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Regarding players calling out powers and feats you don't understand: 1. Make them read the full power to you. They should have this at hand. It's 2010; everyone should either have access to a text editor or the character builder and a printer. Of course, this doesn't mean they didn't pull the...

Fan-fraking-tastic account of lessons learned running a 4E campaign for 2.5 years across 100 sessions from Mike Shea over at Critical Hits. Must read for 4E fans, IMHO. What I Learned Running a 1 to 30 D&D Campaign by Mike Shea

Seems like I'm the only one who has no problem whipping up characters by hand, but finds the character builder complicated and annoying to use.

When creating a character, bookmark pg 32-33 in Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms. Is there any step in particular that is causing problems? Regarding ability checks, refer to pg 101-109 in the Dungeon Master's Book. <==GoodStuff This is also covered in the DMGI (in particular, see pg 42), but...

"Equipment", not "Equiptment" The pdf calculations don't seem to work with Preview on OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). What do I need to make them work right? Aside: Why in the world would you post a pdf inside a rar? Bizarre. Otherwise, looks pretty good.

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I haven't run anything remotely near epic tier. Most of my games happen in and begin and end with the adventure, not the campaign. Additionally, my play group tends to vary adventure to adventure with lots of new players. That said, I think people approach epic the wrong way. You can't "win"...

A1: The description of the D&D world is very similar, though more fleshed out in the DM Kit. The combat rules are repeated completely, from what I can tell. The DM Kit has about 1/5 of its pages dedicated to running the game, which really isn't covered at all in the RC. About 1/4 of the...

Essentials first. See my initial impressions, but I'll expand my thoughts here now that I have a few months experience. Rules Compendium: It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date version of the rules. A fantastic product that I recommend everyone playing 4E pick up and use. Heroes of the...

This is very, very dangerous. It works with iTunes because Steve Jobs is almost superhumanly focused on making the entire experience, from shopping to buying to using to upgrading to etc., better for his customers while making the behind-the-scenes business stuff as efficient as possible...

The write-ups include Spy, Illusionist, Assassin, and Entropist. There are two different Gnome tokens. Gnome Illusionists and Gnome Spys are used in the adventure Cairn of the Winter King. Best of all, the reading between the lines of the flavor text gives a wonderful nod to true believers...

In my opinion, the rules updates--especially to the PHB and DMGs--are worth adopting almost entirely across the board. For the most part they clarify intent and fix broken things. * As such, I highly recommend everyone who plays 4E pick up the new Rules Compendium. It is a great book. It...

D&D, 4th Edition in a nutshell: If a character wants to do something that has a chance of failure, they roll a d20. The result of the roll may be modified up or down (depending on the character's abilities, the situation, previous planning and preparation, etc.). The DM picks a target number...

Has anyone here tried splicing Ars Magica's (the 5th, latest edition's) magic spell and item creation rules into 4E as a replacement or addition to the ritual system? I ask, because I was feeling a little mopey about the loss of rituals in Essentials, and pondering what felt like lack of...

For a dedicated DM (this is your hobby, you **will** be spending your discretionary budget on D&D 4E) all of the DM Supplements are worth purchase, as long as you apply rules updates. Maybe you should buy some before others if you are starting from scratch and are cash-flow constrained (buy...

Let me take a tangent off of this: 4E powers with the weapon or implement keyword should not work if you don't have a weapon or implement equipped. The blanket ruling to the contrary closes design space. How I wish D&D R&D were learning more lessons from Magic R&D.

"Lay flat binding"? Give me a fraking break. It lays **marginally** more flat than RC or HotFL. If lay-flat is so great, why wasn't the RC or the HotFL bound in it, either of which should receive waaay more use than the DM Book? Aesthetically, I think the glossy DM Book cover looks worse than...

Does it have rules for creating monsters? Are those rules **anywhere** in Essentials? Has DMGp184 been recreated for this edition?

My D&D Essentials Dungeon Master's Book is falling apart. The cover is coming off the spine. I give the front and back pages another few accidental drops, quick flip-throughs, or a single poorly placed carry in my DM bag before pages start falling out. The whole thing is bent and wavy such that...

I like gnomes. Mod edit: Grandma-unfriendly image removed. Please don't post images like that on EN World. Thank you. ~Umbran