Recent content by CiH

As long as I get to team up with an evil halfling thief and CE necromancer by the second scene of the game, I'll be happy.

Now, that is a smart idea.

Thanks for all the great suggestions, but I had a forehead slapping moment as I was investigating these ideas. I need to have those gorgeous table top battle maps as part of the adventure, so I broke down and hit the game store yesterday to pick up HS1. Thing is, I'll be GMing for 3 newbies...

That works with my group of grognard buddies, but I'm about to GM two newbies and a 14 year old, and that just won't cut it. That's why I'm looking for more eye-candy alternatives.

What sets of Dungeon Tiles are they referring to in these adventures? Are they referring to the DT1 and DT2 from a few years back? Will those do? Or are they referring to these new fangled Essentials tiles I am seeing? Or are the Essentials tiles just a reprint of the older product? I can't...

How do GMs convey the maps from adventures published online? In another thread where I was looking for a cheap 1st level adventure, I was directed to look at Dungeon and other online sources. Then it hit me what I was paying for with store-bought modules: those awesome tabletop battle maps. I...

I was trying to find a cheap entry point into D&D using some Essentials, but I finally realized WotC's idea of cheap isn't the same as mine. So I gave up and bought HotFL, Monster Vault, and just tonight, the DM's Kit. I have all the rules plus adventures for level 2 - 5. This gives us enough...

What level is the adventure?

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. I swung by the game store today and picked up Heroes of the Fallen Lands.

Ah! This is what I looking for. I'll read more about the DM Kit, et al. Oddly enough, the DM Kit was one of the products I kept skipping over when browsing the WotC site looking for my own answers.

The only 3e I played was Conan for about a year. I mostly converted stuff to Savage Worlds, and played in a GURPS game, but that is neither here nor there. I guess what I'm really asking is: what is the cheapest entry point to 4e so I can try this out on my family? I'm guessing it is...

I stopped playing RPGs the last couple years. But watching my wife obsess over playing Oblivion (Xbox), I think D&D would be a good family pastime to try out. However, this time around, I'm not going to be world building or adventure writing or any of that. I just want to read published...