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@Tony Vargas Thank you! I've been waiting a year for someone to come in and tell me how it could work. I never believed 4e was so tightly wound that you couldn't tweak anything without wrecking the fabric of space and time! On the contrary, I think it is easier to do because it is so tightly...

No. Sorry. I lost them when my computer crashed unexpectedly just a few months after I did these before I backed them up. I lost a lot of stuff I had been working on since the pandemic lockdown. It was devastating. I hadn't bothered trying to recreate them since.

So when I say Essentials is a simpler version of 4e, I mean it in terms of being more streamlined and easier to manage for players. As a standalone, you don't need to decide between half-a-dozen or more powers to choose at every level. Plus, Essentials give you more than just powers to choose...

There are a few reasons I think the goblins will work for the opening act. The Daggerburg goblins should be more relevant to the Nentir Vale as a plausible (albeit minor) threat, at least in the area they inhabit. Between the western edge of the Harken Forest and the nearby Withchlight Fens...

Glad to see someone picked up on this! I propose the following changes for "Rescue at Rivenroar": Use Fallcrest for the party's home base. We know that the AP will eventually move the group away from their home base anyway. But the location is central to all points in the Vale, and it is well...

I'm actually playing in an H1 campaign now on Roll20. I'm playing a minotaur fighter/cleric hybrid. Good times!

Scales of War set in the Nentir Vale. Updated for post-MM3/Essentials updates. Go!

The Wisdom of 4th Edition. You can find it throughout the material when you least expect it. So much good and inspiring advice, much of which applies to any edition or game. For example: "The last essential component of a D&D game is fun. It’s not the DM’s job to entertain the players and make...

Oh, that! Yeah, I didn't really care for it myself. It felt like an afterthought without much reason or consequence for it. Maybe they were trying to fill in the last page to make the word count? Or more likely, they needed to throw in a Solo monster because the entire adventure seemed to lack...

Lucky for you, I have one ready: Armor Training FeatsCombat Insight FeatsDivine Devotion FeatsEnduring Stamina Feats [Armor Finesse] [Armor Proficiency: Chainmail] [Armor Proficiency: Hide] [Armor Proficiency: Leather] [Armor Proficiency: Plate] [Armor Proficiency: Scale] [Armor Proficiency...

There are a few leads buried within the text of Madness that provide several possible hooks to lead characters who played through Reavers. I cover some of these in this particular post from one of my related threads, RRH1: Expanding the Iron Circle.

I created it specifically for FG with the intent of using it to run 4e games on that platform. But if you stick with the Heroes of the Fallen Lands/Forgotten Kingdoms, Rules Compendium, DM Kit, and Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium, you already have the most curated version of Essentials in...

Well, my original premise was to lead into Gardmore Abbey. Otherwise, I hadn't given that much thought. I suppose there may be unfinished business between the Harkenwood elves and Daggerburg goblins. But that may be a completely different adventure path altogether. Anyway, I do feel like I need...

If anyone needs a clean slate to work with....

For those who forgot, or just don't know, DMG2 had an entire chapter devoted to Skill Challenges. Let's see if it has any interesting tidbits and/or advice to help. Introduction (pg 78) They (skill challenges) should never replace the roleplaying, puzzling, and ingenuity that go into players’...

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@Joshua Randall Thanks! Glad to hear it was useful to someone else. If I were to pick this up again, what would you (or anyone) want to see next?