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http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/dd1/n4.htm One interesting alternative is N4 Treasure Hunt, which starts characters as 0-level humans trying to survive a shipwreck. Over the course of the adventure the PCs work their way up to 1st level and a character class. It's a good choice if your new...

The Baldur's Gate computer games would replace a dead plot-necessary character with "Biff the Understudy". While I don't think I've actually run across a situation like that when playing the games, I thought it was cute (and useful) that the games had that safety mechanism built in. Other...

They had a list of ten of the best Dungeon Magazine adventures in that issue too. But, alas, no explanation or capsule reviews of 'em. 10. "Siege of Kratys Freehold", Ted James Thomas Zuvich, issue #33 9. "The Forgotten Man", Steve Devaney, issue #75 8. "The Lich-Queen's Beloved"...

Well, http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/br/br.htm There were only five, officially, plus at least one or two that appeared in Dungeon magazine. I don't think I've heard a single thing about any of 'em. Perhaps Wolfgang "Monkey King" Baur, who wrote The Sword of Roele and The Warlock of the...

I have, for as long as I can remember, specialized in playing characters that are either idiots or delusional. Part of this is because I enjoy being a little "difficult" with the DM by misinterpreting everything he says. Part is because while I'm supposedly a halfway-intelligent person, I can...

Excellent. Toss Birthright in there; I've bugged people on this board before about that setting because it always intrigued me, and while I got a bunch of good opinions on the setting, no one ever said anything about the fistful of modules that got released for it.

I'm quite impressed with the Player's Guide as I await the release of adventure #1. Just one thing: "Shakur Biggs"? Other than that little anachronism, thumbs up!

Good lord. This thread is pretty strong evidence as to why WotC would need to publish pandersome books to get girls involved in the first place. Because some of you sure ain't gonna get the job done.

I guess it's worth a try, huh? D&D has always been the kind of thing that could appeal to women in theory (witness the runaway popularity of the Sims with the female audience). I was going to make a crack about the game's overemphases on mathematics and violence as torpedoing some of its...

The worst part of the Avatar modules is that the PCs really have very little to do with the outcome of the story. Most of everything is driven by the NPCs (Elminster, Midnight, Kelemvor, et al.) and the PCs just follow along and maybe don't get killed. They're told at virtually every turn...

Agreed on the CRPGs... although otherwise our arguments about FRC1 and FRC2 are perfect encapsulations on the differences between 1e and 2e adventure styles and the players and DMs with a clear preference. (Pool of Radiance was released just before the 2e revision and Curse just after, so it...

I'd love to see some more of these threads. Perhaps the Avatar Trilogy (is it possible that anyone enjoyed 'em?), the FRQ series, the Daggerdale series, Marco Volo, some of the post-war Dragonlance stuff, Dark Sun's Freedom series, any of the Birthright adventures, or the HHQ single-player...

Although if your gaming activities are running you afoul of Sheriff Leis and his cronies... you're probably more hardcore than you need to be. Way back in the '80s, hysteria over D&D and the like was far worse than it is now, and Cincy is likely no different. WotC ought to have a...

I moved to Portland a little more than a year ago from Cincinnati, so I've made the Midwest-to-PNW transition that others have referred to. Even though I hadn't played RPGs since my freshman year of college, I decided to pick 'em back up as a way of getting a little more involved in my new...

This was really the only "mega-dungeon" I've ever run. I more or less steered my players there, and while we had some fun exploring the top two levels, the lack of any particularly interesting motivation or plot probably sapped some of the effect. Looking back at the product now, I think it's...

I could definitely enjoy both types, but perhaps Journaling might be a little more desirable. When I began the first fantasy novels I ever owned, the Dragonlance Chronicles, I was most into trying to connect the story with actual gameplay. (I was dead certain Raistlin had a Constitution of 3.)...

Okay, so I'm still fairly new here at EN World. I've managed to find some great threads on classic adventures and campaign settings, among other things. So there's one very large section of the site I'll never have time to really scour: ...the Story Hours. I'm interested in a sampling of the...

Mark, you're a good man (for starting a series of these). I'm a big fan of this thread concept as a conversation-starter.

I'm totally with Mike on this one. Mega-dungeons get pretty drudgerous pretty fast. I've mentioned before how I ran Undermountain for my old 2e FR campaign, but it lasted just a few sessions before the group started to want for some kind of plot and story arc beyond "you are seeking your...

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