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In this thread http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?469005-DMing-quot-Out-of-the-Abyss-quot there was much discussion about the random encounters and sandbox nature of the adventure. I would love to see what other GMs have come up with for their campaigns to put in those open areas...

If you are targeted by another PC's power, can you allow them to hit you automatically? Specific example: Bolts of Bedevilment, Turathi Highborn Paragon power, allows you to target a creature and force them to make a basic attack at a +2 attack with +2d6 fire damage. Since the target is...

I ran some skill challenges for my group last night, using the errata'd skill challenge DCs, but it seemed to both the players and I that the DCs were much too low. Ex: They were 3rd level, so according to errata, the DCs are Easy 5, Moderate 10, Hard 15. On a trained skill, assuming its a...

I thought this would be a fun exercise, and would also give me some ideas for an upcoming session. Scenario: My PCs are trying to get into a Shadowfell version of the local shopping mall. They have just entered a gate hidden behind a Burger King, across the parking lot, facing the mall. The...

Got a whip wielding rogue. I'm wondering if I can flank using one.

So last night, while my group discussed an ongoing campaign, we decided to set it up for the ending. At a real world date set by the GM (me), the game will end. In the campaign, the players are trying to gather the clues that will allow them to stop the BBEG's evil plan. They have to do this...

Players of my game...stop reading. So in my game, the players are after a very large statue that is currently housed in the Tower of the Twelve in Korth. (Eberron setting) To get it, they are going to do a "shadowrun" on the Tower. So now I'm looking for ideas on how to set it up. And...

So I have a 9th level party, with 7 players. A fighter/barb, a wizard, a spirit shaman, a ranger, a monk, a rogue, and one bard. The bard's fighting song, with feats from Eberron, gives the party +3 attack/+3 damage. So assuming all hits: Fighter/Barb: 3 attacks +9 damage Ranger: 4 attacks...

So I was reading the many many items in the Magic Item Compendium and I noticed that the vast majority of them are balanced via uses per day. Some of the items are extremely powerful for a low cost due to this. But does charges/uses per day really balance anything? For my own game, we see...

With apologies to Ashockney At what point does buffing become ridiculous? What would be the effect of limiting it? Does the higher level game assume that all pcs will be this buffed? When I ran RttToEE, I got sick of this particular tactic by the pcs: Wake up at 10am, buff to the gills...

On a personal forum with my players, one of them posted this I like this idea...too many times Ive seen potions/scrolls wasted in a fight, or even worse, a player slaughtered when trying to use one. But how to balance it? The only thing i can think of is timers, like in World of Warcraft...

This may be more appropriate for the House Rules, but considering the discussions regarding magic items, I thought I would post here. I've noticed something about players and the Suggested PC Wealth Guidelines (which i personally call the MSRP). Whenever a GM offers an item through loot, the...

Found these threads to be useful for my own game. (Excuse the references to Eberron areas, thats where my game is set) 1) The lava pits below Sharn. Much like Revenge of the Sith, the players must manuever on low flying harvesters over the lava. 2) An airship flying near the Floating Towers...

"Campaign..meh, but I like my character" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've noticed when folks are talking about a game they are not that invested in, they will inevitably say, but I like my character. The purpose of this thread is to...

As a spinoff of the Andy Collins Design and Development thread. For this thread, Im assuming that you want to eliminate the Big Six. What changes would you need to make to accomplish this without lowering the power level of the game?

So Ive got a creative player, who likes using his Silent Image spell. While I don't want to stifle his creativity, I've been having trouble with trying to handle the effects of the spell (and illusions in general) To give an example: Last night they were fighting a group of Aranea sorcerors...

So, I need some ideas on how a pair of Rakshasas (Rakshasi?) could pose as professors in Arcanix. I put in rules because it mainly deals with how they could stay hidden when True Seeing can see through thier Change Shape ability. So far, all I could come up with is that they use mundane...

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957532.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&p=0 OMG :)

I may have the name wrong. Is there an item in 3.5 that allows a shapeshifter to use magic items in their shifted forms? I remember something from Masters of the Wild that allowed for it. I've got a Hengeyokai in my game that is asking for one. Does anyone have the specs/costs? (I'll house...

So how you handle bringing in new or replacement characters in an ongoing campaign? Previous to the campaign that I just started, I usually just made the player make an equivalent level PC with recommended amount of gear listed in the DMG. This campaign, I'm considering starting them one or...