Skill Challenge: Kidnap and Ransom (Part 2)
This is the second part of the skill challenge presented yesterday. It involves a mixture of skill checks and combat.…
Skill Challenge: Kidnap and Ransom (Part 1)
This skill challenge is broken into two parts. Part 1 (presented below) has the PCs working under a very tight…
New 4e House Rules (Part 1)
Sometimes you have an idea while you’re playing and you think: “Man, this would make a great house rule.” And…
Campaign Design: Fleshing Out Your NPCs
Every campaign world is made of living, breathing NPCs. All of them have stories and a role to play within the…
Skill Focus: Bluff
Everybody lies and you can do it better than most because you’re trained in Bluff. But why limit yourself to…
Rangers: A Breed Apart
You are the protector of the wild, guardian of forbidden frontiers and shepherd to the weak. You attack your foe…
More Than Just Minions
Killing minions feels good. So good in fact players do weird things in order to kill minions. Controllers who normally…
Cheating in Dungeons and Dragons
People always look for short cuts or ways to get something for nothing. Why wouldn’t you take an opportunity to…
Campaign Design: Politics and Groups of Influence
The world is starting to take shape, the geography has been defined and named and you have appropriate resources on…
Skill Focus: Heal
You’re trained in Heal so you can patch wounds and stabilizing dying characters, but it doesn’t have to stop there.…