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I know you don't have to have the ritual caster feat to use a ritual scroll, but does the scroll remove the level requirement needed to cast the ritual? Trit

Wednesday Boy, exactly the problem we were having. I should have remembered this from my days of playing halflings. Thanks for the update. She loses a die size here (d8 to d6) but at least it's legit now. Trit

My girlfriend created probably her favorite character tonight: A steampunkish Pixie Artificer currently named Sparkplug. The DDI character builder suggested some fun feats, and she jumped at the chance to use a crossbow as an implement. She's taken both the Crossbow Caster feat and the...

While I agree with much that is said above, I'm not a huge fan of having the players find out what they've looted back at town. Or rather, I'm pretty certain my players won't enjoy that as much. I also dislike picking magic items, but may start working in a self-made random system. Asking...

Ah the age old debate. Wish lists, inherent bonuses, take-what-I-give-you... and assuredly many more methods exist. My players have been patient with me of late, as I have been less than on top of handing out treasure. They can expect to find a good hoard sometime soon to make up for my...

While all these suggestions for builds and classes make sense, they don't seem to fit in what you describe your character's personality to be. I can't see someone who exemplifies selfishness being a good defender class. True, your group is lacking one, so if you can justify it (perhaps they like...

Again, I come to these boards for help developing some exciting plot points and adventures. Here's the situation: In my next session, my heroes will learn their supposed kind benefactor, a powerful duke actually has ties to dark cult infiltrating the city. How strong these ties are is unclear...

My first thought was to go with horsemen/plains runners. Mix some barbarian/brutes in with some strikers who can take advantage of the terrain and have incredible movement. Using elves could be an interesting twist, basing them off some Native American cultures. I also like the idea of...

Very solid points, Dr_Ruminahui. His background is a little shaky at the moment. Perhaps it was his father/predecessor who was previously responsible, and perhaps he was killed for his treason. Now Davice thinks his father's actions were just, and his punishment uncalled for. The only problem I...

I've been wanting to throw a Water-Filling Chamber trap at my players for some time now, but I agree the drowning rules aren't... frightening enough to make it actually threatening. With any amount of competence in the group, players should be able to disable or escape the trap (I'm glancing at...

Well the votes are in (along with some awesome ideas) and we have our winner. I feel I should note I'm not just going along with the most popular choice, but by my own ideas and your descriptions as well. I wish I could use all the unique and crazy ideas posted here. But without further ado...

Arctic Wolf - I think those are very very cool ideas, but sadly don't fit into the story I've written so far. I may hold on to them for a later adventure however, just because the idea is too good. The players haven't met any Deva in my world yet, so it would be a perfect way to introduce them...

He's good ol' fashioned human. I feel I have enough noble families who are already involved in the plot, however, and want to add a little more variety into the story. Trit

I don't have many Eladrin in my campaign right now, so including them as a family would be a lot of fun, and open up a lot of potential. I think I can justify power-hungry Eladrin in a human-dominated court as well... doesn't seem too difficult. In some ways I feel it makes them more threatening...

Agreed. They were my first impulse, which usually is a sign for me to think of something more unique. Trit

My players are about to meet a very powerful Noble family, and one of their largest oppositions in their current adventure. A family grudge goes back between one of the character's fathers, and the patriarch of this noble family. Now this family is responsible for his father's disappearance. As...

Back when my game group all lived in the same city (or even on the same coast) we used mostly chess ex maps and other similar types. Occasionally we'd pull out a old board game board (Heroes' Quest, Dragon age etc) for adventures where it was appropriate. Now, since we're playing online we use...

It's funny how easy it is to overlook certain words in the description like "once per day." Thanks for pointing that out! Trit

Glad you're finding it helpful. I can't remember who first showed it to me but it's really changed the way I manage my encounters. I agree I wish it were formatted slightly differently, but since I play most of my games online for the moment, not being able to print out info has never been a...

Update: Just ran the encounter tonight, and had a blast! Mostly my two defender/healers tried to lock down Rolf while Lazarus danced around the wizard and ranger (after being blinded, immobilized etc). The players all got some great shots (including my girlfriend criting both elites with a...