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I'm William Brall, a Sr. Web Developer at ZeniMax Online Studios working on the community site and patcher of Elder Scrolls Online.

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Dec 26	comment	How can I build open-ended questions into a scenario in a GM driven world? Remember, just because the GM knows the answer, doesn't mean he has to tell it. Rolls and Gods willing, the mystery of life will remain so.
Dec 21	comment	What challenge ratings can my party handle? @KRyan You could improve the answer by offering an alternative method. Presumably once you know your monsters there is some metric that can be used to estimate their strength. That or you can list the top 10 overpowered and underpowered aspects of monsters and some of their counters, which can help give other DMs ideas on specifically over/under powered monsters to toss at their party. Like you did for Allip and Tarrasque. You gave plausible cases where either can be used in the 'wrong' situation to great effect for the players.
Dec 21	comment	Guards for a Raven Queen Temple Zombie Kenku that moan "Winter is coming"... Don't hit me!
Dec 20	comment	Should PCs be limited to choosing forms into which to polymorph (or wild shape, etc.) that the PCs have previously encountered? @MarkRogers lol. I like that my hat is for posting tomorrow... How does it know!
Dec 13	comment	How does 'Warp in the Weave' interact with moveable area-effects? @ObliviousSage That's your opinion. DM your games however you like. That's my point. Every possible answer is represented on this. From every point of view. I can easily see this from all the angles presented here.
Dec 13	comment	How does 'Warp in the Weave' interact with moveable area-effects? @ObliviousSage But it does do both of those things. From the D&D 3.5 version "A permanent stinking cloud dispersed by wind reforms in 10 minutes." this implies that a normal one can be dispersed by wind. "Sustain Minor: The zone persists until the end of your next turn." And in 4E you must magically sustain the spell to avoid it from dissipating. Same concept can apply to most zones, they are heavily skinned as after effects that can be sustained with magic, but otherwise operate by physical rules.
Dec 12	comment	Player characters as mounts @SimonWithers They don't apply, she wasn't my mount, I was grabbing onto her and riding along. In fact, nothing stopped her from then taking a mount herself.
Dec 5	comment	Does a Tiny creature have size modifiers to its carrying capacity? Favorite kill with my Pixie: Un-shrinking a toothpick sized javelin after flying into an Orc's mouth.
Dec 3	comment	New to the game: Where can I get D&D 4E tips and advice? Not sure I see why this is still off topic: the information in an answer is unlikely to change, it is general but still difficult to find online where many sites just simply say "Use a creator", and there is plenty of room to touch on more peripheral aspects of character creation, with their own questions and answers, linking within the answer. What about that sounds bad, exactly?
Dec 3	comment	When do 4e Monster powers (with the recharge ability) recharge? One important thing to note is that, like everything else, it is up to the DM's discretion to follow the rules or not. It is perfectly acceptable to consider the roll numbers a rarity number and just use the powers accordingly in the way that best suits the drama of the battle.
Dec 1	comment	Can you start your turn when you're dead? @SimonWithers I had trouble understanding what this question was about and the comment above was intended to help people like me 'click' onto what this is all about. Consider it a clue.
Nov 30	comment	Creating solo monsters Example: In my last game I had my players fight a giant hermit crab. I included a few minion piles of crabs for flavor, and made it so overwhelmingly strong that running was the only really viable option, save for tactics. This fight took place on the edge of a cliff with a tiny dangerous path, inviting the solution of using the path to get out of range, and hitting it with ranged until death. (which would be boring, so once they all got in position, the crab fell over the cliff, the battle was solved)
Nov 30	comment	Creating solo monsters The absolute best advice in that whole chunk of text was the line: "or even simply ignoring HP, and allowing the monster to die only after at least 2-3 turns of being pounded on" but remember. NEVER LET THE PLAYERS KNOW YOU DID THIS! Be careful with bloodied, make sure you give it to them at the 50% mark. If they smell the rat, you'll never be able to use a solo again without stating the HP upfront.
Nov 30	comment	Creature death and save conditions Let's look at the reverse condition to find the answer: The text, if it applies to dead creatures that never made their save, would extend forever. There is no range listed and no time limit. Notice: You don't have to STAY within 10 squares of the creature to keep the bonus, just be within 10 to cast. So if death doesn't end the bonus, then you'd keep the bonus... Forever.
Nov 30	comment	Can you start your turn when you're dead? Once you hit negative your bloodied value, you are dead. Not dying. You can't do anything while dead, and that includes this power.
Nov 23	comment	Inventiveness vs. breaking the game; How do I encourage one, without enabling the other? Roll for each vial separately. Or if there really are 200, roll a D20 then apply the next success roll to that many of the bottles, rinse and repeat. This guy is swinging a mace of TPK.
Nov 13	comment	Wraiths across multiple games To offer a counter to this, I come from a D&D background for pen and paper, but come even earlier from a Video Game/Fantasy Book background and I don't associate wraiths as soul/life stealing at all. I associate them more with what D&D peeps would call a Lich, or a lesser Lich. This idea comes from earlier Elder Scrolls, Ultima, and Final Fantasy games, and the father of all this stuff the Ring Wraiths from Lord of the Rings.
Nov 8	comment	What should I consider when creating a time travel adventure? Warning: Do NOT split the party and allow some to travel and others not to. Reasons should be self-evident.
Oct 17	comment	What's the purpose of Sex? Anyone else get a big belly laugh from someone on RPG.SE asking "What's the purpose of Sex?" Let us take a moment to laugh at ourselves and our stereotypes.
Oct 15	comment	What programming languages are used in Shadowrun? While this list is complete. I am convinced that BF will stand the test of time.