm... viking-esque longboat, with magical oars but no magical steering/piloting? One PC must pilot the boat, and in these conditions that's going to be some form of strength check to maintain control of the tiller against the raging current. "Aid...

Let 'em try. Set up skill challenge with four possible outcomes: 1. They make it across, but well downstream (very difficult) 2. They make it safely BACK to the shore they started from, well downstream (moderate if they give up early, difficult if they stick with the plan for a while) 3...

Yeah, fighting two encounters at once is a TPK recipe, so you may need to slow or mitigate that in some fashion.

I've been running a fairly similar campaign: low magic world, human-only party, all martial save for one "snowflake" sorcerer. We've gone with the "two hit minion"; I shoot for basically a creature with enough hit points to survive the usual hit with an At-Will, but few enough that it dies on...

What a Brute! Yoink!! And well done, this guy really came together!

Yeah, I don't know what you think you're "buying" by running a full-on-PC-vs-PC encounter, either. The way I tend to run my game ;) I use Monster Builder or Monster Maker to create and stat out my monsters .. this lets me build monsters that feel more like a Striker than a Brute, or more like a...

It really depends why this is happening. To figure that out, you need to talk to your players. Explain how much effort you put into preparing material for them, and how much it sucks when they go in a different direction. Ask why its happening; request that they give you two week's warning...

Right. For determining Concealment, the important question is line of sight from you to the target. For determining Cover, the important question is line of effect from the origin square of the power to the target. For an archer's arrow, "origin square" is the archer's square, and target is...

Both a player and a DM, here. As a player, I'm definitely running into this: I've actually levelled without using a Daily :cool:, which strikes me as badly wrong. All I'll say is, when its obvious that something's a boss fight, I tend to think I need my dailies; when something isn't, I'm fully...

Hooh. Our warlock has always played that it does break her concealment .. but when I went to find rules to cite, I didn't find anything to support her position. Has she really been shorting herself for 14 levels?

Yeah, that looks really good. I like the recharge-on-bloodied effects. A typical Solo would have 2 Action Points instead of 1 .. what about adding a second Action Point when he gets Bloodied? Likewise a typical Solo would have +5 on saving throws but I actually like the +2/+4 flavor better ...

Bladesong, I don't think anybody's disputing that there ought to be a difference in the NADs, and that the Warlock should have a better Wil defense and the Fighter a better Fort defense. The question is, why should those differences get larger as the characters level up? Since the range of...