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Good point. True. Alright, thanks for the feedback on this one, its helped me judge the importance (or should I say, the lack of importance) of alignment.

Just to clarify, they defeated the orc hero in combat, but thefinal blow whas used to knock it unconscious. Whilst unconscious, they cut off its thumbs, and poked out its eyes witha searing hot dagger. The player(s) had historical reasons for hating this tribe of orcs btw.

From what I can tell, 4e is silent about the consequences (if any) from alignment change. To provide some context, my PC's are getting rather fond of torturing (in this case, an orc) for information,..to the point where they removed his thumbs and seared out his eyes with a red hot dagger (but...

There's some good advice here. On Sunday I managed for the first time, to complete 2 seperate skill challenges AND make it fun. In addition to Lost Soul's advice, I also conducted the skill challenge without announcing it. The PC's simply thought they were role playing, and in the course...

FYI this is how I dealt with the XP issue. (posted on Australian RPG Dungeon private forum) "Encounter 1 Skill Challenge Please not that after referring to the rules, you can not 'take 10' in a skill challenge. I have still provided xp for this because: 1. Innovative idea to look for...

The road under the 5 pipes was eroded smooth, by, what the PC's correctly deduced, the water flowing over the road. Correct. To be specific, there is a river that forms from 4 artierials at the base of the mountain, one of wish, does have tons of waste. Yes No. The description was limited to...

I Agree. It would of been fine if they had been able to get in (which they could of if a magic item was used). I have no issue with that. Heh, I thought the same thing originally. Correct, you can't 'take 10' in a skill challenge. I wasnt aware of this at the time and allowed it - definately...

Bingo. This is my biggest concern in the entire situation.

Hmmm,..(hangs head in shame) I'm guilty of this tone too. Good point Darkthorne. This is the issue I'm struggling with atm. If I were to adhere strictly to the DMG, how would I be required to award it?

It does to me. Critise me all you want, but leave 'Yaris' out of it ;) True Also true. It was simply a bad call by me. I take fully responsibilty fot this. The 1 on a d20 roll was to introduce 'some' risk, heck 'any' risk to justify xp. Me too. Ok, the Orc xp was a total of 926xp, divide by...

5 days and 223 posts later:p I actually thought I that should of said something along the lines of "ok, just realise that for every 1 hour of the pipe, if it does flood, you'll have to pass 6 endurance checks to hold your breath with a successive penalty on each roll." I'd love to of given...

Right, well,... I should of ignored it, and if the party proceeds up the road and can't handle the orcs, (and thus retreat back down the road) from the players POV, a 'magical' pipe would of appeared (above the path they had already traversed and 'explored'), with water gushing out...

I like this POV.

I disagree, and have stated previously that fun comes first, then the integirty of the world. This is because no one wants to win in a 'fudged' world. Winning in a world with integrity makes the victory all the sweeter. The players know that I adhere to this belief. Huh, what am I supposed...

Ok. The pipe was originally checked as an ambush site, or a trap. The players asked for greater detail about the pipe, and did a dungeoneering check. They discovered 1. It was fit one person at a time. 2. It probably connnected with the citadel 3. It probably travelled in a direct route to it...

Yes, and all pipes should be explored, all trees should be climbed, all orcs should be killed (actually, there's an arguement for that;)), and all roads must be travelled. Chekhov's crossbow awaits them at every turn and black dragons help little old grannies across the road. Yes, the pipe...

Combat Superiority denies the enmies movement if the OA hits. With a +1 to hit plus Wisdom bonus and a +3 weapon, your looking at approx +9/10 to hit at first level. Kinda nice, isn't it. Compare that to say a max +6 damage guaranteed from a Straladin (unless dragonborn and you want to gimp on...

Its all good. There was no intention to offend here. You were illustrating a hypothetical.

Ah, but the rules state you can't take 10 during a skill challenge. I'm trying to remain as faithfull as possible to them (but theres a lot out there already). :erm: At the time I wasn't sure, so I allowed it. For all I knew, it could of taken another half hour to work it out had I tried to look...

Dungeoneering gave them the description and the probable source and function of the pipes. They knew the citadel was still occupied by the dwarves. Hmmm, logic, it would seem, is a very elastic term in D&D Ok the pipe drew attantion as a possible trap or sniper post. So two of them went and...