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I'm going to start taking my players through Digging For Lies next week... I'm looking forward to it! One thing I'm confused about, though: How do the players prevent the portal from rupturing at the end? I've run through all the scenarios and I don't see any way for them to not end up killing...

I'm going to start running Zeitgeist soon-ish and I want to start off with a good mood-setting movie. I'd also love to have some music for character creation and similar. What would be good?

Are magic items really broken? Let's find out! Here's the challenge: Using the October playtest rules, make the most broken level 5 character you can: For abilities, use the standard array on page one of the Character Creation document. For equipment, you get the following (in addition to...

My group has been slowly playing through War of the Burning Sky and having a great time. Before starting each adventure, I create a "cheat sheet" that summarizes the adventure. I've attached them below--I hope they're useful! Erm... and it should go without saying, but SPOILERS. Latest update...

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the 4e Character Builder? I've tried with Firefox and Chrome, and in both browsers it just shows me a blank white screen after Silverlight finishes loading.

Here's a cheat sheet for WotBS #6. I've listed all the major episodes in the adventure (3e & 4e) with their combat encounters (3e & 4e), treasure (4e), and skill challenges (4e). Spoilers.

Last night's game. (Minor spoilers for WotBS.) The party descended into the valley, evidence of the mad monks' biomancy all around them. The horrid screams of misshapen creatures echoed in the distance. Their destination: a tower they had glimpsed peeking over the treetops. The valley's...

I've been trying a new house-rule for improving 4e combat, inspired by @Rechan (I think) and 5e, and it's working really well. I call it "Skirmishes & Set-Pieces." It's a new "combat module" that's meant to supplement standard 4e combat. The great thing about 4e combat is the tactical depth...

I love ENWorld's adventure paths as much as the next person, and I don't mind the auto-linking of WotBS and Zeitgeist... but the auto-linking of "Adventure Path" is driving me crazy. It makes posts hard to read and often people are talking about Pathfinder's adventure paths, which are a...

Onward to WotBS #5! Here's my spoiler-iffic episode summary.

Inspired by the "nod to realism" thread, what are some of the cool stunts you've seen in 4e? By "stunt," I mean anything that's interesting and requires DM adjudication. I'll start. In last week's Encounters session, we had to capture a pair of unicorns. We weren't very diplomatic and got into...

I'm going to run Sersa V's Crucible of the Gods this Tuesday. My group has years of experience with 4e (except one player) but is completely new to Fourthcore and old-school playstyles in general. Any suggestions for me?

SPOILERS ahoy, cap'n! I'm about to run my players through The Battle for Gallo's Fend (Act IV of The Mad King's Banquet) and I love the Paragon-tier feel of the battle. The actual encounters as written... not so much. So here's an attempt at improving things. Please critique! Goals: I want to...

I really like the new random generation technique for treasure parcels. I like not having to plan out a whole level's worth of treasure at once, and I like the way it scales to larger and smaller parties. What I don't like is the amount of dice I have to roll and the need to look up the...

My group is about to start WotBS #4 and I've prepared an episode cheat sheet as usual. I've attached a PDF if anyone's interested. Massive spoilers, of course.

After reading PirateCat's awesome description of his Grey Guard campaign's transition to the Paragon tier, I want something similarly memorable for my group. Adventure #4 doesn't really do that well. They're just about to arrive in Seaquen, and I don't track XP (I just tell them when they level...

I've put together a companion character handout for Katrina (from Shelter from the Storm). I rebuilt her as an evocation mage from Heroes of the Fallen Kingdoms and mixed in a few other tweaks. Enjoy!

(SPOILERS) I have my players run all of the companion NPCs in WotBS, so I make little half-page handouts for each one. Generally, I want to downplay the combat effect of the NPCs--by the time they reach Seaquen, they'll have collected five companions--so I simplify the combat stats and include...

There is a squidload (that's the grandma-friendly version) of NPCs in Shelter from the Storm. By my count, there are 19 recurring NPCs and 35 episode-specific NPCs. I love the detail, and it can be a bit overwhelming. To help myself keep track of it all, I made an NPC reference sheet, and I...

As a mostly sandbox adventure, Shelter from the Storm is pretty complex. To understand it better, I made a cheat sheet detailing each of the episodes in the adventure and where they fit together. I thought I'd share it here in case anybody else found it useful, too. Updated, 23 Jan: Changed...