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The Rogue|Assassin + Warlock is intriguing. It has oodles of flavor! Here's my modified version at level 4 with a purchased level 1 weapon and level 3, 4 and 5 magical items. Also purchased lots of stuff to augment a master of disguise and deception theme. ====== Created Using Wizards of the...

Rel, Thank you for putting so much time into this thread. Being a new GM but long time player myself, I've learned a lot from your story telling. The most significant take-away for me is to give players the tools to be amazing and trust that they won't disappoint. Of course I am also using...

No crunch here, just fluff and RP opportunities that I have liked in the past. With a small party at low level: - Use artillery minions that are protected by terrain. Minions are just as dangerous as other strikers if you can't reach them easily. - Use a controller that is protected by soldier...

making loot fun in 4e Number 1 rule for me is "Magic items should be special". Either the way they get it, what they get it from, why they get it, or something unique about the object itself. It could have lore that you share about it, or a special significance to the PCs backstory. This helps...

I'd suggest halving the shield take a certain amount of damage and then being destroyed. After they destroy it the BBEG retreats to a protected location that is visible, while he summons more demons. Move into a skill challenge that pits the party against a ritual that protects the BBEG in a...

Status Effects, Minis, Glory Hounds OK so here goes... Status Effects Status effects present my greatest annoyances in 4e. - They're are a lot of them flying around combat at the same time - Some have been errata'd (changed at a mechanical level) since the game first came out. This led to the...

Encounter help and campaign ideas Encounter help Go to Sally Beauty Supply or some such place. Buy a bag of tiny multi-colored rubber bands. Cost: $.69 for 250-odd markers of various colors that you can hang or lay on any mini/counter imaginable. Separate into zip-locks and give to the person...

DMing - 4 weeks to greatness Week 1: - Make characters - Put players through a short encounter to learn the ropes - Give them some "plot hooks" as part of the loot - ex.: The kobold leader had a necklace with a strange symbol on it. all you need to know as GM is what it...

Shipwrecked and Shiftless: Act 2: "Flotsam and Jetsom" Act 2: Flotsam and Jetsom Special Notes: Brez could not attend so it was two leaders and a striker for this session. Scene 1: Shipwrecked and Shiftless The relative silence is punctuated by the dull thump of debris on the oceans surface...

Session 1 Technical Notes The Krakken was composed of 3 creature types: The head: (1) Level 3 elite controller based on a Blue Slime stat block The clawed tentacles: (2) Level 2 soldier based on Bloodthorn Vine The primary tentacles (8) Level 2 minion controllers based on deleveled Vine Horrors...

The Cast of Characters Aleck, Human Warlord Brez, Human Wizard A most-of-the-time DM who is excited to play as opposed to run the game. Seems set on playing pranks with prestidigitation, etc. Should be fun! It wasn't that Jetberry's moral compass was broken, it was that she never had been...

Shipwrecked and Shiftless Title: Shipwrecked and Shiftless Author: Robtheman Number of Threads: One Type: Fantasy/Horror System: D&D 4e Setting: Homebrew with nods to 4e Points of Light Started: 6 July, 2010 Status: Ongoing Average Installment Length: Medium Average Frequency of Installments...

<The first post is brief but subsequent posts will have a more narrative style.> This adventure begins on the high seas. The party travels to Kalidan, First Island of Alpasha, where a new trade accord between the crumbling human empire and the leaders of the various Alpshan Fleetmasters will be...

I'd like to see EnWorld's collective vision of Cthulhu as a 4e statblock. Eager to see the results.

Combat tactics and initiative I gather that in previous versions it was the melee strikers (fighter/rogue/barbarian etc.) that wanted to go first, because you had more hps, higher AC, etc., and the baddies basically moved about and hit whoever they wanted to. Because of the focus on roles...

Thanks Thanks for all the thoughtful responses. =) I learned a fair bit from it.

Thanks Thanks for the update Rel. =] To the other avid readers, where do you think the gate takes them?

more pl0x Hi! I've been reading this campaign avidly for the past two days. I'd love to hear it turns out. As far as the mechanical analysis is concerned, I've learned a lot from reading both your and Piratecat's experiments with skill challenges. I plan to improve countless elements of a...

Yes sir, but as soon as you got hitched you were demoted from Elite to Minion. =( jkjk

A fun possibility, with one major House Rule requirement Hi! Hope you like this. I got so into the character I may play him next. The premise is a vampire/undead hunter who was tainted during his adventures as a youth while exploring an ancient crypt. In an attempt to remove his curse he...