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The swords were ultimately powerful. They didn't give bonuses, they just made things happen. Sheildbreaker didn't give a bonus to your AC, it made you untouchable by weapons, and automatically destroyed them, even if they were other swords of power. Coinspinner didn't give a bonus to luck, it...

The way I've seen it demonstrated was this: Imagine a 240 hp creature, but nothing else special. killing it with blasting: 240 hp is 40d6 maximized, or around 80d6 rolled. I've seen people post how to do this in one round, and it takes a page of explaining, 5 different source books and big...

I've been a fan of the 5 minute short rest in 4e for since I first heard of it, and it wasn't until I started thinking out of the '4e design box' that I've had any compassion for people wanting longer ones, and in fact considered the benefits to longer short rests. My interpretation of...

Its easier to read than many stretch goal/pledge rewards plots I've seen. I think it makes sense and can be followed easily provided two things are clear: 1. Current tally of how many copies of each A.G.E. -( a tracker somewhere that gets updated every few days) 2. How the the number of...

Minor nitpick: Choosing which weapon got the benefit of finesse was 3.0 edition only, 3.5 matches pathfinder in applying to all specified weapons.

Heck, sidebars in general are getting harder and harder for me to notice in print books, because they look too much like webpage side advertisements. My brain will just filter them out. :P

Speed would likely be shown by making it harder to intercept them, easier for them to pop-free or become engaged or intercept, and similar impact on things of that nature. (not familiar enough with the system yet to advise specifics). Two mounted people would likely end up being a net-zero...

What if instead of a spell, the illusionist had cause the foe to believe it had a gaping chest would from an axe. Would the foe's mind be able to cause that level of damage to himself just by believing it had happened? Answer: Only if the spell states it can cause damage. I would look at: 1)...

Thanks again for the advice; what I ended up doing was: 1) Players stayed in initiative, no resting while they explored, but when ever they reached an 'empty' room or a thematic lull in action, they could regroup their figures on the map and choose one thing: spend a surge, regain an encounter...

Thanks for the replies! I agree that this is not a necessary thing to try for 4e, from a mechanics/xp/treasure standpoint, and other systems can certainly do it more easily, but if its possible to do, I'd like to be able to do it in a fun way. Basically the adventure has all these maps and...

So I'm running the "scourge of the Sword Coast" for a 4e group, and several of the scenes involve clearing out castles or towns or whatever in a series of what I would call "Small rooms, small fights" where your have about 14 smallish rooms connected by long halls, and you probably might have...

Yes, thank you for putting it this way, because it explains (to me) why I haven't ever really cared for D&D's presentation of the pantheons. I always want to know "Who is this guy?", because once you have a personality or story for a godling, the form his followers take kinda falls into place a...

I felt strongly that the price I paid for the printed "Murder in Baldur's gate" was too high for what I got. The price for this 'pdf only' offering is much more palatable, as long as the content is equal to or greater than "Murder". Hopefully that is why they did it.

My first experiences with (and thus my formation of views on) NPCs was slightly different than them being weak. In my first few games of D&D, various DMs though it was cool for their characters from other games to be the quest givers, etc. They weren't joining the party or hogging the...

worrying about character Facing is not worth the effort in most D&D games people play. If one needs that extra thing to keep track of to feel like the game is properly simulating the action or rewarding positioning, its nice they have rules for those people. Most people will not benefit from...

I'm very intrigued by the traditions system. Can I just confirm what I've pieced together? (i'm just going to make up names for skills and stats, those don't need confirming, just the basic mechanics) Then I'll ask some questions... What I've gathered: You take a tradition, It gives you a...

"Hi my name is Larrin, and I play 4e. Its been 1 years since I've had a DDI subscription." True story. My experience, for whatever that is worth: What I've found is that while it isn't faster, it is somehow more satisfying to build by hand (for me). I have most of the books, so that helps...

I think that when I miss AEDU, what I'm actually missing is a combination of is feeling like I'm being a [class] with every attack and that my character has combat functionality. This isn't 5e specific, and I actually think 5e does this better then pathfinder, in my opinion. Heck there are...

As part of 4E, I did love essentials too. [I feel for those it burned, though, you have my empathy] Essentials was a weird thing, but I really liked it. Fortunately, no one I played with got tripped up by it. I like alot of things about it, some that didn't even directly relate to D&D. To...

I echo how easy it is to DM in 4e, I have a note book with a 'mosters stat per level' card in the cover and before the session I just jot down defenses, to hit, HP and a few other things appropriate to the level (skill DCs) and That is all I need for prep work on the numbers side, I can just...