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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 4503837" data-attributes="member: 53176">I dislike podcast in general. I tend to be a visual learner, so if I am just listening into someone describing something I miss allot, especially if I am trying to listen for something specific. It's the same reason I don't listen to talk shows on the radio anymore. A transcript, or even a time line helps this a bit though.At the current time there are only about 3 different major ways to make each class, so you are going to see allot of "sameness". Wait for the splats to help this I suppose.The minion problem started showing up for me at level 5 with a Dragonborn  and a Wizard in the party, minions just ended up being a pushover lasting maybe two rounds and not doing much of anything. I can totally see the epic minion problem even worse. If you like to use minions eventually your players are going to pick up an AoE power or two, each, just to monopolize on them. Even if you don't use minions all that often, some AoE powers are just that good, or mesh so well with some class powers (fighter marks for example), that most players end up picking one anyway.  The best use of minions I have had so far is by giving them ranged attacks and having them surround from afar and spread out from the party. That way they still die, but they get a few more hits in, and someone has to spend more than just one round clearing them out. I don't allow computers at my games when I am DMing, I do allow printouts however. Barbaric I know, but they end up being way to much of a distraction with people looking things up or watching movies in between their turns. Honestly I don't see the need for a full program to play, a clipboard with 5 sheets of paper (double sided to save trees) is more than enough to record the combat stats for a character.</blockquote>

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