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<blockquote data-quote="SabreCat" data-source="post: 4575932" data-attributes="member: 76245">Yeah, I'll add to the folks saying DM prep is smooth and simple in 4e. I attempted to DM in 3.5 a few times and found it a massive headache, what with CR and XP calculations, monster spell selections, etc. etc. 4e, on the other hand, has me eager to build entire modules and campaigns, because any given monster group only takes a few minutes to construct. That frees you up to spend most of your encounter planning time doing things like drawing maps and dreaming up interesting terrain and complications.There are a few things that are a little tricky, like inventing new monster special abilities, as pointed out. But there's so much doable out of the box that it doesn't slow you down much. And skill challenges? They might be page-length blocks in a book, but for your own purposes it's more like three sentences, such that you can even improvise them from scratch if your party starts attempting something grand and complicated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SabreCat, post: 4575932, member: 76245"] Yeah, I'll add to the folks saying DM prep is smooth and simple in 4e. I attempted to DM in 3.5 a few times and found it a massive headache, what with CR and XP calculations, monster spell selections, etc. etc. 4e, on the other hand, has me eager to build entire modules and campaigns, because any given monster group only takes a few minutes to construct. That frees you up to spend most of your encounter planning time doing things like drawing maps and dreaming up interesting terrain and complications. There are a few things that are a little tricky, like inventing new monster special abilities, as pointed out. But there's so much doable out of the box that it doesn't slow you down much. And skill challenges? They might be page-length blocks in a book, but for your own purposes it's more like three sentences, such that you can even improvise them from scratch if your party starts attempting something grand and complicated. [/QUOTE]

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