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Give a man a fish.... teach a man to etc. Etc. There are a wealth of old settings and adventures. Would you rather they divert resources from new adventures and probably convert the adventures you don't care about? It makes more sense to give guidelines to let you seek out the modules most...

One of the more difficult balancing acts is player preference. Many of the words written with regard to speeding up combat (as well as beefing up solos) praise the constant damage aura, but some of my players happen to find that particular mechanic unbearable. I agree the article didn't have a...

I often flub lurkers as well. I find it best to cheat at least a little bit, although if you have rules-lawyery players like mine, they may figure out that it's impossible for your lurkers to have gone a certain way. As to the actual rules, it works like this: if your lurker turns invisible...

The weakness sort of highlights why this didn't make it to print. I don't think these could have worked in print, but they seem reasonable in dragon. Admittedly, they feel more like an unearthed arcana article than actual new options. The themes that grant items definitely cements that themes...

Did anyone actually read the flavor text on the noble? Perhaps it is me reading from a DMs perspective rather than a player perspective, but to me the Noble seemed like a theme with a lot of potential. Granted, it is all open-ended and not perfectly contained within the rules, which can...

For me, the constraints of death revolve more around player consideration. While I have given up on story considerations for when players can't make a session, I still try to make sure that character death/departure/joining has some place in the story. However, my particular group is a bit...

many apologies, your grace, for ambiguous pronouns. The "he" is Autochon, one of your loyal underlings. If the 4e DMG2 is to be believed, your will alone prevented him from crushing his hated rival Kylie.

Hey Everyone, I dunno if there's still interest but I thought I would share my experiences running a full fledged Sigil based session. I think most impressive was that, with the prep I had done, we played a 5 hour 4th edition game with no combat, and nobody seemed to mind (ok, maybe the PC...

I have to echo the sentiments expressed by other posters: if dazed and stunned are two powerful to use on players, start replacing them with less debilitating effects. For example, being dazed usually means either attacking or moving, so you're losing half your major actions. Since most...

the place with the old man was something of my own design, it was meant to be an in-between experience where each of the PCs got to take on a centerpiece encounter that was somehow related to their paragon path (eg: the warlord becoming a shadow marshal involved the party fighting shadow copies...

Well, the part of my campaign that came before the visit to sigil finished up with enough time to spare that I decided to move forward and give them a taste of what I had set up so far. I'd love some critiques by planescape veterans on if i managed to use the slang correctly. Previously they...

4e characterizes sigil as a paragon level city, so that's what I blocked it out to be used as. Specifically level 11, possibly bumping to 12.

I'm very intrigued by this player's guide to planescape but i'll have to wait until i get home since i'd rather not install realplayer on my work PC. Oh Live and Creed, to be in the 90s again. I like the idea of a portal being an inconvenience, and it should give the players with skill in...

If you're willing to do the work and study, you can use the Living forgotten realms method of treasure distribution. it's a distinct departure from the way things are done in the book, but it essentially completely handles the idea that you never know who will show up. To give you the gist...

I've got a few recommendations for modding your levels and/or getting the feel right. First, your PCs are going to know that kobolds are weaklings so however your math shakes out, I would recommend most fights have at least 2 monsters for every 1 PC. This will maintain the feel that kobolds...

the DMG2 for 4e has the biggest writeup for the city. In regards to the factions it describes how a war between them nearly tore sigil apart and the lady of pain issued a rare proclamation: "You are no longer welcome here, disband or die". It then describes a few groups that emerged from the...

I would say multiple parts, but not all of them. I want to give them the impression that there are distinct wards but not necessarily have them visit them all since this should last roughly what half a level would last (i'm not using XP for this particular stretch specifically because otherwise...

Yeah, the 4e one goes into detail on a few that still survive in some form, such as the Sons of Mercy being derived from Mercykillers. I absolutely intend to employ some of the factions, but more as underground operatives than well-known and well established. Unfortunately this is going to be...

I definitely want to use Sigil as a palette cleanser. They've been cavorting around dungeons for several levels and killing with impugnity. After reading about the 4e version of sigil (which seems to be post faction wars) it strikes me as a place rife with intrigue but still capable of a few...

holy cow, that's a lot of material! I'll have to be careful or I'll be tempted to keep them in sigil for longer.