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  1. mgbeach

    Starting Wealth for new Dark Sun Campaign

    Oh wow, thanks for mentioning that. I somehow missed that when looking at the issue originally. It looks pretty great, even if I just grab a few elements to weave into what I was going to do. Thanks again!
  2. mgbeach

    4th ed artificer... like it or hate it?

    Well, that's the beauty of this game we play. All you have to do to fix that issue is to SAY you've fixed the issue. Your character may carry a bag of parts that he hastily rifles through, finding just the right assembly for the job at hand and then summons an arcane spark to get it all going...
  3. mgbeach

    4th ed artificer... like it or hate it?

    I have really loved playing my artificer; there's a great combination of damage output and damage mitigation. From a roleplaying perspective, I've found it fun to take each power and figure out just how it's actually being manifested. For instance, my healing infusions are parchment pouches...
  4. mgbeach

    Starting Wealth for new Dark Sun Campaign

    Planning on going with the Reckless Breakage rule. I think it gives the proper amount of anxiety while leaving some level of control with the player.
  5. mgbeach

    Starting Wealth for new Dark Sun Campaign

    Ok, thanks. Going by what the Fixed Enhancement Bonus section of the Campaign Guide says, parcels 1 and 4 from DMG page 126 should be dropped. That leaves over the course of 1st level the following: Level 4 Magic Item Level 3 Magic Item and 720 gp It goes right along with what you said to...
  6. mgbeach

    Starting Wealth for new Dark Sun Campaign

    Good evening everyone! Getting ready to start up a new Dark Sun campaign and I'm very jazzed. The players are all great and seem very into it. I'm starting them at 2nd level and am having a bit of a time determining what their starting wealth should be. What's throwing me off a bit is that I'm...
  7. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Creature Catalog: Damage Inflation

    Exactly. And I would still come down on the side of using the MM version and spending the extra time on story. And, say they had gone the route of making the gladiator entry match up to PC statistics. Well, that's still only one of a multitude of options. You're still getting the average...
  8. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Creature Catalog: Damage Inflation

    The monster manuals (and by extension, the creature catalog) are there to allow a DM to put together an encounter on the fly if necessary. That is, without stopping to consider exactly how each gladiator on the field is armed and armored. If you want a different level of detail to your game...
  9. mgbeach

    D&D Fiction in the New Yorker

    It's not light reading for sure; it's more about life than D&D when it comes down to it. I thought it was a good read. Thanks for sharing.
  10. mgbeach

    D&D 4E 4E Adventure Tools a blast

    It would be cool if it allowed for community-created monsters to be accessible to everyone. They could be voted up or down, etc. to let the cream rise to the top. User-generated fluff and pictures for those monsters wouldn't affect book sales, and would be a fun addition to the tool.
  11. mgbeach

    Groups of Monsters...What to Call Them?

    I love that one too. Although I think a Fondle of Unicorns is my favorite
  12. mgbeach

    Groups of Monsters...What to Call Them?

    Luckily, this handy chart exists..
  13. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    Oh you're not pooping on my party :) The high proportion of bone ash present along with the iron changes the chemistry and results in the characteristic red glaze.
  14. mgbeach

    I want to make a gauntlet - and not the glove kind.

    Lionel Richie pit trap! Oh, what a feeling.. when you're dying on the ceiling...
  15. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    Haha! Thanks guys.. martinis on me. More to come this weekend.
  16. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    Here is the Balican Penny, with each tenth being called a Chip. Each section features an olive
  17. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    Indeed. I've pulled a lot of great info out of the pdfs of the old 2nd edition stuff as well as the books I still have from back then. Particularly the Dune Trader supplement, with its great info on various trade goods (both legal and shady) and the merchant houses.
  18. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    I was going by the old materials on that since I liked the flavor of it so much. The only reference I see in the new stuff is the sidebar that seems to say there are separate ceramic pieces for cp, sp, gp, and pp denominations. Basically a ceramic coin that says "1 GP" on it and so forth. It's...
  19. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    badmojojojo: That's the look I was going for..a fired-clay ceramic. That's why I mentioned the iron in the soil giving it the reddish color. Thanks!
  20. mgbeach

    Dark Sun Coinage

    Thanks guys; I'm working on some of the other city states as well
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