Recent content by jamesmanhattan

Modding, modding, modding. Skyrim and Neverwinter Nights set the standard for modding. People created entire continents, and created their own 3D models, etc. Look at this, a Beholder for Skyrim. http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/559256-beholders-for-skyrim/ If they don't allow...

I Hate em. What happens is the adventure path has a cool idea, and maybe an awesome part, but winds up mostly filler! I say publish all sorts of range of adventures, and if a DM wants to find a way to link them, great! I've seen a million posts on this website, asking something similar to: "Hey...

If they brought back DUNGEON Magazine it would solve one of these huge issues; lack of adventures of varying lengths and levels. I don't want super-long adventure paths, those only work for extremely long-term friend groups where one person is the DM for years at a time. They've also too...

I'll just put this here because it's relevant and awesome! NYTimes video article on longsword fighting clubs http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/100000003040466/inside-the-world-of-longsword-fighting.html

So, Chris Perkins, superstar Dungeon Master, and also long-time editor of Dungeon Magazine, put out an article in the online Dungeon Magazine which was an Index of all the adventures. I don't have it, it's online and I cancelled my DDI subscription. In that article though, he had a running...

Simple, you have a big dangling loose end: Iarno. The map is the key. Gundren is currently captive in Cragmaw castle. Just have him not have perfect memory of how to get to Wave Echo Cave. He needs the map to get to Wave Echo Cave. Have the map be already picked up by none other than... Iarno...

This is quite awesome, and seems like a lot of work by the people who made it. It's got an entire Bestiary

Flanking! It's a big deal... Are there more details? Does it give Advantage on attacks, or something like +2 to hit. Does it say if you allow flanking, you should also change opportunity attacks, since it's so easy to move around creatures? Thanks

5 out of 5 rating for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beginner Game For around $20 this comes with everything you need to play. It's a perfect way to try out a ruleset. My friends and I enjoyed it a great deal. It comes with the dice (the most important part!) these cost $12 all on their own. It...

WARNING SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this module. There were things that jumped out when I ran it, that I didn't even think of when I just read it. I didn't realized that almost everyone offers the party wine, and the party starts to get real suspicious of the wine. The first person they...

Sorry, here's my lists of best adventures, that I keep for myself. Best 4E Adventures (any source) TitleLevelSourceLength 1Tomb of Horrors DM Reward9DungeonMag4 2Halls of Undermountain Boxed Set1print12 3Face of the Moon17DungeonMag5Mind Flayers found a space station on moon, yes it's...

One of the main things I forgot is keeping track of who's Concentrating on what. The Evil Wizard cast Hold Person on the Fighter. The Fighter kept failing his saving throw and was paralyzed and could do nothing. I felt bad for him not having a fun time. The entire time the party was attacking...

Everyone always forgets about Hit Dice. Let your party spend Hit Dice. Don't waste your spells on healing them! I had tons of fun with War domain cleric. Mostly the only healing spell I used was Healing Word. And only to get people up who were unconscious. Don't play the healing just-in-case...

I think it often helps to think of D&D as a Movie Western. The town of Phandelver is a frontier mining town. Imagine the players are mini Clint Eastwood's in morality terms. What would Clint Eastwood do? If this was a Western what would the town do? Everyone's afraid of the Redbrands. In a...

Well Ravenloft is probably hands down the greatest D&D map ever created so just keep in mind everything else will pale in comparison. You could try out the "Halls of Undermountain" the 4E product. I think it is awesome, easily convertible, lots of pathways and things to explore, npc's to...