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I have the D&D Online subscription which gives me access to all sorts of published adventures in Dungeon Magazine. However, there is no good way for me to know what adventures are available for the level my PCs are at, or that match the settings / themes of my campaign. Is there a decent...

I have a wizard player that has been requesting to be allowed to rotate his area bursts to not align with the grid. This would allow him to "sneak" his bursts in to either hit more enemies, or hit enemies while avoiding allies, where the standard mechanics would not. Obviously this improves...

I just started a new campaign. For the most part I prefer to keep all the PCs at the exact same XP so it is easier to keep track of, easier to balance encounters (since everyone is at the same level), etc. However, I do struggle when I want to reward the players for things that they do as...

A lot of shaman powers read something like "each ally adjacent to your spirit companion gains XYZ". Does the shaman himself count as an ally of his spirit companion? Or does he not gain the benefit because it is actually his power and it doesn't read "you or one of your allies". Thanks, ~ Justin

I recently started a new campaign and one of my PCs is playing an assassin. After the first gaming session we had some mechanics questions that I'm hoping you guys can help out with. - The assassin's shroud reads thusly: "Before you make an attack roll against the target, you choose to invoke...

I'm starting up a new campaign and one of the guys in my group has a character concept in mind for a warforged fighter-type that wields a massive two-handed greatsword and does mega damage. He initially built the character as a fighter but since fighter is designed to be a defender and not a...

I was applying a class template to a creature, and I realized I'm not sure how to calculate attack bonuses for powers that the class template would add. For example, the creature I was using had an attack that was +8 vs. Fortitude. I was adding a cleric template and wanted to give him Cause...

Are there any creatures that are long, i.e. 2x1 squares or 3x2 or anything like that? Based on reading the Size entry MM pg. 6 it seems that all Large creatures are 2x2. But that seems odd to be me when you consider creatures like dire wolves, or horses. Seems to me like they should be 2x1...

Hello, I have completed a beta version an iPhone-compatable website for searching the D&D Insider Compendium. Right now it only supports searching monsters, but if there is enough interest and usage of the tool I will most likely expand it to include other things that can be searched using the...

I had some archers on the roof of a 10' building in a recent encounter. The PCs wanted to jump off after they dispatched with the archer. I read through the rules and it seems that if you jump 10' you take falling dmg, and you are automatically prone. This is true even if you voluntarily...

Hello. I'm trying to adjust a monsters level for the first time. I want to use a Bulette in an encounter. My 6 PCs are 4th level so I thought I'd bring the Bulette down to 6th or 7th level. So I am looking at pages 184-185 of the DMG to try and figure out the right numbers. But the current...

I'm using the character builder and when I ask it to use level appropriate gold for an 8th level character it is giving 2600 gold. Where in the rulebooks is this amount coming from? The only thing I could think to do is add up the treasure parcel amounts of levels 1-7 and divide by 5 but it...

A couple things bother me about the way rituals are laid out in the PHB. The fact that seemingly anyone can cast a ritual from a scroll without meeting any prerequisites, and the fact that you don't seem to have to be *trained* in the skill that a ritual uses. Am I reading the rules right, or...

Not sure if there is a rule on this or if it is just up to DM discretion, but I'm curious to hear how people hand this. If you have minions in an encounter, do you let the PCs know that they are minions? I haven't been, but because of this, the PCs don't necessarily go for them first, and they...

Hello. I was looking the other day to figure out what the rules were for firing a ranged weapon, such as a bow, into melee. From what I can tell there are no penalties. This assumes you are firing at an enemy with only allies between you and the enemy. Allies do not grant cover to enemies...