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I think that's a good point about Sigil's nature being such that the city as a whole is unlikely to be threatened by anything less than a epic cosmic threat. I do think that there's still plenty of scope for a campaign for Paragon heroes working against threats to Sigil, since not all threats...

I would bet that all the planar cities from Manual of the Planes get a write-up in Dragon at least. Grenpoli and Dis do have the disadvantage of being so clearly evil that any kind of betrayal or deception plots would become rather ho-hum, I would think. Nice places to visit, but I wouldn't...

I'm still interested in specific example of what Sigil being turned into Union-lite would look like. Particularly informed by the write-up of Sigil in the 4e Manual of the Planes. The primary problem with Union is that it was clearly created and centered around being a home base for epic...

No. Why would it qualify it? What qualities does Union have that you think are necessary to a Paragon or Epic home base? What qualities does Sigil "pre-Unionization" have that would preclude it from being the DMG example of a Paragon tier home base? And if this is all leading up to some...

I don't see any indication that Sigil will be turned into Union lite. As others' have noted, Union was a failure because of a lack of character and color, as well as several unwise design decisions (such as the infamous Epic Town Guards). The 4e writers have already published on Sigil in the...

I think for the vast majority of proposed spontaneous actions, something like page 42 is appropriate. Fantasy novels and movies have the advantage of the characters and situations being under the complete control of the author. Conan can kill the God of the Black Jewel with a single action by...

Oh, one other thing. The official errata drops the DC values *significantly* (possibly too much). For example, the level 1-3rd DCs for Easy/Moderate/Hard are now 5/10/15. And both footnotes to increase DCs for skill checks and with the use of weapons have been eliminated. Whether this...

If the action in question doesn't use the environment or an enemy weakness in some way, the action's effectively should be the equivalent of the basic at will actions that all characters have access to. If the action does use the immediate environment and is repeatable, the effect should be...

I will note that for the latest Dungeon 161, while there may be only two adventures, they are both unusually long adventures. Note that from the page numbering on Touch of Madness, it ends on page 113, indicating that the issue length will be standard. Actually, it's likely significantly...

One slightly odd thing between the two series is that Scales of War has not been releasing any plot overview or preview, ostensibly to prevent later surprises from being spoiled. The reason I find this odd is that each of the paper-published adventures has had excerpts published which freely...

I recall liking this adventure when it first came out earlier this year. As I recall, Touch of Madness was always intended to be presented first in 3.5e and then later as a 4e adventure. I believe that several features of the 3.5e version were echoing some of the design elements that the 4e...

I believe that the statement you quote above is referring to Mongoose's own 4e products, such as Quintesstial Wizard, not any WotC products. While I've heard many anecdotal statements about 4e's sales at brick and mortar stores on both extremes, I don't see any reason to doubt direct statements...

If 4e was doing poorly in sales, I have to think that the *last* thing on WotC's mind would be spending any resources on increasing third party support. Further, considering how long it takes companies to move from data to action, I don't think it's too likely that they would move on poor sales...

Only if that level 1 wizard rolls a 20. Remember, minions have level appropriate defenses, so only through the grace of "always hits on a 20" will an opponent much lower level manage to hit a minion. Note that on the other side, minions also have level appropriate attack bonuses, so the...

As you guessed later in the post, that's per five person party, not individual. From my calculations, a 30th level PC that went through the standard 1-30 adventures should have obtained a fair share of 5.3 million gold pieces in monetary treasure. That PC would also have obtained 24 magic...

I must say that I disagree with both of your points. I have a hard time thinking of a prominent example of heroic genre fantasy fiction in which the heroes *don't* find themselves fighting against foes that are slain in a single mentioned attack in the book, but a menace in numbers. Certainly...

If there's going to be a problem with the abstract nature of D&D combat not taking such things into account, you're going to have a lot more problems than just the minion rules. I mean, standard combat of all types has opponents dying at zero hit points by default, unless the player...

Well, I wouldn't actually use the system at all, since I think the current minion rules are fine, as is. However, if a DM felt that they would like to know how many hit points are appropriate for a standard monster of its level in the absence of its special minion status, I would use a median...

I suppose if people simply dislike the "1 hp" in the stat block, the same effect could be achieved by giving them standard hit points, but giving them the following vulnerability: Vulnerable: A minion hit by an attack by an opponent of its tier or higher is struck dead. A minion that takes any...

What potentially worries me is a repeat of something in KotS: the maps supplied depict nice, large open areas for encounters. Exactly the kind of maps that are pretty easy to create on a whiteboard. They don't do any of the areas with narrow corridors, small rooms and restriction points: the...