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There are a few feats that seem particularly incredible at first level (the Variant Human gets a feat at first level instead of needing to wait until level 4). Heavy Armor Mastery is great because DR 3 is a large fraction of damage at this level and because magic weapons or the damage types it...

Does my Index of Insightful Posts/Threads http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/282289-index-insightful-posts-threads.html meet the requirements to get stickied? It's a collection of insightful posts about 4e, or posts that aren't about 4e in particular, but could apply to 4e that I...

The title says it all: M&M News: DC ADVENTURES Hero's Handbook Available for Pre-Ordering GR's DC adventures (using M&M's soon to be released third edition) is available for pre-order/pdf. You can pre-order the DC Hero Handbook ($39.95) and get the pdf right now for $5 on top of that. Or...

Hi all, Please link to any posts/threads related to 4e (or just gaming in general in a way that would apply to 4e) that you find particularly insightful, along with a short explanation of what the post says and context if that would help understanding. I will keep this post updated with the...

The pdf for M&M's Silver Age is out: Green Ronin Online Store: Silver Age (PDF) ($15) If you pre-order the physical Silver Age book, ($28), GR will throw in the Silver Age pdf for free: Green Ronin Online Store: Silver Age (Pre-Order) There's no announcement on mutantsandmasterminds.com...

The Mutants & Mastermind's Beginner's Guide is now free on RPGNow and DriveThruRPG. You have to register to download the book, but that only takes a minute. Two notable errors: Megastar's "Combat" stat-line is that of Bolt, duplicated by mistake. His actual combat stats (from Freedom City)...

See http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/UpdateDec2009.pdf. Grasp of the Grave (Dragon) is fixed. Pennant of Heaven's Armies is fixed. Solar Enemy feat had duration clarified to end of next turn. Careful Strike Ranger at-will has been improved. It's annoying that there's no separate "just the...

Major spoiler alert for E3: Prince of Undeath. I’m going to assume people can follow along in the module. The final skill challenge in this module (indeed, the whole final encounter set) is appallingly bad. I haven't seen any reviews or discussions highlighting this point. It's amazing that...

WotC has changed their solo monster design with MM2. See D&D Alumni: Demogorgon. From the previews, it looks like solos are becoming roughly 4x the offense and 4x the HP of normal monsters. It also looks like elites (as well as solos) do not have a bonus to defenses over normal monsters...

The http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4th-edition-rules/253587-d-d-solos-just-not-threatening.html thread in the Rules Forum had me thinking about a major design problems with solos: debuff effects (Stun, Daze, Weaken, attack penalties etc.) effect a solo very similarly to non-solos, but their...

Looking at the Monster Manual, the Medusa Shroud of Zehir is a level 18 skirmisher but has an attack bonus of +15 vs. AC with its short sword. This is likely an error, as this is way too low for a level 18 creature and is the same bonus as a Medusa Archer, so it was probably repeated by...

How would you handle a character throwing an ally in 4e? As best I can tell, there are no throwing rules in the PH; just the carrying capacity rules on page 222. My first instinct was to use Aid Another, but this is somewhat problematic because the check is still based almost entirely on the...

I was reading the description for Dragonhide armor and it struck me that the description and price of Dragonhide armor are completely out of sync. Here’s the description of how you get the armor: Here’s the price: So, to get this straight, you have to kill a Colossal-sized dragon to be able...

What ways do you simplify your D&D game? In the campaign I recently played in, the game was simplified by all of the rules that we didn't use. This isn’t a “X magic item is broken and isn’t in the game anymore” set of house rules based on balance; just things that make it easier to play. For...

Edit- This is in the rules forum. But let's pretend that if this contradicts any of the rules as written, that this is the rules as written. I am going to be away from my regular D&D game for the next few months and as a result had the opportunity to stat out some of our major enemies in...

I don't see a thread on this movie- I think it hasn't come out yet in most places. I saw the movie a few days ago and liked it a lot. I didn't think it was as good as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but very good nonetheless. It was incredibly intense, although the plot was a little weak (it...

First of all, here is Agar's vision cacade spell, from Piratecat’s story hour (all credit goes to Piratecat/Agar for the awesome spell). Vision Cascade Divination Level: Sor/Wiz 6 Components: V, S Casting Time: 1 action Range: Personal Target: You Duration: 24 hours Saving Throw: None Spell...

I was playing a game the other day when the party decided to attack a group of guards. The party is very melee oriented- I play a human monk, there is a half-ogre fighter/barb, a half-orc druid/barb, a dual-wielding elven fighter/ranger, a ratling ninja/fighter, a human cleric and a human...

I was at lunch with some guys from work today and we were discussing a company event over the weekend. One guy mentioned that he plays D&D and can't come because he has a D&D session scheduled. Amazingly (at least to me), all of the other guys at lunch said something like "Oh, I liked the TV...

I designed an 8th level psychic warrior recently who has the feats Speed of Thought, Psionic Charge and Up the Walls. I think I was inspired by The Matrix. However, I am not sure what these feats are good for. They don't seem very useful in general, especially for a character with a high...