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I am going to second what alot of other people have already said: the setting is far too dependant on the novels. In fact, from what I remember about the RPG releases, it really didn't EXIST without the novels. I have the same problem with Middle Earth and Star Wars too, to a degree. You will...

Let me add my congratulations as well! I have a 10 month old son who rolled an 18 on his first attempt ever. The cool thing was that the weapon was a keen longsword. He then lost interest but had he payed attention to the follow up roll he would have also seen his first critical hit. The group...

Something less "crunchy" would be nice. By that I suppose I really mean that there are just too many new spells, feats, and PrCs around to possibly be useful. I could certainly live with some viable rules for mass combat however.

We use "Profession: Cobbler" quite a bit because all the PCs are gnomish shoemakers. Pretty much they sit around making shoes and arguing about who has produced the most comfortable and stylish shoe. Truthfully, my answer was "Spot" but this seemed like it would make for a better read for those...

I would change alignment around a bit. I would have God's alignment be " ------ Good" and have Satan's alignment be " ----- Evil". Sort of true Good and True Evil. The human churches that represent the two foes would supply the Law and Chaos and would represent different factions or...

I have a couple of problems with High-Level play. 1. It seems that the higher the character level, the higher the reliance is on magic items rather than class features. Obviously the Wizard and Sorcerer are exceptions. 2. At high levels, it seems much more likely that either the DM or the PCs...

I have to go with the Forgotten Realms, mainly because they are the most supported setting. If a DM wants to run right out of the box, so to speak, you can't beat the Realms. On the other hand, if you are looking for a setting from which to steal ideas, the Realms still come out on top in my...