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My group of 5 players is going through the Lost Mine module using the Pregens (2 wizards instead of 2 fighters) and were able to do something unexpected 3 sessions in: burn down the Stone Giant Inn. They spent a week in Phandalin after rescuing Sildar reflecting on their previous encounters -...

Inspired by this post; [/I] .. I have been wondering about some other common house rules to speed up play and spice things up a bit. For instance, how do you feel about making Skill Checks a free action during (non-skillchallenge) encounters? This would probably encourage more heroic...

Age old question I'm sure, but I wasn't able to find a clear answer; when counting two encounters to (re)gain an action point, do you include the last encounter an action point was spent? e.g. the party win two encounters, one vs a troll and one vs a brigand band. a player spends an action...

Hi My novice band of players just finished the Kobold Hall which I fluffed up to some extent, and I'm going to have them summoned to Harkenwold for the whole Reavers business. Unfortunately, these guys are about 50xp short of lvl2 and they are all itching to gain new powers and skills. Now I...

A brand new 1st level Wizard, which of these two At-Wills would be better? I rolled one for one of my players and I instinctly chose MM as it has been the wizard's bread&butter since forever. But after playing two sessions and more careful reading, I fail to see the MM's advantage over Ray of...

Hey all, After some ferocious googling and reading a few threads here I decided to register in hopes of getting some much needed advice. Me and four friends are about to embark onto the unpredictable waters that is 4E. I've played 3E some 10 years ago for a while and also DMed for a bit. The...