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My group has three strikers, two leaders, and a defender. They tear through just about everything. To keep things interesting, I have intelligent monsters avoid the fighter as much as possible, and focus fire on one of the "squishies." They know the fighter will lock them down, so they avoid...

-What level are you? 5th level. Started with H1 in October and then moved to Scales of War (Bordrin's Watch) afterwards. -How long do you play for? 2.5 to 3 hours, once per week. -How many combats do you play? About two. -How long do they take? 60-90 minutes, with climactic battles taking...

For maximum customer satisfaction, you should also announce that you have carefully considered their game preferences, and how to best sabotage them, in the design of that month's materials. (Personally, I would be much happier if people who have not read an article would refrain from...

Guidelines for making up riddles & puzzles have already been published in the DMG, so I wouldn't expect it to be in MM2. Perhaps you could provide an example of what would make you happy.

Zero of seven at my table (all fifth level). Admittedly, they haven't had a chance to buy a feat since it came out. Some have expressed vague interest in getting it eventually, but even they are more interested in other feats first. None of them have a particularly hard time hitting, and...

I had the same problem. I thought I'd have to reinstall, but first I went into the program folder and randomly clicked on some of the .exe's there. Eventually it worked.

It's in the skills section of the PHB, but it isn't obvious. For my game, I made a little reference booklet to try to make all the combat actions easier to track--see below. It sounds like your interpretation of Stealth is a bit messed up. Stealth doesn't grant concealment; it requires it, and...

I've been self-employed for eight years, and from that I've learned one important truth: getting noticed (aka "marketing") is $#@!$ hard. Without any ill-will whatsoever, I predict he will make $0 from non-friends and family. I hope I'm wrong, and I haven't been following the thread lately.

Don't forget Monkey Steals the Peach.

I'm a big big fan of Fiery Dragon's counter collection digital. (Don't have the link, but google it.) I tried some of the 3D stand-up ones (even bought some), but the art wasn't as good and it took more effort to make. With Fiery Dragon's, I print out on cardstock, paste to foam-core for added...

I've been doing a lot of focus-fire lately, particularly against the back rank (with one monster distracted by the defender). One round of attacks is generally enough to bring a (5th level) PC just barely away from death. It's so consistent I think the system was balanced for this type of...

I love, love, love the counter collections. I recommend the "Digital" collection--it has everything as individual files, which means you can print out exactly the monsters you need. Saves ink and paper. A PDF template is included that allows you to arrange them on the page. Just one gripe: I...

To be fair, the party ran. :p It might have ended up a grind after all. (But I suspect not; they were hitting easily and did have a cleric to turn off one wraith at a time.) My main point is there's nothing like the fear of imminent death to make fights more excitin'. Lately I've been doing...

I don't have my books, but I thought it was more than the cost of a magic item of level n. I seem to remember that the DMG treasure per level is equivalent to one magic item per person + a bit of "walking around money" per person. If I'm remembering correctly, and assuming the walking around...

I just recently had my level 5 party fight wraiths, and it was anything but a grind. I had all the wraiths gang up on the rogue at once. Pow--down to 3 hit points in one turn. The cleric healed him, and Turned Undead, but the party could see the wraiths regrouping and straggling back to hit the...

Thirded. Looking forward to this!

I said "just right," but our weekly sessions are on the shorter side (three hours), so it comes out to a level about once every 4-6 weeks. That seems in line with what other people are saying they want. Maybe the sweet spot for level advancement isn't based so much on XP but time? As a side...

I've done one that's worked marvelously in actual play. I started by trying to use the disease track, but ended up just using item mechanics. Orcweed Consumable Item Power (Consumable): Once per encounter, chew this leaf to gain a +5 bonus to basic melee attack and damage rolls (save vs...

No, it should add it right away, depending on the speed of your connection. If you see this again, can you email the devs about it? (join_the_beta at virtualbattlemat.com). I'm not actually on the VB dev team anymore, so it's best if you talk to them directly about this sort of thing. Do you...

Just go about your business, pretend if I'm not even here... watching... judging... waiting to strike...*ahem* Like I said, I'm not even here. (PS: We're not really monitoring game threads. I just happened to look in on this one at a convenient time. If you have issues with VB, don't just post...