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Funny, somehow every gaming group I have been in has had at least one female gamer. ;)

I have bought individual minis from Troll and Toad and had good luck with them. I like the fact that they have them sorted by creature type as well as by set. They also sell bundles of random figures, or themed figures (orcs, or goblins, or whatever). Unfortunately their pictures leave...

I created some spell templates for use with 4E and our hex grid. Mine are printed out on transparency film and I think they turned out pretty well. I threw all of them together into a PDF document along with some illustrations explaining some of my decisions in making them. Let me know if...

I agree that the Helpless condition doesn't make sense taken on its own. To me, based on what the word means, it should be different from Unconscious only inasmuch as you are conscious and aware. Maybe you can take a free action such as speaking (unless you're gagged). The word conjures a...

Perhaps implementing it as a search option in the Compendium is the best option. Make a new search tab (or button) for "Find an Article in Dragon/Dungeon". Have that pull up stuff based on key words, so that it would be easy to find the skill challenge articles, or genasi articles, or new...

It sounds like an intriguing concept Stalker0. Thanks for posting it. I like the thought of characters being able to do more heroic style things in combat, and recharging powers is always fun. Getting rid of status conditions is going to make fights less frustrating for both players and the...

I'd agree that a helpless character shouldn't be able to take any actions, but surprisingly enough, when I looked it up in the PH, it didn't say that. Given that even Dazed means you can't flank an enemy and only get one action, it seems that Helpless ought to impose a worse restriction (no...

I do have Acrobat full version, but as far as I know there's no way to automatically convert from one format to the other. You'd have to do a completely new landscape version (horizontal) of the layout rather than the portrait version (vertical) that we've got now. Same deal for InDesign...

My comments such as they were are not any serious criticism of the project. It's a lot of work to go through and some tough decisions need to be made. I agree that Torrent should have a lot of abilities for just the reason you state - she may be played as a PC in the group. She's not just...

You are correct. When I looked it up quickly I had thought it was an aura effect that dragons were using to cause fear. I was mistaken. My apologies. Auras do not make attack rolls, the effect or damage just happens (the majority of the time).

Telling them they feel the intense heat when they teleport is a good idea. I could start doing that a little as a sign that the effect is intensifying slightly. It will worry them a bit. Worrying the PC's is good for them. :D

When i did my own conversion, I just decided that effect didn't apply to short range battle teleports. Anything over 10 squares will, but not the normal eladrin, swordmage, or feylock 'ports. I didn't want to weaken those as race or class choices (and we have one of each in our current party)...

I got rid of Torrent and replaced her with an NPC that was not intended to travel with the group - she's the daughter of the Doge. I added a Doge to Gate Pass because they wear funny hats. :p As for Lee Sidoneth, I made him the watersoul genasi mentor of the party's genasi swordmage. The...

Thank you for your words most kind, but I would be too unrefined, Did I not credit Master Poe, his cunning Raven and fair Lenore. To fit such complex scheme of rhyme, I admit it took some time, Poe's masterwork sublime is far beyond my talents poor, 'Tis far beyond my limited and meager talents...

By the way... If you want to talk about the merits (or lack thereof) of making metallic dragons unaligned, there's already a thread about it in the 4E rules forums. Thanks!

The Dragon Once upon a noontide sunny, while I watched a show most funny, And pondered whether the hero with the heroine would score, While I chuckled at their singing, suddenly there came a ringing, It set the windchimes gently swinging, swinging at my 'partment door. `'Tis just some kid,' I...

In general even the more useful CD feats in the PH are situational - you cannot choose to use them at any time, but must instead wait for a triggering event to occur. Armor of Bahamut - triggers when an enemy scores a critical hit on you or an ally. Raven Queen's Blessing - triggers when...

When I first started my current 4E campaign, I made a house rule that clerics and pallies got their deity's associated Channel Divinity feat for free. I felt that most of them were highly situational, and you can only use one CD power in an encounter anyway. Furthermore, it was important to me...

Your 1 item per slot rule does prevent the "bag of Dwarven armor" issue that others have mentioned. I'd be a bit concerned about wondrous items, unless you limit those as well. It would be theoretically possible to stock up on a bunch of items that don't fit into a slot, and hence have no...

I have also noticed that the players are hesitant to use the daily powers on items they have, and that they aren't all that interested in items with daily effects. As you say, they are not having fun with the loot they have found. In order to encourage more usage of their daily items in...