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no... I hope there is no drow or genasi in the PHB 2....they stated they will be in the FR player's book so let's not have a stupid 2nd write up for it. Lets have something new. Sanjay

lots Since following 4E since the day of launch of info..aug 16 or whatever it was...i have gone essentially over every aspect I can think of with my players...to gauge thoughts/ideas, etc. Overall, it's coming to the point that several major concerns came out (some of which from talking to...

It depends on the players I think it all depends on the players style .... For example, if they are the type who charge into rooms and want a campaign to = 1 fight after the other like WoW or something, sure..some spells and effects probably reduce their fun. If they act part in the game...

hmmm Is it just me, or does anyone else see experienced DMs spending just as much time creating custom creatures? Not less...since so many things may have been removed that DMs want back, they have to spend time adding the extra crunch as someone mentioned (the vampire example), back? Me, the...

oh well... ANything players don't like just means more house rules for them, and less house rules for the people who like the changes. Overall, nothing has changed from older editions. Sanjay

hmm Kamikaze -- i find tons of creatures seem to have lost 'the cool' so just house rule them back :) I've already got spreadsheets in the works for further and more pronounced changes to devils, demons, angels to make them truly how we envision them and have powers that we think they should...

... no spells are problem spells if the DM is experienced enough to handle them in the campaign and he/she thinks about what to do about them before allowing them in the campaign, if they do/do not desire. Sanjay

what we found what we have done is not that they advance faster...but wizards who defile have their spells being enhanced with the power the absorb from nature (and killing the environment around them)... What this does is a spell may do an extra d6 of damage as an example. Honestly, it's...

problems Defiling was a major story element for dark sun. The concepts I see here are totally destroying that. It is easy enough to convert settings to 4E, but still keeping elements you wish from setting such as Dark Sun. There is no real reason to change it. With what we have done for our...

hmmm interesting..but once again....my expanded devils, demons,angels, and dragons write up can't come fast enough for us :) Sanjay

moving We haev done away with the squares and are going to a measuring tape movement method. More accurate, and no more player questions for where they can move. 1 inch = the square on our tiled board = unit of measurement. Yes, the board is still a grid, so it's easier for me to draw on it...

hmmm we got around stupid stuff like that by creating our own called shot/critical hit system based on the 2e combat & tactics detailed crit hit system. it allows for slitting throats, blinding people, cutting off limbs, etc... We're just going to move that over into 4E since it can be...

it is required Rule 0, is required and any game without it just isn't as flexible. A situation will always occur that there is no written rule for. Our campaign has tons, due to the strange stuff, and sometimes simulationist level our games reach. An example, my players were about 2 miles...

hmmm yeah..i'm housing ruling this.... *adds it to the list* non-corporeal undead, and mindless stuff like zombies/skeletons are immune to sleep. Vampires...gotta think about it a while longer... really don't like the dumbing down of some stuff in 4E..but oh well. Having creatures that are...

i think a few house rules for druids and elementals for our games and I really like the direction for it... Sanjay

was thinking of it I was thinking of adding a type of vancian system on top of the 4e system however, i turned away from that. Instead, players and I have decided on total rewrites of the wizard, and cleric classes, with some changes for the warlock. These will fit in better with our visions...

easy We're just doing straight character conversions as per the table below for the party: * Dwarven Lycanthrope werewolf fighter --> conversion to fighter of same level, lycanthrope rules will be converted if do not exist in 4E OR will just keep using the 3.5E rules since most is very similar...

yes To the person whoasked (sorry, forgot whom)... Yes, the warriors did get to fight instead of just doing support roles. The one who got grabbed actually power attacked the dragon...but didn't do near enough to slice right through the arm, etc and thus got grabbed a couple rounds later. As...

yuck this gives more examples of what I see as 'artificial tactics'. When I say artificial, I mean tactics that aren't really true tactics, but abilities (that don't really have any reason to do what they do) that force a situation that shouldn't be. FOr example, if the Warlords' powers were...

well the best way they could have done this IMHO, is to have the base monster...and then a list of stuff you can replace...so several powers, spell abilities, items, etc. Instead of wasting a full page for a similar monster with more hp and a replaced attack ability. Hell, they could even...