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Wow... I've played too much BECMI. When I read the title I immediately assumed this was going to be a discussion about using the 4e Astral Sea like the BECMI Astral Plane. Which, if you're not familiar, suppressed one dimension of everyone that visited it. So you'd have paper-thin wizards...

I admit, I tend to err on the side of underpowered. But this is really apples to oranges. PCs rarely spend much time bloodied unless they've over-extended their resources or somehow get isolated and pounded. Conversely, a bloodied monster usually dies within 1 to 2 rounds of becoming bloodied...

I like it. Flavorful, evocative, not particularly overpowered or underpowered. Two thoughts: The racial power being ranged means using it will provoke an opportunity attack. I'd consider making it a close blast 5 or a close burst 5 so a kitsune melee character can use it without first having...

If you read the whole post you would have noticed hit points was the only aspect of the 3.5 monster I was using in my 4E conversion. Hit points are the only thing "incompatible" between the two versions. I mean, unless you want monsters to hang around forever because they have a lot more hit...

Honestly, how? If I'm taking a 4E kobold into a 3E game, I just flip to the kobold page of the 3.5 monster manual and use those hit points instead of the 4E ones. From there, I can use everything in the 4E stats exactly as written. 3E PCs still have AC, and if I'm attacking their...

I think there is a reasonably large amount of compatibility between the two; in fact, a look at Malhavoc Press's Iron Heroes and WotC's Tome of Battle and you see the roots of 4E already being tried out in 3.X. The biggest difference isn't healing surges or "lack" of Vancian magic (aside...

I really like this. It's unique, flexible, pushes the class in a completely different direction, yet plays entirely within the rules already defined for the game. I can't wait to see it in its entirety. Plus it'll be real easy to refluff it for my Final Fantasy-influenced homebrew to make the...

*facepalm* Dude, I think you might have missed the concept of class roles in 4E. Defender - Attracts attention so monsters hit them Striker - Moves around and does lots of damage to one monster Leader - Gives status boosts to allies Controller - Gives status ailments to enemies Typically...

Defender: Earthsoul Genasi Warden. Nothing like shrugging off save ends effects and knocking people flat left and right. Striker: Barbarian. Either dwarf or goliath depending on what I want to do with the feats. I like my strikers reckless. Leader: Cunning bard, either Tiefling or Half-Elf...

On the whole, the art is fairly good. The recycled stuff sticks out like a sore thumb, though. Most of it is too... I don't know... 3E to really fit with the rest. The art for each race's entry is top-notch. Especially the shifters. That's probably the best illustration of a shifter ever in...

I don't think it's a bad ability as written. For a 12th level utility power your dragonborn PC can: Ignore difficult terrain Not need to make Athletics checks to jump Not need to make Athletics check to climb short distances It's not the 3.Xe fly spell, but there are some times it'd come in...

I live in the US so apples<>oranges, but I used super-saver shipping and preordered it about a month and a half ago. Came yesterday (on the actual release date!!). That's a first for Amazon. They got me Adventurer's Vault and FRPG two days after their release, but in the past Amazon always...

I like variety. As a DM, I wish more people would play humans, but variety keeps things interesting. Especially since the baseline assumption in 4E is that humans aren't the dominant species. In my homebrew world I allow 12 PC races, but the setting emphasizes cosmopolitan societies where the...

I'm actually working on adapting this to 4E and merging it with phase one of the BECMI "Wrath of the Immortals" path and the basic adventure Castle Caldwell and Beyond. (I'm running a very old school campaign right now that's merging a lot of classic BECMI and 1E adventures together.)...

What I remember about the Roman account of druids from my Celtic mythology coursework in college is this: Druids were an educated, priestly caste of people in Celtic society. They revered the oak and anything closely associated with it, which includes mistletoe as mistletoe is a parasitic...

You can also check out Fat Dragon Games (fatdragongames.com - information on fatdragongames.com). They have a lot of reasonably priced PDFs you can print out on cardstock and build things out of them. When I get back into DMing I'm considering picking up some of the accessories (doors, chests...

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I'd go with neither, but I don't like tiefling all that much either. I'd much rather they be Luminoth and Diabolis.

Good catch. That'll make it closer to Healing/Inspiring Word in effect. Plus I visualized it as a lupin's way to help get another ally into a flanking position to trigger their Pack Tactics ability.

I've been working on the Savage Coast races off and on as I get a better feel for 4e and I'm finally to a point with this one where I'm able to share something. Before I get into the nuts and bolts, some thoughts about the design process: "Savage" vs "Settled" Lupins: Lupins in BECM D&D have a...