Recent content by morgul97

Exactly. Everyone else in my weekly 4e group plays WoW and they are like "WotC took this thing directly from WoW." And I'm like "uh, ok." I've played about 1 hour of WoW (the free download). I was kind of like, "huh, this is interesting"... followed by "this is sort of dumb"... followed by...

So, based on the poll results, the one thing that is most likely to get people to play 4e is if you offer them the ability to purchase a $25 PDF vs. paying $25 for an actual book? That's it? That's the primary beef? Given that a) PDFs kind of suck, and b) this issue didn't come up at all...

I've generally been a big fan of the 4e release structure that WotC has been using. However, I'm not getting this racial book thing at all. It strikes me as a way to overcharge for something that should be more compact and a lot less expensive overall. My vote would be for them to follow the...

I've generally been a big fan of the 4e release structure that WotC has been using. However, I'm not getting this racial book thing at all. It strikes me as a way to overcharge for something that should be more compact and a lot less expensive overall. My vote would be for them to follow the...

My top 5 1) PHB2 - The most important expansion book yet, as it incorporates some of the cornerstones of traditional D&D back into the game. A real must have for any player. Of our 5 players, 2 are playing PHB classes and in our next campaign it will likely be all 5. 2) Adventurer's Vault...

I'm going to be DM-ing for the first time ever in a couple of months. I think I want to at least partially use a published mod to at least get some plot points / interesting encounters. I'm considering Seakers of the Ashen Crown or Revenge of the Giants, but obviously those aren't out yet, so I...

The mini developers specifically stated on one of the podcasts that they are made in China. They were talking about the process they go through in making them. Might have been episode 19 (D&D Miniatures: The New Rulebook).

How would you rate the artwork? Does it do a good job of capturing the noir, pulp, cyberpunk, lost-world, fantasy feel that the setting is supposed to convey?

Nothing! Seriously, I tried a while back to read the first three books and it was painful. I had never read them before and I got through about 1 1/2 books and I had to stop. The write was TERRIBLE. I really have nothing good to say. I was expecting at least decent things, given the...

So, it's essentially a cyberpunk-style "cybernetic implant" in the D&D game (that actually makes sense). How cool is that. I'm totally stoked about Eberron 4e. What's not to love about film noir meets pulp fiction meets lost worlds meets cyberpunk, all in the context of D&D?

I never heard how the core books ended up on the USA Today, WSJ, NYT, etc. lists at their peaks. Anyone have any info on this? I check Amazon's sales ranking numbers periodically. The D&D core book set just moved back into the top 1,000. PHB2 was in the top 20 at one point (maybe higher). It's...

When I first read the Avenger's entry over the weekend, I thought that the Oath of Enmity made them terribly over-powered. I'm not a dice rolling probability master, so I haven't worked out exactly how much of a bump rolling two d20's (and taking the best) is vs. just rolling a single die, but...

My Amazon US order has gone into "Shipping Soon" mode, where you can't cancel or modify the order. Hopefully that means it's going out the door tomorrow (ie a day early). Either that or they don't want you finding a better deal somewhere else and dumping your order.

Keep in mind also that Cormac McCarthy's The Road is coming out in movie form later this summer. It's a fabulous, gritty, dark post-apocalyptic setting. The book is spectacular in its starkness. The movie is going to be a huge hit and probably nominated for a ton of Oscars and stuch. This...

Agreed. I'd like to hear more from these guys. Very funny and a good view of how to effectively introduce new players to the game / 4th Ed. I'd like to see WotC doing even more podcasts. I'm a bit of a podcast junky. I'd like to hear some of the WotC employees' home games taped. Also, it...