Recent content by Wizard Biscuits

Thanks AbdulAlhazred, Mercurius and Dr_Ruminahui. You guys have pretty much narrowed and nailed the choices for me. I'm going to give the DDI subscription a miss for now. I can see its use and appeal for a more dedicated group, but at this moment it's easiest simply sticking to books...

Ah, I guess it wasn't made that clear in my first post, but I already have the Dark Sun Campaign Guide. I bought it out of curiosity to see what they done with the setting. And while it may seem like I'm depriving my players of choice limiting the amount of books, like I said before, I know...

Phew, thanks for all the replies, folks. To be honest, I really want to run it as quick and simply as possible. None of my players have access to DDI and few own any books (they're pretty casual gamers, which I don't mind) and a couple are new to the game themselves. I basically want to plop one...

Ok, so here's the set-up. I'm an experienced DM and I've been eyeing up 4th Ed for a while now; the tipping point was getting the Dark Sun handbook since I've always been a fan of the setting. So now I've a groovy setting but a lack of rules for it (and I can't be arsed to convert it all to...

I always enjoy playing around with the cliches. One campaign I ran that went rather well started off with the PCs in a tavern, whether they knew each other or not I left up to them to work out through their backstories. So after describing briefly the usual atmosphere of the place (subtly...

As dubious as this advice may sound have you ever played the game Gears of Wars or it's sequel? Several portions of it take place underground and I was rather impressed with how they managed to execute and vary those levels. Alien, glowing fungus of a myriad colours; vast, yawning caverns and...

Really? I mean, each to their own but I look at the latter and see a Dwarf with a bolted skullcap and then nothing more than an overly large gold gauntlet. Looking at the former I see a pseudo-cybernetic machine-and-magic fused man more in line with the imagery of the Self-Forged conjured up...

Well, I'm 23 and I've read all of them, but that's only because I'm a voracious bibliophile with too much time on my hands. Mind you, that's not to say I liked all of them (I'm looking at you Rowling and Brooks). It's a good list, could be broader, but you've nailed some of the writer's...

I've noticed a lot of lack of love for the smaller races in D&D, in fact, I've been guilty of it myself. But I think a large part of it seems to stem from the identity crisis they all have. It really surprises me that it seems Wizards never really sat down with their art team and went "Ok, so...

The way I see it, 4E really reminds me of the fantasy of my youth, after I glutted myself on Lord of the Rings and discovered the Dragonlance series. The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, and the bad guys who are good are just misunderstood and awesomely cool because of it - and vice...

Hands down it's got to be the 3E Campaign Setting, one of the first campaign settings I bought as a newbie DM. From the design and layout to the sheer amount of comprehensive content I don't believe it can be beat. I know the Realms took a lot of criticism for being so bloated pre-4E, but I...

"What're you cowering under that table for, Jenkins? Those ogres couldn't hit a dragon with those rocks from that dist-" "Looks like I'm only half the man I used to be." - on being torn in half. "Can someone lend a hand?" and "I haven't got a leg to stand on." - for limb removal.

Like Lord Mhoram, I usually homebrew my own. But the notable exceptions include: The Iron Kingdoms - because it's one of the best thought-out steampunk setting I've seen. That and the 'jacks. Planescape - for all the wonderful weirdness you'll find there, Cutter. The Warhammer World - it's...

Well, I made it late to the whole D&D thing, just caught the back end of 2nd Edition and went joyfully into 3rd. So my list's a lot more recent. 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting - Because that's how you do a campaign setting right. And I know I'm not the only one to be inspired by its...

Hi, I'm Wizard Biscuits... and I have a RPG addiction. Hopefully admittance is the first step to recovery. Besides that, I'm from the uk and I've been lurking around these forums for far too long. Time to dip in and get my feet wet.