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What other D&D editions went up to level 30? How would I know a level 23 monster from previous editions if I saw one? Where would I see one?

Bookmarked. Nice. I've recently learned to roleplay more during combat because my D&D Encounters DM is running the sessions like a boardgame. I've come up with a combat gimmick for my Githzerai Monk, Dak. He fights with a bottle of wine in his hand. (Monk's don't need to spend their starting...

Good to know. I never noticed that. I don't subscribe to DDI anymore so I couldn't check. No one at the table knows either, because I've complained about it several times and none of them have flavor text on their cards either. I'll have to share this with them tonight.

I'm really enjoying playing D&D Encounters because it has introduced me to new people who play the game and they have shown me completely different styles of playing and DMing than I've encountered before. One of those new styles comes from our DM. He is running the session the way I ran a...

Thank you very much!

Can anyone share the full description of the apprentice's mantle from the current D&D Encounters adventure? My character found it a few sessions ago, but I forgot about it until just now (I can't find it in character builder) and I'd like to have it printed out so I remember it tomorrow.

I've been having a great time. We haven't come close to a single death, let alone a TPK. Our regular group has coalesced around my Githzerai Monk, a Deva Avenger, a Human Wizard, and a Swordmage of a race I can't remember. There are two occasional players who play clerics, so we have healing...

The core three are all you need. I was part of a group that played from level 1-20 over the course of a couple years and no one (DM or player) used anything other than the core three. I agree that I've heard nothing but brokenness from using player options. But there are a crazy number of great...

Led Zeppin is not epic enough for D&D? I have no words.

Playing metal while playing D&D is pretty cliche. If you play nothing but metal, you are missing a lot of the best music ever made. It's like only ever playing dwarven fighters without trying other races and classes. Or only ever playing dungeon crawls without ever trying wilderness...

Do you have a link? I'd like to read your experiences. Because I don't understand this at all: By my very rough count, 95% of the ArM5 core book deals with magi: creating magi, creating new spells and items, their running a covenant, their interactions with non-magi on those rare occasions the...

ArM is very suitable to play-by-mail, especially for character creation, covenant creation and management, and the wizard-sitting-in-a-tower parts. This is 80% of the game, in my experience. It is so abstract, time-consuming, and personal (most of the time no one else needs to give input on...

I didn't expect anyone here to take offense at being called an academic nerd. If twisting dials makes you happy that's great; you probably won't have the same problems with ArM that I do.

I did not care for my experiences with Ars Magica 5th Edition. I have played in a tabletop campaign and a play-by-email campaign, both run by a friend who went head-over-heels for it. In my opinion, "playing" Ars Magica felt more like doing homework, or simulating university politics than a...

Thank you very much! They look perfect for my needs. Thanks again.

Anyone have a 4E monster block for Nixies (or a similar fresh water aquatic monster) they're willing to share? I've been holding off on a certain adventure until it was in the official 4E D&D universe (I don't pay for any digital :):):):) from WotC, so DDI/Dragon/Dungeon doesn't count). But...

Are there Nixie's in 4E yet? I have MM1 and MM2 and don't see them in there. I'd really like to know if they've been officially covered in _Dragon_ or _Dungeon_. (I guess that just means DDI now. :-( Obviously I don't pay WotC for anything digital after having been burned badly since, well...

I'm sorry. Really, I was intent on reading this whole thread. I was going to take every post into consideration before I jumped in. But, seriously. At this point it becomes clear that your problem isn't with the fourth edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Instead, your problem is with Wizards of...

You are given a D&D rulebook* and a Sharpie(R)-brand permanent marker. You are told to start crossing out the book a word at a time. You must stop when what is left is no longer D&D. When do you stop crossing things out? At what point does what is left stop being D&D? When do you take a...

This is getting a little off-topic since this is more about miscellaneous skill checks than skill challenges. You are right. But it has worked well in our group and has worked to get some rollers roleing. The DM always has the discretion to reign it in if it gets out of control. It is nice...