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5 July 2025

This is not a healthy attitude to still have - firstly it has been years and secondly many of the ideas of 4e have found themselves in later editions and other games. And plenty of us champion many of these ideas now, even when we didn't appreciate the edition at the time.

My table is 16th level, I do not spoon feed them anymore particularly if I'm using map and key. The party took on the ancient blue wyrm Iymrith and won, but knowing (and having seen) that blue dragons burrow - they did not think to search the "treasure room" for buried treasure. They used...

This was great -= thanks for sharing. I assume that because grid movement was not a concern at it seems in the above play example you allowed leeway with how much area was covered via the move action?

Yeah fully agree. I have quite the appreciation for how the tiered system worked in 4e, how the progressive engine catered for that (including the use of minions) and its why I favour a system where the first few levels of 5e get traded out (when at high level) for passive benefits to accentuate...

I stand by my non informative statement :ROFLMAO:

I recognise only Ilsundal and Kagyar, the rest are imposters I say... EDIT: Ordana and Mealiden Starwatcher are also acceptable

Oh I meant it as a once off before the list of creatures like the MM has explanations of things earlier in the book before all the monsters.

Man I wish I had this level of insight into how to roleplay gargoyles just a few weeks earlier when I threw 30 of them at the PCs...ah missed opportunities.

I'm on your side of the pond, but further South. Hope you and the Mrs recover soon. If you are tying LA to the reactions then change the name to LR. It is not confusing at all. If you are worried about it, write a sentence or two about it prior the monster/deity write-ups clarifying it.

Reading them is even better :P

I ask because we have homebrewed so much to the point where I cannot honestly comment on RAW PC versus monsters anymore - also we have been focusing on higher levels last few years. The PCs are more powerful at our table due to the use of HD but that is reined in via our exhaustion track, the...

You're saying per RAW 4 x 13th level pcs (feats + magical items) versus CR23 is doable?

I think it comes down to the setting reality. So, I have a level cap of 9 for PCs and NPCs. Something extraordinary needs to happen to awaken or empower the individual to go beyond level 9. Now I realise there is nothing in the game that stipulates this, but having level 20 characters casually...

Apparently gods make species through magic and now mortals make species through magic. You're a god, they're god everyone is a god! Yay

Where was this defense during the half-orc debacle? Yes agreed.

I've seen this late so I may be retreading ground... So to you Tanis Half-Elven was conceived via magic and not physical? You may want to run this idea past Weis and Hickman. I do not remember you making this argument during the debacle about half-orcs and their origin. Also you're 100% wrong...

So, OPTION 1 11 - Level 1 is traded out 12 - Level 2 is traded out ...etc OPTION 2 17 - Levels 1-4 are traded out 18 - Levels 5-6 are traded out 19 - Levels 7-8 are traded out 20 - Levels 9-10 are traded out OPTION 3a and 3b 20/21 - Levels 1-4 are traded out 21/22 - Levels 5-6 are traded out...

Will do, but just to paint a fuller picture of him - he is not at all the sensitive type. None of us can be in our group. Banter is rife (and necessary). And despite that minor flaw, the dude is a solidly committed player who loves the game, delves into the homebrew mechanics (and is pushy at...

I'll ask him about this, although he has never indicated any of the above is the reason. Oh you are right in that he prefers maps and grid - which I do use on occasion and when pertinent (complicated combat encounters). He is often the one to draw the map of the area being explored and...