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I have a first level Druid who has just entered a City that is home to a Theocracy (in fact, THE Theocracy). He's not a fan of them, to put it mildly. I've told the other characters I want to bring the Theocracy down and burn their Cathedral to the ground. :) I think it might take until the...

I had a great weekend. I got to sleep at 4.30am on Satuday night/Sunday morning. Yay.

Sketch? You were lucky to have a sketch! We used to make do with a single punchline, all alone.

Ha, good question. Heselbine (my brother) is running a weekly game on Tuesday nights, but since I'm going to be around near to him for some time I said I'd be happy to run some D&D so he'd get to play. He had apparently been thinking of extending to an additional night a week anyway, so I...

Honestly, I think you should say to your player that if he wants to be trained in Insight, he should take the feat. *shrug* I don't believe that changing the rules just for this guy is justified. If he wants to be jack-of-all-trades then he has to pay the cost for it, in feats, same as anyone else.

Thanks for all the responses, and I'll certainly be playing up the Diplomacy option. One of the PC's, as noted, is playing a Drow Bard who is a family member of Matron Urlvrain, so he's likely to be trying to talk to people rather than going in and slaying them. I hope this'll make the adventure...

Insert random food-related metaphor here.

Also, if you haven't played or even read this particular adventure then I'd suggest you do so first before spouting off about how bad it is, thanks.

I disagree with you to the very core of my being. Players may know this, characters may know this, but surely the point of the adventure is about where you draw the line? About whether or not you should save the Drow from the forces of Orcus, even though you know they're likely to backstab you...

I can confirm from Heselbine that they have 16 gaming tables, and that the owner, whilst not knowing a lot about RPGs, would very much welcome people into his shop to game no matter what they're playing. they also have a coffee bar, apparently, which fills me with glee. :)

I am also massively in favour of good Hack. Good story, brilliant NPC's, exciting locations, mysteries, all that stuff is great but what I love most of all is a hard-won victory over an enemy on the battlefield. Figuring out how to bring them down and doing it is just immensely satisfying.

*emerges suddenly from behind a bush* Don't mind me. I'm looking for a thread, and this may or may not be it. *wanders off behind a large tree*

Thanks for the advice, that's really useful, particularly with regards to the treasure parcels. I'll have to make sure I put some stuff in. We've had some changes around characters, and some added thoughts on background. Human Mage - has taken the Prophecy background, and we've decided that...

Shame about Forbidden Planet, but great news about the Brighton store. Russ, if you want to head over to Brighton for the day we can guarantee a warm-welcome. :)

Mustrum - that Cleric NPC is actually a really good idea, and would certainly help out the party in a way that isn't as complicated as a full PC. Thanks. I picked a Cleric as I figured they'd be easier to play than a Warlord or Bard, and the Ranger, as you say, is pretty simple to play and play...

Woo! What level spread is Against the Giants? And who's the Big Big Bad at the end? Also - how does the number of Giants in play at one time compare to the number of available miniatures that Wizards have produced already?

No problems! I'll go back and edit the title of the thread in a moment, but for now let's bring up some starting points. Why am I running this? I've been running 4e since it came out, but recently I've had to move away from my usual group. Happily, I've walked right into a new group gaming...

There is a special edition of Spinal Tap out now. It comes with a mini amp... that can be turned up to 11. :) Also apparently useful as a ipod speaker.

A friend of mine that hasn't looked at the books remarked when he started playing that the lack of fluff on the character builder power cards can make things a bit difficult. Aside from that, and from missing out on the bits of implied-setting fluff that comes scattered throughout the books...