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    Looking for Rogue play tips

    I'm DM'ing a 4E game for a group of 13-17 yr olds with little DnD experience. One player really wants to play a rogue, which I've never done before. He's having problems figuring out how to successfully run a rogue in a game. He's tried to sneak into an enemy's camp a couple of times, but ends...
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    Perception vs Passive Perception

    I may be missing some fundamental concept with Passive vs non-Passive Perception and Insight checks. Passive checks are 10+modifiers, where active checks are d20+modifiers? If true, this leads to the odd scenario where active checks can score lower than passive checks. I'm currently going with...
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    Combat Speed Tips

    On the insistence of my kids and their friends, we started gaming last weekend. The intent was to do the Raiders of Oakhurst, but they started a fight in my introduction. There are 7 players and were 10 combatants. One player is a diehard 3.5 player and told me "d&d is all about combat" (he's...
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    D&D 4E 4E Pre-Release Compilation Questions

    First, a huge "thank you" to Verys Arkon for the Pre-Release Compilation . This has turned me from being mildly interested in 4E to starting a campaign with my kids and their friends (they kept asking). Apparently others agree, since this has now become a sticky thread (WooHoo!). We had our...
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