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Benjamin

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Encounters questions
« on: May 02, 2011, 02:11:48 PM »
1) I read in another thread that a character must be made using the essential rules? I've been getting mixed messages (or mixing up the messages myself) that a regular 4e character would be fine.

2) We should have an official Encounters thread. No question about it.

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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 02:14:29 PM »
The character creation rules for each season differ.  That's definitely the reason you're getting confused.

I haven't spent time looking around for the upcoming season's character creation guidelines, but they should be out there by now.
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2011, 02:50:44 PM »
From what I understand, you have to create a character using essentials.
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 03:01:28 PM »
From the Season 5: Dark Legacy of Evard packet...

"Players can use the Heroes of the Fallen Lands, Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms, the new (for this season only) Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow, or any article content in Dragon magazine that supports these products to make a character."
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 03:23:15 PM »
Wow. Still confused. I'll just force Sam to stat my character. :D

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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2011, 04:05:07 PM »
With Sam around, there's no real need to think about anything related to D&D.
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2011, 05:24:59 PM »
You have to use essentials books and rules only, unless, of course bg has a house rule.
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2011, 03:19:03 PM »
Will ther be anyone around for encounters in Abingon tonight?  I'm probably going to be there to play.
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Re: Encounters questions
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2011, 12:26:09 AM »
I really dislike the "you have to use this material" approach behind encounters since season 2.

I understand their reasons, but I would never turn away a deva invoker, shifter warden or dragonborn psion just because the material says "new style format only" or "Dark Sun rules only".*

By the way, all of the races are in the new format since an issue or two ago of Dragon. It's only the classes that aren't nowadays.

*Essentials was 10 products. The format introduced in essentials has been maintained in every product since because it's awesome, but it's not Essentials.