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Yes, used book stores buy books back for cheap...but then, they don't sell them back to people at cover price either! So if this were a good analogy for magic items, you'd be able to buy "used" magical swords for 50% (or even less) of the nominal value as well. Trying to introduce reality...

Actually, WotC has already noticed a number of minor problems/typos with the adventure and pregens; see here for the official corrections (and discussion in the 4e forums...).

A fun trick for a zero-level spell: maneuver an enemy in front of a trapped door, and use open/close to open it in front of them. This was by far the most effective thing my 13th level wizard could manage against an armada of stained glass golems we faced - fortunately all the doors in the...

Dave Noonan's ruminations on the "gish" (see Glyfair's thread on the WotC blogs for an excerpt) got me thinking about Tome of Battle, which introduced a new paradigm for multi-classing. All of the ToB classes have combat abilities that are, in many ways, the analog of spells - each had a level...

1. In what we've heard, there's a lot of emphasis on the "role" of each character in the party. That worries me, because in 3e it is hard enough shoehorning a party without a cleric or wizard or tank. If roles become even more integral to adventure design, how easy will it be to work with a...

It seems to me that, unless there is a vast conspiracy of secret playtesters out there, it pretty much has to be a reasonably modest re-tooling of the existing system. In my opinion, at least, introducing major changes to a game ought to merit pretty extensive playtesting, beyond what can be...

First of all, it seems pretty obvious to me that this is a "test" for Greyhawk. But of course it's a test - every product that every company ever puts out is, because it helps them decide what to make next! And I'm quite sure that Mr. Rouse and others (who have been kind enough to participate...

I am no expert on CSGs (I had to look up what they are), and also no lawyer, but you may find a very recent Supreme Court decision to be heartening. All I know comes from this article in The Economist. Basically, a valid patent has to be "non-obvious," and they recently ruled that combining...

As you’ll probably notice, this is my first post…been lurking for a while but finally prodded into action by this week’s news! I’m posting here because I really enjoy the community feel of the place, and I applaud the mods for working their hardest to maintain that feel even in the presence of...