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What's funny is that, isn't the "blast everything we see" method helpful in 1E tournament style games? Eldritch blasting the paint off the walls seems like a decent idea... But yeah, as for encounter powers recharging, just use the actual rule about 5 minutes and you're done. Of course...

Just started reading it after seeing this... seems pretty great so far! I might pull bits of it.

Awesome. The books gave me the idea that DM'ing would be much, much easier for a first timer than even 3E (3E was still fairly simply -- 4E is super quick though!) Glad to hear that's been the case for you. Enjoy!

Same here, in a sense. I have trouble playing very masculine characters convincingly for a long period of time. I've been DM'ing for awhile, and it is difficult for me to roleplay out conflictive allies of the party -- friends tend not to be standoffish, and will back down. I have a lot of...

My entire current 4e campaign is a set of shared dreams. The characters get experience (and shared powers between different incarnations of themself) for shared dreams. So, my answer is something along the lines of "Yes, super-yes!" Can't say I'd be miffed if I didn't get experience, although...

Personally, I think they're more like Eladrin than they are Tieflings.

I'm using this. I wrote out the vague one by hand, omitted some words and wrote them in as squiggly lines, and chopped up each line with a pair of scissors. One of the characters is going to wake up (or something similar) holding the chopped up paper, and the players can try to piece it...

Grognard translates as grumbler, by the way. (Or, well, according to this brief wiki entry. I've seen it elsewhere but this is the only link I see currently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poilu) Most people tend to define grognard as "Anyone who has been playing just as long as I have, or...

Definite sign of GNS influence. ;) Anyway. Including rules for non-combat activities doesn't necessarily make a game any better. (Incidentally, FATAL has a half page of rules for making soap.) How often do you think people roll that stuff? Incidentally, how often are you rolling for...

2[W] + 15 at level 30, as an at-will, is nothing close to 7[W] dailies with bonus effects. Terribly underpowered I'm afraid. Neat idea but it will likely take a lot of work to be competitive, and I doubt it will see much use -- there are ten year olds playing 4E as-is right now. :)

This thread is needlessly muddied by GNS. I think the OP has a good point. If you want your character to be a carpenter, he's a carpenter. No need for him to be less of an acrobat and less of a pickpocket because he has a backstory. If it comes up during the game, awesome. If you need to...

Also, his claw attack should be a double attack for one standard action.

I just threw a level 3 solo brute at a party of 1st levels, it was close but they took him down. Had some tactical mis-steps as well. He also had 200 hps. I'm not sure where the 412 number is coming from... let me see the guidelines. Even with a con of 20, it would have... ((8*(1+1))+20)*4...

Actually yeah, it's a tad more powerful than several abilities, although I remember gryphons being good... but, at the cost of a feat for Mounted Combat, you should be fine.

I respectfully disagree. The best fix is one that gives you a table, statistically derived, that will do this work for you. 4E isn't about careful allocation of skill points. This is especially true for new DMs who will be using skill challenges -- it is hard to know your group and their...

http://www.filefactory.com/file/4a4885 There's a working link, can't use html on here. (Although, the server is full at the moment.)

You need to remove heavy shields to stop paladins, and fighters with the feat, from having too much AC at first level. If you're going to provide an armor alternative that includes more options, you also need to have it mimic the system of the game more cleanly. Per your 2nd note, having...

This sounds rad... and I always thought Dune was a bit lame!

You could copy the feat, but give a -2 to hit, or a -4 to hit, etc. I'm also very curious to see what people come up with. Polearm gamble is a great feat.

Seconded.