Search results

Don't even know if this is the right forum or not, but here goes... I thought the author of astralsea.blogspot.com also showed up here. I was using his commentary on the beginning of the Scales of War AP to help me tweak. It was an awesome set of comments. I'm a little underprepared to DM...

I've started a campaign of Night's Black Agents and last night saw our first mission. Prior to this, I've played short scenarios (more like extended scenes than full "adventures") and I've read all the scraps of advice I can dig up. Overall, the mission went well and everybody enjoyed it. I...

Had an epiphany of clarity and wanted to make sure it was right. We have a Berserker Barbarian in our game and he does loads of damage, even in "Defender Mode." So much so that our Striker player sort of complained about it. So I was trying to crunch the numbers and see where the problem...

I thought I understood monks, weapons, and ki foci, but the builder has me confused. One of my players has a monk with the ki focus expertise feat. On each of his power cards, he has 4 lines for attack bonus: Monk Unarmed Strike Ki Focus Quarterstaff Ki Focus Monk Unarmed Strike I don't get...

At level 2, a wizard gets 2 Utility powers, but can only prep one per day. If he chooses a Utility Spell and a Skill Power, can he still only prepare one of them per day, even though one is technically not a spell?

I've only been playing 4e for about 8 months, and primarily that has been running 2 campaigns: a skype campaign with a single player running 5 characters and a game with my 6-year old who is also running 5 characters Thus, I've been able to get at the mechanical fun of 4e, but haven't had...

What have you done with genasi if you have used them in a non-FR campaign? I have a genasi character coming into a traditional D&D 4e PoL campaign and I'm trying to help with the character's background. I'd like to keep the genasi as an actual race (rather than the genasi character being some...

4e changed the origins and descriptions of half-orcs in interesting ways. However, because they are so different from previous editions, art for them has been very hard to come by. Does anyone have any links to the more-human-looking half-orcs of 4e, besides the art in PH2? Or even stuff that...

Am I missing something or is the Berserker's Defender Aura just completely better than the Weaponmaster's Combat Challenge? They both seem to allow a free melee basic with shift or attack, but the Berserker does +1d8 damage. What does the Weaponmaster get?

I'm putting together a new game and it looks like we'll have 3 or 4 players. If we have 3 players, we are going to use a Companion. But for the 5th, we'll likely use a DMPC. Now, before I continue, I can ignore all the groaning about DMPCs. We've used them in all of our campaigns, and it's...

Does anyone know of any blogs that focus specifically on 4e AND are still active? I'm a comparative newbie to 4e and I wanted to read reflections on the game, especially from people who are choosing to stick with it. Everyone I've found so far has either moved on, stopped exclusive discussion...

I've been looking around for it: does 4th have a rule for a character to pull another character free of a Grab? The specific context was a dying character trapped in a gelatinous cube. I ruled it as an Athletics test with a DC 5 higher than normal, but thought for sure a game as tight as 4th...

Please feel free to point me elsewhere if this is an old question. I've only DMed through 7th level. In that time, I use new monster math if I have it available (e.g., in the MV) but otherwise I ignore it. Thus far, I see that monsters are more dangerous but not much easier to defeat. If I...

Am I correct that Dungeon has only had two (4th ed) Adventure Paths: Scales of War and Chaos Scar? Aside from the "pseudo-AP" that is the HPE series, did WotC officially release any other APs? I'm presently running a homebrew game (with Dungeon Delve giving me some easy framework for each...

Two unrelated monster questions: 1) Are there any good adventures out there that specifically feature orcs or gnolls? 2) Besides duergar, are there any other monsters that are specifically defined as worshipping Asmodeus/serving devils? Thanks.

Couple questions about the power. 1) An enemy that enters the zone falls prone. If an enemy in the zone already moves to another square in the zone, are they "entering" the zone again? Or can they run around freely in the zone once they stand up? 2) Can a flying creature fly over the zone...

If I understand correctly, the restriction on magic item daily uses described in PHB1 is no longer the rules. 1) Is this true? 2) When did this change and where was it announced? Was it solely a bit of errata? 3) Why wasn't it changed? I haven't used it, and it was a bit confusing to...

Hey, everyone. Looking for some suggestions on how to handle the last encounter in Kobold Hall. Spoilers, etc., etc. The party is presently in the 4th encounter and it's proving to be a challenge. I'm hoping they prevail, and if they do, they are likely going to be too spent to continue (2...

I'm sure this has been asked before, so please forgive me. What other sources have there been for Themes besides Dark Sun and Neverwinter? I have DS and I wanted to re-skin the themes for use in a more generic game and, frankly, I'm finding it pretty difficult for most of them. I haven't seen...

[Cross posted with rpgnet - I was just trying to reach a wider opinion pool.] I was originally going to write an unnecessarily long explanation for my request, but I decided against it. I'm new to 4e (not to D&D) and I started a new game last night (after fooling with combat and characters...