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<blockquote data-quote="Garmorn" data-source="post: 5118002" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>4e Fluff is not connected to the crunch at all. Re skinning is recommended several places and as no affect on the actual play. I highly recommend it.</p><p></p><p>How you explain it in game is just fluff. I have yet to have a player ask but my explanation is divine healing. The PC 's are special because they (one way or another) are a champion of some power or another. This power is what allows them to develop they skills, and allows them to invoke their powers healing one per encounter.</p><p></p><p>Not true. I have ran several battles of the cuff. Picking my monsters and laying out the room with no prep what so ever. Use vocal description that match what you want and just had ad lib most of it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is true only to a limited extent. It feels closer to what 1 and 2e felt like when you started with max hit points, then if you started at 3rd or 5th level. On second though it feels some what in between the two.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> Passive Perception and Passive Intuition is 10+skill and is used when the players are actively using the skills. (Think prerolled skill checks that are all 10)</p><p></p><p>The also include most of the rules to use the powers/skills of the monsters.</p><p></p><p>#7 I can't answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garmorn, post: 5118002, member: 430"] 4e Fluff is not connected to the crunch at all. Re skinning is recommended several places and as no affect on the actual play. I highly recommend it. How you explain it in game is just fluff. I have yet to have a player ask but my explanation is divine healing. The PC 's are special because they (one way or another) are a champion of some power or another. This power is what allows them to develop they skills, and allows them to invoke their powers healing one per encounter. Not true. I have ran several battles of the cuff. Picking my monsters and laying out the room with no prep what so ever. Use vocal description that match what you want and just had ad lib most of it. This is true only to a limited extent. It feels closer to what 1 and 2e felt like when you started with max hit points, then if you started at 3rd or 5th level. On second though it feels some what in between the two. Passive Perception and Passive Intuition is 10+skill and is used when the players are actively using the skills. (Think prerolled skill checks that are all 10) The also include most of the rules to use the powers/skills of the monsters. #7 I can't answer. [/QUOTE]
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