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Sigh. There goes the advantageous trade-off in making my barbarian an elf instead of a minotaur.

That's my opinion of WoW's release. Perfectly playable and fun, needed some tweaks. If you thought 4E was "half-finished" and "unpolished" I'd hate to have you as an editor. ;)

Seriously. WTF?

This.

I started running into the busy problem, although not with minis exactly. I make my own tokens, so I was running into time issues putting together the images and printing out the token art, and then cutting it out and putting them on the tokens. Phew! So, when I need to be lazy, I do one of two...

Yeah. I know a bunch of people who go to DragonCon. None of them play table top RPGs of any kind. DragonCon doesn't strike me as a big gaming culture convention. The gaming focused cons out here at almost 100% 4E. There are a few 3.X/d20 games, and even most of those are actually OGL instead...

I changed it to be that way. I read the novel before running, and the idea that the PCs were in the background was total crap. So, I had them get thrown into slavery, then when they escaped, they went to the mountains, got the heartwood staff, and came back to kill Kalak. I threw in some other...

It doesn't say AD&D, it says D&D. The problem is with the "Second Edition" of D&D since I don't recall them being labelled as such (weren't there 3 or 4 editions of "D&D" before it was dropped in favor of full AD&D support?) and the fact that they are trying to sidestep the confusing editions...

I'm glad you got what you wanted. You can give certain monsters a special power that allows them to do more massive damage, and it only works against helpless targets. The Genasi Millers have an ability that does absolutely massive damage when they get bloodied the first time (3d10+4 at level...

So do puzzles and traps if they are stand alone encounters. Strictly roleplaying encounters might count too, although I'm not clear on whether or not they are considered encounters by the book. I also allow action points to reroll skill challenge rolls to make them more useful for SC, but...

I had a question that came up...what if they are not in a lightly obscured square, but there are lightly obscured squares in between you and the target? Thus: OXXO The O is the target and the attacker. They are standing in a clear square. X is a lightly obscuring fog/smoke/whatever.

In that case, you should check out In A Wicked Age! You play out an entire story in 2 hours (or there abouts, I suggest limiting it to two hours). Each story is called a chapter, and so you get 2 or 3 chapters done in a sitting. 8 sessions of this would get you at least 16 chapters, creating a...

I love it. One of my favorite systems. I'm speaking mainly of FATE 2.5 as used in Spirit of the Century, but I've played a bit of 3.0 used in Starblazer Adventures, and am looking forward to picking up Diaspora for some harder SF (also 3.0). The differences between 2.5 and 3.0 are pretty small...

Yeah, in 4E druids are even more effective since they have readier access to stealthier forms and aren't limited by spells per day. Doing weather control or poisoning supplies is totally within the scope of a skill challenge. If you want it to be. Just like you can get creative with martial...

Features complete rules to create your very own Mary Sue

Clearly, your Mystara may vary. I didn't get any of that from my Basic D&D boxed sets or adventures. Bland isn't a bad thing, although I know it can be used with poor connotation. Bread is bland, but it's also the basis of so many fantastic foods (including, bread, which can be delicious on...

I highly approve! I just don't understand groups that only play one system. It's so far from my experience. I've never known a gamer personally who refused to play a new game. You've got some good games lined up. Spirit of the Century is one of my favorites. I've heard great things about...

Is the Giants book a boxset or a single hard cover?

It certainly would wipe away any preconceptions and give you a clean slate to establish new impressions. It also wipes away any preconceptions and gives new players very little to latch onto. From the title, I thought of Mouseguard, where the players are all mice in a medieval setting...

Okay, that clears it up then. I almost always play mechanically tried and true. Largely because that's what the game is instructing me to play. Although that's generally only a point of conflict in D&D. Almost all the other games I play, it's impossible to play a character that's mechanically...