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The encounter was too easy. The DM should not have used an elite as a solo. Using an elite as a solo is hard on the monster (it just does not get enough chances to hit back). When it was reduced to level 14 it became the same power level as 5 lvl 9 creatures which is 2 levels below your parties...

KOTS torture room was a hit – quick little game story The KOTS torture room was a big hit with my group this last Sunday. The room was filled with cool things for the players to use in interesting ways. At the end of the fight, the main bag guy had been thrown into his own iron maiden by the...

If they like Star wars Get the new Saga edition. It can be thought of as a cross between 3e and 4e rules. Also lots of room to role play and kill droids. If they like D&D I would definatly go 4E. Simple to learn but lots of fun combat stuff. The complexity of 4E is more emergent. The...

I think that the latest errata put back in the +5 to skill checks so Easy is DC 10 and Hard is DC 20. JesterOC

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I saw this comment in Bruce Cordell's blog. (http://brucecordell.blogspot.com/2008/08/coils-below.html) It is another in the Role vs. Roll series that Chris Sims and I have worked together on. Unfortunately this time around, Chris was too wrapped up in working on the GSL, so I had to go...

As someone before me stated this is a feature not flaw. Also Dailies usually (always?) have either a miss condition or a reliable keyword. Thus if you do miss you get some good effect, or you get to try again. Also the possibility of failure and reduced returns encourages help from your...

Yeah it seems odd that they would be able to convince a town to throw them out. To them the workings of a human village would be as foreign as the politics of a kobold lair. Can you imagine how your PC's would fair in trying to get a Kobold lair to kickout its most powerful warriors using...

I have two nephews that are just now starting to play D&D (4e). Both were interested in playing because of familiarity of the name, but neither had any friends who played. Both have played computer RPGs before, and all of their friends do to. They also play 1st person shooters and RTS's...

Check it out http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/duad/20080729 By Ari Marmell. Ok I have only scanned through it quickly but DAMN if that is not the best Adventure I have read, I'll eat my proverbial hat. That damn thing is hard core. Can't wait to read it again, this time...

Edna, While your post is nice and you seem to have thought a lot about this. I think you are wrong about this subject. The ability to alter a game as you see fit for your gaming group has little to do with the bitterness of the infinite flame wars that erupt here all the time. I have seen...

This is important since 1st impressions are almost always wrong. Here is some of my experiences to date. Me and my small group (3 players and me the DM) have played 3 full 4e sessions and about 3-4 4e lite sessions. It was not until recently did they finaly start to work very well as a...

I guess they want the mosnter knowledge checks to be hard also. Good thing or they would have to change every entry in the monster manual. JesterOC

Oops yeah I forgot about rituals not being exclusive. But of course the wizard gets them handed to them at start. Yeah wow, a simple exchange of ideas without ego.. Dang is this web 3.0? :)

Eberon did it first.

There is no thunderstealing at the moment. But the cantrips did make things a bit easier. Mage hand use: The opening doors was for an unlocked door, but they were afraid of a trap. If the trap was there, a rogue could have disarmed it, which is much better than having it go off and alert the...

THe fighter gets an OA against each monster stepping by to get at the wizard. Hopefully the wizard has thunderwave and kocks the swarm back towards the fighter where at least some get another AO. And hopefully the wizard took staff as an implement and has AC 20 at 3rd lvl. (In our group the...

While I am not saying he is more versatile than a 3.X wizard he defiantly retains much versatility. Yesterday we had a session that proved that, in our group, the wizard is the king of versatility. I had a player who had started out as a warlock. After three sessions that left him unhappy with...

It is simpler exactly because we have terms like Brutes, and Skirmishers. The DMG give great examples of how to put together good encounters. It is much simpler to have a few guidelines describing how to use the various monster roles, vs having to know the intimate characteristics of each...

No it is not worth that much. I don't have it with me at the time but it seemed like a pretty simple straight forward Kobold Bash. Given the number of kobold modules that are out there (including the $30 SHadow keep adventure) $60 is nuts. JesterOC