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Rather than write out a whole new post, I'll just re-post what I wrote in the official DDM WotC forum: Non-random doesn't work as a business model. It drives me insane that years later people are still stuck on the "I'd pay xx dollars for a pack of monsters that I want." That's exactly why...

Thanks for posting that! That's good news to me. I don't mind a delay for the books as long as they are, in fact, coming. I wouldn't be happy if they were delayed for a year, but a quarter and a half isn't terrible. (Plus, it'll save me some money so soon after the holidays, so I really can't...

Disagreement is completely acceptable. I don't necessarily expect anyone to agree with me. I simply present my argument as clearly as I possibly can, and let the reader do with it what they will. I just don't quietly suffer insults or straw man arguments. If someone disagrees with me, and...

I'll bet you feel all witty and original, right? Rather than get into an argument with no substance, I'll present you 3 choices, feel free to act on any of them. 1) Take 5 minutes to respond to the post if you disagree with it. 2) Feel free to head over to the blog post I wrote regarding WotC...

I'm not sure I understand the logic of completely putting words in my mouth. Where did I say anything about love and hate of products? I don't have any problems with the Essentials classes, per se. I just wouldn't have bought those books without the future option for multi-classing rules. From...

The Class Compendium book's promise of having multiclassing rules was the only reason I went and dumped money into all of the Essentials products (Lord knows my players want nothing to do with them). If that book doesn't come out, the only thing I'll buy from Wizards after that is minis. I...

I'm ~90% sure I saw that same link about a year and a half ago when I first subscribed to DDi.

I've been begging on the Wizards DDi Community board for exactly this almost since the Monster Builder was released. The monster stat block is perfect for regular use. I actually print my group's Companion Character using the Monster Builder and they always run it far faster than their own PCs...

Don't use the blue stuff. That will leave an oil stain. The white stuff doesn't. I use the white version to attach to foam board and I leave it for weeks at a time. The warning about being hard to remove is true. You have to be careful if you leave it for a while. I've found that the best way...

Same here. I'll even go one further and say that Dark Sun 4e angers me with all of its attention. It's getting an "Eye on" this month in Dungeon magazine. Meanwhile, it's another month during its cycle that Eberron is being ignored. I personally wanted Dragonlance for this year's setting, but...

While not having the exploits of jbear, I'm along those same lines. I have always been an athlete, and actually gave up D&D from junior high until a few years ago. My wife is constantly saying "You aren't a geek, deal with it" but I keep insisting I am. Whatever. Really, I wish labels would go...

Same here. Masterplan is completely indispensible for me. I'll stop short of ranting about the Cease & Desist action here though. My players don't use laptops at the table, and I'm glad. A couple of them are bad enough with their smart phones, and one just had a new iPad at our last game. For...

Companion Characters are tough to get right. I've already burned through 5 of them in two different groups. Their power balance is off. My latest incarnation has been working out fairly well. She rounds out a party that contains a Druid, a Barbarian|Wizard, and a Paladin. Elsie's Second Chance...

As evidenced by the responses you’re getting, there is no “correct” answer. You’ll never please everyone with a published adventure. So I’m going to throw a radical idea out that I’ve yet to see anyone suggest: Scrap the published adventures altogether! I say this seriously. In lieu of these...

Storm cage is great, but it's even more fun to yank back Visions of Ruin to use a second time in a day! Spellstorm Mages FTW. The low number of PPs is just more proof to me that Wizards hates wizards.

If you had asked me this question a couple months ago, I'd have given you an emphatic "Yes!" Today, however, I can only give you a half-hearted "Sure." I agree with those who say just get yourself a 1-month sub, maybe twice a year (or even once,) grab all the content (you could grab all of it...