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So although my PCs don't know it yet, they are soon to find themselves on the Dream Plane. Specifically, a portion of the plane that comprises the living nightmare of a comatose god. I've got the bulk of the adventure pretty much set up, playing with realities, powers/abilities, etc. The idea...

Hey All, thanks for the replies so far! @Trit One-Ear : Yeah I hear ya about the NPC soldiers seeming to be useless. Of course, since the PCs are about to hit Epic, they SHOULD seem to be far and away better than the soldiers. That being said, I did run across a SC in an LFR adventure today...

Alright, so here are some more ideas for putting this together, and I would, as always, welcome any thoughts, advice, insight, etc. My main concerns are 1) the players simply trying to fight their way through this, rather than approach it like a skill challenge and 2) upon seeing that its a...

Hey All, so the party in my home game is about to hit Epic Tier, most likely at the next session. Currently they are in (or rather under) the capital city in the main nation, and opposing armies have laid siege to said city. During the most recent session, wherein the party had gone...

Sorry, suppose it would make sense to add in the actual god. :p The god is Nerull, part of my take on the Gods vs. Primordials being that its nearly impossible to actually kill them, mostly they end up comatose instead. Part of the fun in this encounter will be that its quite possible that...

So in a little while, the party is going to do battle in the tomb of a long "dead" god. Depending on how things shake out, its possible that the god will be "reawakening" during the encounter (PCs are 19th level btw). I'm planning this as a capstone encounter in a rather lengthy adventure...

My go to explanation (though I've rarely needed it) has been that encounter and daily powers are predicated on certain "openings" that allow for said attack to work, and that these types of opening just don't come along all that after. Note this is different than "Well, mechanically, it would...

Personally, I tend to agree with El Mahdi, but I don't want to turn this into an edition whine thread. As for a DMG 3 or general Epic tier book, I will say that I agree that I am disappointed that one almost certainly will not be coming out. The writing's been on that wall for some time now...

Yes, they did bloody her, and so I already had planned to start with 4 heads and throw in another when she's bloodied again. The main thing I was looking for was just a new power or two that could be thrown in to show that she has evolved too. In terms of power though I agree that the extra...

Ah yeah the Essentials defender mechanics would be a bit problematic. My party at the time only had a swordmage and paladin (with only the swordmage still left) so not as problematic since she can purge the mark at the end of each turn. I like the idea of the tail slap and the encounter long...

As most of us know, Calaystryx, the three headed dragon from Monster Vault: Threats of Nentir Vale, is just a really well designed and fun solo monster. A while back, I ran her against my then 13th level party and she pretty much mopped the floor with them due to a variety of circumstances. A...

Personally, I'm not convinced that they'll turn off 4ed DDi. If anything, I think it might just end up in a "frozen" state. i.e. "We'll keep the servers up and running but don't expect any changes to the actual layout, etc." From my early looks at the VTT (haven't used it in a long time) it...

I went with other. Mainly because I just absolutely love vampires as villains. More than a tad cliche I know, but they are just so close to perfect imho. Particularly prior to 4ed, vampires were great because they had the inherent cool factor already built in (again realizing that this is a...

Haven't really ever had it come up yet. That being said, I would certainly allow the characters to actually have a conversation, but would also rule that the "corpse" is really talking via its spirit. I know in earlier editions for instance, Speak With Dead would be used to determine if...

I ran this a while back for my ongoing campaign and was able to make it work pretty well by toning down some of the more powerful (read overpowered per 4ed rules) effects. For the most part, I got rid of save or die style effects (or at least required multiple failed saves for death to...

Excellent ideas from Vargas as already stated. Its hard to give specifics without knowing more about your campaign though. As a general rule though, I personally kind of take the approach of "Go big or go home" with epic tier (of course my players still have not gotten there as they'll only...

I don't know if its 4e so much or just the continued experience from running a game the last few years, but I've learned that PC's are quite capable of pulling out remarkable feats against long odds (moreso in 4ed admittedly). I've also seen the advantages of thinking about the environment of...

Just wanted to say that I borrowed on the idea for the Clath for my 16th level game yesterday. Kept the damage the same but upped the critter to 16th level, and I can say that it definitely worked well. Just hearing all the dice hitting the table made the players nervous and by the end of the...

Aye, definitely looking forward to the epic adventure, especially since I have generally liked Merwin's stuff in the past.

The revival of this thread makes me all kinds of happy. Killing Steven Seagal (in any form) should make everyone happy. :)