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My first knowledge of RPGs was AD&D but I did not realise what it was. I was about 8 at the time. A lot of weekends my mother would go with me into the city by train and take me to the biggest bookstore at the time. I would browse and read and it was the best thing for me. Since I had been...

I downloaded the demo on XBL just to see what it was like. Even at the low price I do not trust low prices (crazy I know). Now I am someone who since my inception into the world of D&D in the 1970s has played every game that came out that was remotely D&D related. If it had a D&D official logo...

I own both a DSi and the PSP 3000. Both systems have their goods and bads and sometimes I think that you need to own both in the long term to get a good coverage of what is out there. There is a D&D Tactics game on the PSP which is alright ... and the PSP-ified Eye of Judgement is pretty good...

The very first game/group I DMmed in 4th had a Rogue striker played by my wife (not that it makes a difference to the situation). She was outputting the damage equivalent of 2 of the other characters. Given that the warlord was always giving her the extra attacks as well. However on balance she...

As a break from our routine, my group started playing Savage Worlds: Necessary Evil last week. From the character creation phase the session before I knew there would be some comedy involved so I wasn't taking this game too seriously. It is very loose in power definitions, the SW combat system...

It sounds like your drive is not reading your DVDs ... this can be caused by: region issues on films etc badly burnt dvds your drive's laser is out of alignment dvds are simply dirty D

I have two generic examples of bad text that I have encountered over and over in published modules and thus a lot of home brews where the DM has mimicked published writers thinking they could guide him to be a better DM. 1) I'm not sure the first time I encountered boxed text of this style...

Although my suggestion is "standard" I'd wallpaper your play room with it if possible (non permanent of course) and use it to draw large maps as they play, make notes on etc. wallpaper the table and let everyone draw/write as they play. The grid makes it useful for writing numbers, etc D

It was just much easier to load what you needed, quickly - in my case anyway - instead of making it recalculate stuff. In addition, importing two of my characters caused problems because of Essentials (which my group does not use). I had to fill in the choices that essentials brought into the...

Playing with the character builder with my current characters imported I have only the following "issues": It is slow - I'm working on a BIG machine here and it is slow. I normally run the CB in a "Share Screen" session from my laptop and it is faster than this Silverlight app. It might be...

AI is something I used to teach before becoming a full-time stay @ Home father. An expert system would be an adequate solution for what you are doing, however there is so much to Artificial Intelligence that could take your research to new levels. I would love to see the program actual run a...

I have a short list as they all provided differing experiences. Druid: The Enlightenment (C64) Paradroid (C64) Loaded I & II (PS2) They all are great examples of simplicity in design and execution in my opinion. If save features were available they would be great casual/pick-up games in...

My personal opinion on all this is quite simple. If you take a quick look at a Google search on Dungeons and Dragons Character Builder you will see a gamut of wares sites offering the program with the latest updates etc included. WOTC were obviously banking on money from subscribers but if...

The only 2 powers I can think of - do not ridicule the content - I just had some mexican food ... mmm Mexican ... and these two events happened to a guy in the next booth - the Watery Eyes was actually him splashing hot sauce off his lettuce. Shouldn't Squeeze It - Close Burst 2 - when bloodied...

I used skill challenges in an attempt to simulate the concept of moving through a warzone battlefield. Instead of having them fight the "encounter of the moment" or sit there while I made multiple AOE attack rolls from siege weapons, I used skill challenges Unfortunately since it was my...

If it is not too much bother, is it possible for you to label those products specifically "Essentials" since they are so labelled on the product? I know that would help a lot of people around my way in deciding what to/not collect. TIA, D

It is strange but I always thought the updates were due October ... I do not know where I read that or where I saw it. This same "argument" was had with another player in my group who swore black and blue that it would be September. At least - no matter where I heard the October option - it...

One thing I did when I first got into "serious" campaign design - used the module connected to next module method in early high school (age 12-15 or so) - was to use TV series as a template. Actually I use this method nowadays depending on the game type still. For example if you take Buffy...

That is what I thought ... the Character Builder just confused me. Thanks for the help. D

Thanks for the replies. Using samursus' reply as the probably cause for my issue. I am using a Hungry Spear (which is a melee weapon masquerading as a Heavy Thrown). So I only have one weapon to select from - can't change the card. And from the other posts it is clear that the CB is at fault...