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I'm sure there's already threads on this so sorry for the repost. Anywho, I'm a first time DM and my group finally reached the Epic Destiny tier last session with the conclusion of defeating their villain since the 5th level. However I'm now facing a bit of writer's block and I don't know what...

What are the most useful, overpowered, or fun magic item combinations out there? I've seen a lot of these threads from back in 2009 so I'm wondering how the ranks have changed what with Mordenkainen's magnificent emporium and other new books.

My players are soon to reach the epic tier. One of them wants to become an exarch of kord (the demi-god epic destiny) so i want them to have plot reason and experience with Kord. However, I can't think of a compelling epic hook for Kord.

Hey, I'm working on a mid Paragon tier adventure. I'm presently working on a part wherein the players have to get reinforcements from a reluctant source for a military group in the Shadowfell. I'm having some trouble thinking of interesting ideas for this part though. I want it to be a 3 - 5...

Hey, I'm working on a mid Paragon tier adventure. I'm presently working on a part wherein the players have to get reinforcements from a reluctant source for a military group in the Shadowfell. I'm having some trouble thinking of interesting ideas for this part though. I want it to be a 3 - 5...

I've been looking into ways to speed up encounters and there seems to be some talk about halving the health of NPC's so they go down quicker but doubling their damage so they're still lethal. Has anyone used this method of making encounters shorter? If so, how well did it work? I'm afraid it...

When I DM, I sometimes use music to enhance the setting the characters are in. I haven't done it much though so I'm not sure if its a useful tool or just a distraction yet. Has anyone had substantial experience with this? Does it make the game more fun? Also, if it does help, what are some good...

I think whether the character is a hero or zero to begin with is a plot subjective thing, not game mechanic. Every campaign I've DM'd I started my players out as poor nobodies. Granted that tends to lead to the players turning to mercenaries to live

I run a group of four 16th level characters. I have a controlling focused bard, a dps warlock, a dps barbarian, and a defender-controller (slowing and sliding) fighter. I have an important plot point for the campaign I run coming up wherein the players encounter a black fire dracolich. This...

I was meaning Flesh Cult in the Open Grave: Secrets of the undead manner. Not creepy BDSM stuff... Here's the description: "Flesh cults worship death but do not seek eternal life. Members of flesh cults create temporary servants from dead flesh and turn their own organs into weap- ons. Flesh...

I run a group of 4 mid-paragon level characters. I'm setting up a plot arc where my players need to beg the gods to aid them in order to help conquer some greater undead foe. To do so, they need a sacred area / ritual site from which they can communicate with the gods. The only such site close...

Thanks for the input everyone, I hadn't really considered the fact that the wording said I can do it at the end of my movement, not whenever I please. However, If I use the power Gloaming Cut as my attack, I could move toward the target, attack them and then as part of the attack shift my int...

I'm building an 11th level rogue with the class feature cunning sneak. The text of that class feature reads as follows: "You don’t take a penalty to Stealth checks for moving more than 2 squares, and you take a –5 penalty instead of a -10 penalty to Stealth checks for running. If you end your...

You raise a valid point. I intend to play tonights session strictly to the dice now haha. Give it a shot

I think Wizard's assumption with this is that someone never do this because it would grant opportunity attacks from everything around them

Yeah I see what you're saying about the Player's getting upset. I killed off a friends character because his character was being ridiculously violent (constantly shouting death threats in towns, killing babies as intimidate checks, threatening npc's with sexual assault). He tipped me over the...

DM's Duty I don't agree that the DM's dice have the final say about what happens, especially regarding the player character's life. That's why we roll our dice behind the screen. Its the responsibility of the DM to ensure that when the climactic battle comes and a PC is on the ground at the...

I DM for a 4 player 4e group (Defender, leader, 2 strikers). I'm working on a plot arc where they have to retake a city from undead hordes. I'm thinking of having like 20 minion soldiers (following the henchmen guidelines) under their control to make it seem like a proper war, not just just 4...

I'm running a campaign with four characters (10th level at the moment) and I'm trying to insert more skill based challenges / encounters instead of combat encounters. Does anyone have any ideas of skill based challenges? Maybe like basic templates / examples?

So I have my group in a dark, cavern with the constant dripping sound echoing through. Suddenly, in a narrow corridor, one of them walks right into a gelatinous cube. So what's my group's first thought? Tame it. Now I'm not sure what to do here. I'm not aware of any mechanic for how to tame any...