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This occurred to me after posting, but I could see a daily utility power that allowed you to stack implement effects. I don't think WotC would ever release one because it could be too unpredictable, but in a game with a good DM it could be a fun power and bring back some of the dual-wand flavor...

I always thought the answer was yes, just like wielding a weapon in each hand. The restriction is that you can only use one of them to make an attack. You gain the benefit of choice. Rods and other items with passive effects are a bit different, but I'd make a similar ruling. You can only gain...

There's another thing the DM probably did differently than how KotS words the encounter(s):

I never understood the excitement about buying the print version of Pathfinder Beta. After all the 4e detractors whine and scream about it not being a complete edition or not being playtested enough they then go line up for an incomplete game and the chance to pay to be a playtester. Does not...

I really don't understand people that spend a lot of time on a message board complaining about digital content. This is the new medium. The future. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I have no problem reading from a screen. I've read PDFs of all sorts, comic books, and even novels. There's...

I forgot this was the internet for a second. It was meant to be a friendly remark about being lazy, not a flame from the depths of hell. And it only took me an hour for the first 10 encounters the first time around. The second time took 30 minutes. And under pressure, a DM only needs to scale...

Stop being lazy and scale the encounters properly. Using the new guidelines in the DMG makes it ridiculously easy. The first time I did it it took about an hour to do a third of the module, including some treasure rearranging. Then I started running KotS for another group that needed scaling. It...

I've had to do some scaling for KotS and at least for the encounters that lead up to the characters being second level, the treasure handouts match up with the guidelines in the DMG.

It's hard to say for sure. I've heard they have some freaky multi-server setup for the board servers that never should have been. It could be that they don't have a cohesive platform. Sometimes they seem like a Microsoft shop, but the boards are PHP powered. I've read some things that say PHP...

The main argument seems to be a chicken-egg dilemma. Which comes first? Can DnD be a person's first exposure to fantasy, or did the seed of geekery lead them to DnD? I still say that you'd have to have been living under a rock to not be exposed to the themes of fantasy before. Think about...

This sheet was inspired by the player mats that many european boardgames use for tracking game information. It uses pennies, glass drops, or other tokens to track many of the conditions that change rapidly during combat. After printing it out, fill in the large bubbles with the base values...

It's worth noting that many people consider Star Wars to be closer to fantasy than science fiction. There is almost no actual science in SW. Instead there are wizards (jedi), sword fights, princesses, and dashing rogues. There are elements that we recognize as technology, but the technology is...

I had that exact thing happen to me with a new potential player. My response: They're dragon guys- Tough and scaly with a fire-breathing ability. They make good fighters. Their response: Cool. I want to play one of them! If we're talking collective memory, I might be inclined to believe that...

I can counter that argument with a single children's cartoon: Disney's Gargoyles. All the main protagonists were monsterous humanoids with wings and claws. The series also had adventures in the feywild and dealings with fey that we would call Eladrin. A great deal of the Gargoyle's story...

The five-minute delay between ports and the line-of-sight restriction would make building based on the assumption impractical. Think about our cities and the wonders of electricity. We have doors that automatically open, escalators, and elevators. We don't have those things everywhere, just...

Six pages and I don't think anyone has mentioned the dragonborn= klingon connection? Wasn't Worf so popular that they brought him on board DS9 when that show needed a ratings boost? I don't see how DnD is more out there than any other current fantasy. It's a well established trope that any...

It's all the trolls over there. They pretty much don't moderate, which is why I lurk here now. I think they're down so much because of all the threads they keep rearranging. It could be messing with the database integrity. They could also be trying to get the forum upgraded for better...

Like others here, I think the answer to your problems is the DC chart on page 42 of the DMG. If you want crafting skills, it's easy to make the skill training feat cover them. Otherwise I'd just use a stat check. In the larger view though, I think people lack insight on the world they are...

The ritual casting feat isn't the only way for non-mages to cast rituals. Ritual scrolls don't require any feats because they are "primed" with some of the needed magic. They still require components in addition to the cost of the scroll, plus the relevant skill check. The scroll is consumed...

Gold is on a different scale in 4e than 3e. You don't get nearly as much of it. That 10gp for floating disk is 10% of a 1st level character's starting wealth.