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Wow…don’t get me started on canon. I really dislike the concept of canon in RPG settings, and I think it is out of place for DM advice. Don’t get me wrong, I believe very strongly in many of the opinions I write. I do considered and know other opinions (and have at times championed those...

I can’t speak for others, but when I write my columns, it’s all about explaining what works for me and other DMs I know and chat with. I write about it in a definite manner, because I am a believer in writing with a strong voice, not to squash or drone out other opinions or methods. DMing...

I think you are right about this. I love the story. I love the game. Simulation beyond does it pass the BS test doesn't interest me at all. And let's face it, with fantasy in general, and D&D in particular, it’s relatively easy to pass that particular test...especially when you are helped out by...

It’s because I’m a fan of story consequences rather than rules consequences for this kind of failure. This past weekend my Season of Long Shadows campaign had three character deaths. Two PCs came back, and one player decided to make a new character. All three know there will be story...

And thank you for that. I had not seen that before. Very funny! B-)

Articles like these get put up after conversations in the D&D development pit (the place where work) that involve designers, customer service, developers, and editors, usually with books open and doing searches on terms like regeneration. This one came up after it came up in Chris Perkin's...

That's just about timing and how lose you want your themes to be. I knew what I wanted to run. I know the major events that will occur in Eilthir (sans PC meddling...and I want plenty of room for PC meddling) but even then I made all of my backgrounds brief and loose. I wanted plenty of wiggle...

Well, I can tell you a small con I had this past weekend. My player with the Hexed background didn't show up (and I didn't he wasn't showing up until 5 minutes prior to the session). As it happened, it was the first session that the voice popped up. While I rolled with it, and the story moved...

Not surprising, I know, but...well...bump.

See told you it was a vision quest. ;) That Youngs is a spiritual dude. :area:

You know, I was going to suggest Powerslave, but I thought it was a tad to melodic for that encounter. (BTW, I went to see Iron Maiden with Mearls a couple of weeks ago, and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen. If you love metal, and can get the chance, go see Bruce and the boys...

He went on a vision quest, and came back with the new name? I don't know. He won't tell us either. ;)

All Too Easy... The Thing That Should Not Be Metallica Master of Puppets Track 3 Is there any other choice? :area:

The number I've seen was about copies sold, not revenue taken in. I can only assume that the print runs were larger as well, or we wouldn't have had that many copies to sell. Many inquiring minds want to know this sort of information...fans, competitors, Wall Street, sometimes all three...

Mearls didn't talk to someone in the know...he looked at the sales numbers. The same sales numbers I looked at. We are not blowing smoke up anyone's 'you know what' here. I realize there are a number of folks who haven't seen the actual numbers (or at least not in a good long time) who've...

You can take thrown (simple) weapons with the paladin, but it's never the best option, since your weapon powers are almost always melee, and your ranged powers are almost always implement powers. If you use this "throw build" you'll end up doing basic attacks with ranged (meaning you'll have to...

Yes, that's what I’m saying. Not only that, there are only so many simple names and phrases we can bat around. Let's see, dodge is taken, how about "duck,” “dart,” "shuffle to the side,” "get out of the way,” “evade.” Drat, we’ve already used that last one. I would also say that tornado strike...

Yeah, and tornado can also means something that throws you a fair distance. After a series of tornados there is always this story or that story about things and people being throw a far distance. I don't always think that names of powers need to entirely describe exactly what they do and how...

He's not hammering away on it because it's basically...well...done. And by done, I mean written and through development. There's still playtesting...last minute changes, art, layout and all that stuff, but the majority of the R&D work is fin. I got to help him out with that book, now he gets to...

That's just how I roll, baby. Player's Handbook.