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Awarding XP for combat encounters in Dnd 4e
I am a very inexperienced DM. I have here what must be an obvious question, but I can't seem to find any solid clarification.
How is XP rewarded after a combat encounter? Is the total monsters' XP ...
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Is throwing other PC's possible? [duplicate]
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How do you rule halfling tossing as a combat action?
Hello, one of my fellow players brought upon a good question to me; is possible to throw another PC almost like a ...
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How to run a chess inspired D&D4E encounter?
Is there a way that you could run a chess inspired encounter for D&D 4E? I'm thinking like the characters themselves are involved in a human chess game albeit still allowing them to keep some of ...
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How can I turn the Kobold Hall delve into a full-fledged Adventure?
For my first experience as a DM, I'm taking the Kobold Hall adventure included in the first DMG, and repurposing it. The overall idea is to turn it from a 5 encounter delve to a "Level 1 to Level 2 ...
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How do I adjudicate the natural tendency for hikers to spread in D&D 4e?
This question inspired by this rather grognardian post over on the Tao of D&D.
Functionally, the post asserts:
But suggest to a party that they're too far apart to hear one another as they ...
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Are there any free tools for designing encounters or traps?
I'm trying to design a module and I was wondering if there were any free or open source encounter or trap designers for D&D 4e
Mostly I just like something that lets me fill in the blanks and ...
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How to fix this scenario for D&D Encounters?
I just finished running a D&D Encounters season 3 ep 11 session, and I'm dissatisfied with how it ended; I want to fix it next week with a bit of retroactive play before moving on to the finale.
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What is the D&D 4E encounter system?
In answering a question on applying old-school rules to 4E, R.S. Conley suggests "Not use the encounter system. Just set up a region sandbox style and what the player find they have to deal with"
I ...
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How should I budget for ally/third party NPCs in 4e combats?
I've done a few combats recently where the PCs and their enemies were not the only participants in the fight. I wasn't sure how to budget XP in this case.
In the case of an NPC ally I see two ...
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How can I judge rarity of monsters?
One of the things I like about 4e is the scalability of monsters. If I say, for example, that kobolds are common I can then make then the most common monster for encounters for quite a few levels.
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Monster Complement for Fire Beetles
I've been writing an encounter with fire beetles in a sewer. I need a good monster to complement them while keeping it at a level 1 or 2 encounter.
