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    Battlefield Elocution and Bards

    Battlefield Elocution seems like a in game fix for player behavior, i.e. the habit of discussing my plans with the other players who's characters are on the far side of a large battle. But an idea, admittedly abusive, occurs to me... Many bard abilities and powers require (in the game world)...
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    4th ed diviner

    I am feeling a bit nostalgic about 2nd edition (don't ask why, I have no answer), and one of the things i remember most fondly is the schools of magic. Most specifically, I miss the applicability of divination in combat. So I am playing with the idea of the Diviner, an Arcane Leader class...
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    Good DM's?

    There is a thread a little further down about what a DM does that ruins a game, and that is a perfectly reasonable and helpful forum to a new Game Runner. I found a lot of things that I shouldn't do. Now I was hoping for a list of "things a GM should do." Not items specifically to a system...
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    Paladin of Love

    Just as an exercise, I was trying to build a paladin of some love god/dess. The main concept being that his powers would derive from the multiple aspects of love, both positive and negative. Hence, the challenge would manifest as an overwhelming feeling of jealousy, the buffing powers would...
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    DM's: How much is enough/too much?

    My gaming group and I were discussing the potential running of Mage: the Awakening, and, since I am the most familiar with the setting and mechanics, I am the volunteered Storyteller. So I have been thinking about it. And the biggest thing I have realized is that I haven't really run a game...
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    Marking

    This may be an over thought question, but, in my never ending quest for clarity, I thought I would ask for answers here. When reading up on the sword mage, I noticed several powers that mark the target, but, under certain conditions will mark the target with a particular aegis. This struck me...
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    Minor Action (save ends)?

    Hi folks, long time listener first time caller here. I've been exploring new characters lately, and I find that the warlock has a few abilities that are sustainable with the tag (save ends) at the end. A good example is Crown of Madness (Daily level 5; PHB). It states: "Sustain Minor: The...
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