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This. Some people fall in love with being unhittable. Dependent on a couple of other factors, a defender that has an AC 3+ above most of the characters in their party doesn't know what the heck they're doing.

I see now. So you don't translate 1d8+5 into a fixed value that will be 33% higher - you roll damage then divide by three, round to nearest whole number and add that value to your rolled damage. That makes a lot more sense. Probably not something I could do lightning fast, though.

A bit off topic, but how do you determine +33% damage relatively quickly? (or not quickly) Do you make all your monsters ahead of time? A year of experience with 4E has me leaning towards this for a new Paragon game: All opponents -2/-3/-4 to all defenses. (by tier) All opponents...

Agreed. As a whole, this adventure is quite a bit better than most of the stuff they've published to date. Really, really well done. Kudos.

I like white boards sometimes to keep information that doesn't change in the forefront of my and the players' thoughts (NPC and place names, etc.) I don't like using it for things that change frequently like initiative. Same goes for all those magnetic name tag things where you have to move...

I know "A" but thought this would add an interesting dynamic feature to the combat, with players trying not to get caught in the water. "B" sounds like an edition war prelude that I am not interested in. In any case I plan to play dragons intelligently, and I believe the 4E Dragonomicon 1...

I've created a swamp combat encounter where there are foes on swampy islands a foot or two above the surface of knee-deep brackish water. All the water will be treated as difficult terrain, making it difficult to travel quickly from island to island. There will be artillery goblins (or some...

It is almost entirely dependent on the composition of your party. That's what being a warlord is all about. Tell us about them.

Sorry for what is probably a totally noob technical question here. Not sure where this belongs. I made a Lesser Battlebriar and a couple other monsters using the Monster Builder. I saved them as html files but when I open them using IE, it opens a blank page - no monster. I don't have any...

Radiant damage does 2 additional damage to a Vulnerable 5 radiant damage foe. Insubstantial foes are nasty. I just ran an encounter with a Moon Wraith (high AC, hovering, phasing, insubstantial, Regen 5). I predetermined a condition that would do 20 damage to it when met because I knew it...

Oop! I know about the rounding down but had a typo there. So you add vulnerability damage then halve it... Thanks!

If a monster is Insubstantial and Vulnerable 5 Radiant and it is hit with, for example, a radiant attack like a 8 point Lance of Faith At-Will, how much damage does it take? Half of 8 (4) + 5 for 9 damage? Half of 13 (7) for 7 damage? Something else? Thanks.

I don't think anyone's mentioned the Stubborn Survivor feat (FRPG) yet. If Human Perseverance is good, Stubborn Survivor is even better. I'm the only human in my party right now (the others are all doing the Eladrin thing for thematic reasons). I have no problem spending my Action Point in...

Osaiah Dark - Human Fighter (me) Moredhel Himring - Eladrin Ranger Mendris - Eladrin Ranger Azulmar - Eladrin Rogue Varu Cassault - Elf Cleric

Heh. That's what I get for trying to squeeze in some ENWorld right before work. I have to use AAA simply because there's a Dwarven Battlerager in the party. Haven't even begun to be able to threaten him (or really any of the party much) in 4 sessions despite using mostly +2 to +4 Encounter levels.

What is AAA?

Looks like they fixed it. Remade my guy in the new release and it adds up correctly. :)

Making a Solomon Kane -inspired Tempest Fighter in DDI and it's got my ATT Bonus as +11. I'm not seeing how or why it's adding +2 in my "Misc" box. Att Bonus 1/2 level Abil Class Prof Feat Enh Misc +11 +1 +4 +3 +1 +2 Seems like it should just be...

Thanks for your input. I'm weighing these along with something that requires no calculations (I'm big on that) like "Fine, you get hit, but you grant CA to everyone and their critical range is doubled against you until the beginning of your next turn."

There's a Genasi Swordmage in our group that has a couple different powers that require him to be hit for them to trigger. The rules don't really cover this area that I can see. I ruled that if he wanted to be hit, he could be hit. In this case he was using an Encounter power to waste a...