Recent content by Marmot

I worked in HR in a Fortune 100 company, and I'm a lawyer. I worked out in the business divisions, and I worked directly with top HR executives at the corporate headquarters. My experience is that HR has only the power that top management gives it. HR is generally not a highly respected...

I'm in Montgomery Village and could host (if you aren't too allergic to cats), but somewhere not too far away like Gaithersburg, Germantown and Rockville could work too.

I do have a good friend who I could probably convince to start playing again if we had enough momentum--we actually played through the 4E Oakhurst scenario. (It's not that he doesn't want to play, but he's got the whole work/kids thing competing for time...) That'd be three...

I'm looking for an existing or new group in the Montgomery County area to play 4E D&D. I got started back about 1980 with the original Village of Hommlet and have played on and off over the years. I'm a fairly easy going player who enjoys both the roleplaying and combat aspects of D&D. I'd...

I DM'd the first Raiders with a friend a couple of weeks ago. I took the pre-gens, crossed out their names and wrote in the names some of our personal "iconic" characters from past campaigns who fit the roles. Even though it was really just more a chance for us to see the mechanics in action...

Don't forget the gods There's no need for a DM to ever directly make the decision about destiny outside the game. Gods exist in D&D, and the 4E clerics' spells that bring people back to life are "prayers" to those gods. The normal destiny for good people is to be rewarded by their good...