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Critical Damage This has also been addressed at least once in a mailbag segment of the official D&D podcast. They discussed the rule and ended by stating that only the dice generated because of the critical are rolled. This helped settle the issue for me. I cannot site the specific podcast as I...

Ddi I have an annual subscription. My birthday is in October so my mother buys the subscription for me each year. I paid for the initial year but she has paid since then. Even if she did not pay for the subscription, I would pay for it myself. While I feel that the value of the subscription is...

I picked up a copy of the new Essentials DM Kit at my local FLGS. I know others may have this alrreasy but I thought that I would mention it in case anyone has some questions about the product. I also picked up the new Gamma World box as well. I have not had time to read much of the material...

School Games I used to run an game on the bus to and from school. About 8 to 10 people played in the game. I was the only one with dice and we passed the dice around, along with the red box to roll the dice in. I was the DM and it was always chaotic. We also gamed at recess. I was in 5th grade...

Red Box Characters Just wanted to make a quick comment. On page 31 of the Heroes of the Fallen Lands at the start of chapter 2: Making Characters resides the following boxed text: HAVE YOU PLAYED THE RED BOX? If you played through the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Fantasy Roleplaying Game Starter Set...

My FLGS (Mayhem Comics in Des Moines, IA) just got the new Essentials products. The Rules Compendium, Heroes of the Fallen Lands, Dungeon Tiles and Premium Dice all arrived today. Other Premiere stores most likely have them as well or soon will. At first glance I like what I see. I have a...

Games Day I will be running the Red Box Game Day at my local FLGS, Mayhem Comics in Des Moines IA. The event starts at noon. I will also be running Castle Ravenloft demos throughout the day. The store is running a 24hr game day and will be open all night on Saturday. Lots of games and fun to be...

Compendium The Rules Compendium is MSRP $19.95 and 320 pages of awesome. My store has a preview copy and it is a nice book. It is very easy to reference during play. I won't elaborate too much as a thread already exists to discuss the RC. Thalmin and I are both answering questions about the RC...

Implements The RC talks about implements on p274. It states that implements do not grant a proficiency bonus. An adventurer must have proficiency with an implement to use it. Implements are used with powers that have the implement keyword. The text goes on to talk about implement groups. The...

Rules Compendium I run a game at my local store after hours. The game is limited to my friends and I. We used the RC book at the table tonight and I really liked it. It is a nice design that is easy to reference on the table. I found it to be thoroughly useful. Just my thoughts after a night...

I like the skill challenge section. It does a good job of deconstructing a skill challenge. It breaks a skill challenge down into several parts: 1. The Goal 2. Level and DCs 3. Complexity 4. Primary and Secondary skills 5. Consequences Each section takes a good look under the hood of a skill...

My store, Mayhem Comics in Des Moines IA, was sent a preview copy of the RC, so I thought I would help answer some questions. The book has a section on extra damage that states that extra damage is the same type as the attack it adds to unless the extra damage explicitly says it is different...

With regards to the required boosters for gamma world, the boosters are not required to play the game but they are required for the game day. WotC wants to people to be exposed to the card mechanic so they are requiring them for the game day. I don't think this is indicative of the boosters...

Essentials Nature Part of the problem lies in the nature of Essentials. WotC views the Encounter program as a game format primarily aimed at new players. That is why they implemented the Essentials program. In the Gen Con Encounters seminar, Chris Tulach was asked about the Essentials only...

Red Box My store just got them today. The box was marked with a street date of 9/7/10 on the box. However, WotC has stated that as a premiere store we do not have to abide by street dates on D&D products. We have found nothing on the packing slip that says that the Red Box is to be handled...

tokens My solution to the token/marker problem is probably fairly unique and has a tie to D&D. I use the elevation markers from the old Dragonlance boardgame. The game used small quarter inch thick round counters. The counters had grooves and ridges so that you could stack them one on top of...

Great Buy I recently acquired the WoHF book from a used book seller. It is intact with the booklet and all the maps. Copyright 1977. I also picked up "The First Fantasy Campaign" by Dave Arneson. I paid $5 for each book. I could not believe my luck. Apparently someone brought in 10 boxes of old...

Glad to hear that the adventure went well and that everyone had a good time. I may steal your idea and use it in the future, if you don't mind.

Disease You can try this. It is not my creation but I do not know who created it. White Fever Level 4 Disease +6 vs. Fort Endurance: 22/17/16 Target is cured Initial effect: -2 to all skill checks and the target loses one healing surge. 2nd Stage: Target suffers a -2 to all attack rolls 3rd...

Congrats Congratulations on the start of the next phase of your life. May it be filled with many happy moments. I hope you are familiar with the hybrid rules. I hear they can be tricky sometimes. :)