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Some of them are big challenges for beginner GMs. OK then, maybe I read more into it, but what did you actually mean by "official" or "default" when characterising AP play? These appear to strongly imply that they are the 'right' way to play the game in the manner in which you put them.

From the point of view of TT RPs - Mophidius has the Conan licence.

I would very much like to see Hasbro jump into bed with Blizzard to produce a next-generation D&D MMO to replace WoW over a 5 year development timeframe. A 5 year period has already been flagged as a likely period over which the limitations of WoW's graphics and UI will start to really grate...

I have read the Wilderlands setting back to front, but never run it. I currently run a high magic Greyhawk game that began in the Gazeteer period, adapted the starter set adventure and has lead to grand strategy, the potential re-unification of the Great Kingdom and the group are currently...

I don't think the APs are targeted at beginners. The Starter Set is far more angled in this direction. The sandboxy elements of the latest AP and the difficulty of the start of RoT AP seem to indicate they are for the more experienced. On the one hand, WoTC claimed this edition is to give the...

Not without trawling - it was about 6 months ago if I remember rightly, and showed Homebrew as #1 at something like 40%+ and Forgotten Realms as second.

It would appear that you are stating that it is ok to critique those who don't think there is a problem and for them trying to shut down the debate, and that they are being "beyond aggravating", but on the flipside it's ok to say there is a problem? Is that what you meant? If this debate had...

I am sure a large number of people do play the APs - but as the survey here made clear, most players run their own homebrew. So it is logical to assume that they are not set in a campaign vacuum and that the homebrews in which they appear are suitably modified to fit the rules of that hand...

I am not keen on the FR being the world to end all worlds - poaching all the goodies from what I think are better worlds like Greyhawk... ... but as far as your contention is concerned, I always thought the PoL a great core of an idea that wasn't sufficiently developed - certainly not enough to...

I expected as much. I bought the highest level Kickstarter choice available for Trudvang - it looks fantastic and I cannot wait to receive my six books and all the unlocked goodies. My players are very much looking forwards to playing in the original Celto-Norse world that is Tudvang, and I...

Indeed - nothing about the system is broken, in holistic terms (i.e. not just small specific things the Moon Druid being OP or the BM Ranger being UP) there are just inflexible ways of playing it that self-limit the many options available. If you want a high gold, high magic item game you...

Run the game with non-magic using class variants, half-casters rarely and only one (maximum) full caster with no automatic access to spell knowledge above 5th. Put knowledge of spells into the game like treasure and have components for every spell. Don't have scrolls, don't have charged items -...

Sacrilege!!! You can't do that! There isn't a rule for hiring mercenaries - so it's a PROBLEM!!! But seriously, well done - your game did what any decent game does, uses common sense to fill in the unstated elements of a game without requiring a specific rule to do it for you. Yay creativity!

I see. Yes - I hate CR bubble/deus ex machina games - agreed.

The bit I highlighted. What does that even mean? An over-supply of gold and under-supply of stuff to spend it on isn't a 'problem' caused by the rules, it is perhaps one engendered by the narrow modus operandi of APs. The two should not be conflated and then labelled a game rules 'problem'. It...

You would rather have excessive rules fiat and the GM hog-tied? The GM runs YOUR game, campaign and knows your character and those of the other players. The rules don't know you or your group from Adam, and leaving too many decisions to the rules, not to mention over-restriction of GM choice is...

I will PM you...

Actually a good Rogue uses a bow when going into melee would be a bad idea and keeps a bow handy so as not to be a one-trick pony, whilst favouring melee attacks wherever feasible.

I couldn't agree more. Too many people on here come to discuss problems they have created themselves - like this, and the thread on 'what is gold for'. "I don't know what gold is for - there need to be rules telling me!" I am reminded of the endless threads about lack of ranged options for...

@CapnZapp I disagree entirely - the task is entirely straightforward. Prices already exist for all magical items, and for crafting purposes item blueprints are available for each and every one of them (except artefacts) as treasure given out at the GMs discretion - like all treasure is. This...