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Of course the packaging would be more environmentally friendly if it was smaller. But choice of cardboard or plastic is not so easy. Yes, a plastic container might be more reusable to the customer. On the other hand it normally would be harder to recycle in an efficient way. And in a normal...

Not voting as there is no option for me. I have mixed feelings about the GSL, but will not let that influence my choice in games. The mixed feelings are because I feel that the GSL is something that I can understand why the established 3PP feel wary about, but that I feel can also be a chance...

Besides things like dining room, study, kitchen and living room I also added other - which in this case is a members only pub/brewery, that some of my gaming friends have access to.

I am going to be awkward and not include anything 3.x or later, and still avoid the big 1st edition classics. I honestly think both the really early ones and the latest stuff are often too combat centered, and simply lack the feel of what I think of as the golden age of D&D adventure design...

Now that was a mess. Some things he says are just confusing, but might just be that he is not that well prepared. It also seems that he doesn't remember the rules of the game that he claims to prefer. His description of the how thieves skills work in original AD&D is for example really a...

When I started creating my new homebrew I decided a few things: 1. No alignment. 2. None of the usual races apart from human. Instead I designed an undead race, an insectoid race with a hivemind, a weird doppelgangery race and a fey race. 3. No conventional gods. One very unconventional god...

Party is Eladrin Warlock Eladrin Warlord Human Rogue Tiefling Cleric Dwarf Fighter Before, we tested some other characters and we have by now used all races and classes except elf and ranger.

True. The DMG is not really useful in this case. It tells you what a skill challenge is, then does not give you any really good advice on how to run it. Using the "DM's best friend" bonus to reward players who roleplay well and make clever decisions is the only way that we have to make a skill...

I agree with most of this, except the spitting. To me a campaign would often start with the DM having a concept in mind and offering it to a group. The group agrees to the concept, perhaps with a few suggestions of their own. Over time the group will probably have new ideas that don't exactly...

It is possible to play skill challenges by the DMG rules and get good results, if you adjust the DCs extremely carefully. When you calculate your own DCs, you need make sure to look for the sweet spot, where roleplaying bonuses and clever choices actually will be the things that can push the...

If a player in a campaign I was running said he wanted to play something like that, I would probably actually just say "No". Because of player entitlement. The entitlement of the rest of the players not to have their feel of a heroic fantasy story ruined by something that is too much out of...

My weird old memory frowned and spoke to me of drinking rules in the AD&D 1 DMG. And what do you know! On pages 82-83 you find "EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS". Very far from the best rules I have seen in an a game though. :) Basically it could be a very good way to keep your henchmen from...

I am a D&D fan. Have been for over 25 years, and have enjoyed many a session of every edition from AD&D and onwards. I am also a fan of deep immersive roleplaying. Have been doing that for the last 20 years or so. As an old RPG fan I have read the rules of more than 50 RP systems written from...

A couple of tips: If I write an adventure without knowing 100% how many players there will be, I will write for the max amount of players, and have made notes in each encounter what to take out if there are fewer party members. Not much extra work if you get used to it, and you shouldn't ever...

I want to add something that I am not sure everyone would agree with: There is such a thing as "good disruptive playing". Without any tension in the group, the interplay becomes boring. For that reason characters in the party need quirks and hangups. And some of that can in some campaigns move...

For the multiclass character I have built I used a 16, 16, 12, 12, 10, 8 array. (Becoming a 18, 16, 12, 12, 12, 8 character including racial bonuses.) The 16, 16, 13, 11, 10, 8 array might be even better, depending on what your needs are when it comes to feats.

I would talk to the player out of game, and explain how I feel about what he is doing. Basically say that by playing the way he does, he is making it harder for the rest of the players (and probably the DM) to have fun. And then ask him if there is anything he would be ready to do to make this...

Looking back at the 4E combat encounters I have played so far, only useful in 7 out of 8 encounters. If I look at the encounters I have written to play later - useful in 17 out of 23. Totally useless. ;) (I have also counted it as useful against swarms. They are vulnerable to it after all.)

Even if I will not be using the system that you create the adventure for, I still think there is advantage in seeing the stats. That way I can tell the relative power of various people, creatures and things and it will be easier to translate. For adventures that focuses more on social encounters...

We are using those power cards, and loving them. I added cards for Second Wind and Action Point - making it easier to keep track of what has already been used in an encounter. Clerics and Warlords get two cards each for Healing Word and Inspiring Word respectively, just to make it easy for...