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My goal: create a Disciple Focus that allows it to perform minor healing and ranged Leader support while sticking mostly to its controller role. (On the other hand, I'm happy to minimize the amount of custom work or content creation necessary. It will be mostly a drift from the telepathic...

I had the impression that there was no longer a mobile-friendly minimalist front-end for accessing the DDI Compendium, so I made a very modest one: Compendium Search Helper Could easily use more work; a better iPhone style would be great. Code is here: devp's dnd4e-mobile-compendium-helper at...

The Game Chef contest is coming up on its 10th (!) year and is starting next week. (The challenge is: given some randomly selected and soon-to-be-revealed ingredient, write a playable game in about a week.) It's fun to compete, but the real value is in the creative constraint of the competition...

I'd love to add a small mechanic to encourage more in-character banter during combat: nothing major, but just a one-liner or quip and some interaction between PCs to add some color. This is primarily for an online game where it's easy to drift into a quiet/mechanical mode. It's easier to lead by...

I wrote an adventure framework for Dark Sun: "Free Tyr: the First Days. ("Adventure framework" means it's not quite an adventure path; it's more like a layout for an improvised game.) The hook is this: just now, Kalak has been killed, and you're in the middle of Tyr. The situation is changing...

What's a good crafty way to make a 2D printed token suitable alongside 3D minis on a board? I had some purely paper minis that could be folded into a standup triangle, but they weren't all that sturdy. (I thought I was committed to sticking with 2D tokens, but then I started buying a few minis...

Here's my current idea for playing gridless 4E combats. (Either to the exclusion of gridful combats, or with allowing a mix). The idea might allow for different play styles. (I played without minis back in the day, and some still prefer it.) Stick with narratively/descriptively keeping track of...

Is there any standard template or method for fitting 4E power cards onto a business-card size? (I have lots of old business cards I'd like to reuse.) Any ideas on how to do this?

I'm building an encounter where being in dim light or darkness makes you vulnerable to certain attacks. I have: Shroud of Night aura 10; bright light in the aura is reduced to dim light, and dim light becomes darkness. But I'm offering them access to: Shield of Silver Light Power (At-Will)...

In my monthly online D&D game, we've had two sessions and players are in different places in terms of system mastery, specifically about their player roles, synergy, etc. In some cases, stuff regarding their key class features and role. (I think this is because my encounter-designing hand is a...

My players recently completed a quest involving routing some goblin raiders, but there's also been some delightful chatter about helping the goblins throw off the yoke of human oppression etc etc. Indeed, by my game world's logic: goblins as as much inclined to raiding and trouble as humans or...

From what I've read, the only non-RP impact of alignment on gameplay is a few magical items with affinity for similar alignments. Is there anything else? I've been wondering about how I'd want to expand the alignment system, but first want to be sure of what's out there.

Should my Shamans be allowed to have their Spirit Companions up and wandering around when they're out of combat? Should players be allowed to generally benefit from the use of their powers outside of combat? RAW, I believe the answer is no. For my own game, I'd actually like to encourage them...

Has anyone had experience with either of these options in 4E? Once I feel steady at running things at a normal pace, I'm curious how much the game will hold up (with possibly new 4E players) with a higher level start or accelerated progression. I'd like to see if I can cover more of the...