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Play by post is new to me, but I am willing to give it a shot. I have a Dwarven Fighter (Battle Rager), a Half Elf Warlock, or a Half Orc Barbarian that I can use. I am most interested in the Barbarian or Warlock, but I am going to wait until I have a better idea of what the other players will...

I will generate my character in the Character Builder app, and then pass it along to the DM / Eryiedes. So how are we running this, just play by post? END COMMUNICATION

The Page 42 note is exactly the sort of thing that an experienced DM will be able to eyeball on his own. However, it does provide a concrete baseline for damage and DC values, broken down from easy to hard or weaker to stronger. For anyone not familiar with the system, you just say "Hmm, ok, I...

yeah, I will give it a go. I have some interest in using some PHB 3 stuff (Skill powers for instance), but that is hardly a deal breaker. My 'meatspace' game has been badly stalled. END COMMUNICATION

I do use the 'remember me' option for this site. If it is trivially a case of me being timed out / logged out, then why is it when i tried ot manually log out and log back in that I still got the same warning? I strongly suspect it may be a specific browser setting, but I am not sure where to...

Due to life being a great deal more inconvenient then I would like, I have not had the opportunity to run much high level combat (ie: paragon or epic tier). The one time I tried was very cumbersome, but I blame most of that on the game being a 1 off with 2 players running 2 newly created high...

There are a few things I will suggest to someone who is more familiar with pre-3rd edition versions of the game. You are right about the DM screen being very useful. However, you may want to re-read the sections on Bull Rush (PHB 287), Grab / Escape (PHB 290 and 288), Opportunity Attacks (PHB...

I have encountered a problem in the last few days and I am wondering if I am the only person who is having this problem. Periodically when I post a reply to a thread, I get the following message: This tends to happen after I have been logged into the forum for a while. When it happens, it is...

While the fighter can certainly be an effective combatant as is, I think that it would be a good idea to tweak things a bit more than you have. High Durability is a key feature of defenders, and to that end I would suggest knocking the HP and Healing Surge values down to something between the...

I concur with Paul Klein and brainstorm. There are already enough threads on this topic. But this is at least a different sort of question. So I will try to address that question. There are a few reasons that come to mind. 1) It is not the sort of problem that can be fixed by a simple...

Now that has to be the most unique cause of any sort of Grind that I have heard here. I suspect that 4e is much more prone to this problem then 3e becuase no one really ever chooses to make Basic Attacks. However, in all fairness, not every character would bother purchasing a Bow and Arrow in...

That is exactly the point I wanted to make, though I did not spell it out as clearly. Again, total agreement regarding the consequences of your players actions. That is what I meant when i said However, I am of the opinion that having a PC get dropped, even for a few rounds, is a...

Fair point, though I think build may not have been the optimal choice of word (though I would still consider that an element). Party composition has a pretty strong effect on the specific tactics available. Specific build options can have a large impact on party mobility. Focusing fire on a...

I have my copy already. I got mine at Valet de Coeur in Montreal. There are also copies at Indigo's. I thought it was already fully released. END COMMUNICATION

I tend to blame the combination of HP and high AC myself, with AC being more substantive. High HP can take a which to force through. But an AC that is too high ends up leading to wasted / missed powers. Even if a power has a miss effect, it often leads to not having conditional effects...

Fun idea to use as a starting point. A trivial idea would be to implement whatever you want from Eberron (Lightning Rail, fleet of airships). Here are some other ideas. Grand Colleseums: If I were said emperor, I would be inclined to build a mighty colleseum. Large enough to stage massive...

I suppose that is another potential element to avoid. High level monsters (Elite or not) will hit more often. If the monster has a single target attack that does heavy damage, no big deal. It will probably not cause too many problems due to healing surge availability. But area of effect...

Fair points, but I would point out that how often you want your players to hit does hinge on how many opponents the PC's need to deal with. Against an elite or solo, that may be viable. But a 25% hit rate (on average for all PC's present) in a fight against a mass of level X-3 could also very...

I will not deny that using higher level monsters can result in exellent encounters that have a great mix of tension, risk, and player involvement. At this point, I am implying (with only anecdotal evedence at best) that using such monsters will generally increase the risk of running a grindy...

In Theory, Theory and Practice are identical. In Practice, they are not. Agreed. However, as a game it is the nearest convenient point of comparison I can come up with. The rest of your comment has one element that I want to focus a bit on, so empahsis within is mine. Everything you have...