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Likewise. I've heard similar complaints specifically about the Chosen, Drizzt, or one of Ed's original PC's being involved in campaigns. There are plenty of stories to tell that don't involve any big-name NPC. If you want to play in a "geek-out" game where you get to interact with Elminster...

Comments made in developer updates indicate that Drow will be a race detailed in the PHB. With that, though, will Elistraee become part of the main pantheon, or will she still be unique to FR? As for the novels issue, I agree that people who don't follow all the novels tend to get lost...

Since it seems like WotC is trying to turn Faerun into Athas, don't give them any more ideas ;). Seriously, FR has been one of the most popular gaming worlds in the history of Fantasy RPG. There are certain things that have made it popular, such as the wide variety of gods and the fact that...

The only updates are "fluff," and can be found in the Grand History of the Realms (available at your FLGS :) ). The last few pages include information in the most recent novels and adventures, as well as a few choice set up details at the very end.

I flipped to the end of Grand History, and I'm a little disappointed at some of the things that have happened. No, not the stuff that's been hashed over time and again, but a few that have not been mentioned (ye've been warned of SPOILERS ahead, matees): - The Drow, ALL OF A SUDDEN, can use...

I agree with the majority here- we've been given a great deal of information, and none of it makes the Realms look good in the end. There have been some designer comments about a wish for FR and Eberron to become more "points of light in a sea of darkness" like the default setting, despite...

Looks useful, but I just tried it and nothing happened- it wouldn't let me filter, change search parameters, or reorganize the list in a non-alphabetical way. I did see the whole list, though.

Sure you could convert the story, but depending on how much crunchy material is involved in the plot, what would the point be? You could spend as much time writing your own adventure and that would be free. Look at an adventure like Ravenloft. The number of encounters, monsters, and NPC's...

And there's the rub, especially with WotC trotting out a large number of adventures (something else they said they wouldn't be doing because they are loss-leaders, and instead relying on Dungeon for releasing adventure material). The new mechanics-type things will likely work on some level...

When my group was doing World's Largest Dungeon, we were buffing like crazy as well, to the point where picking spells and buffing took up the better part of the night. But, you'd be surprised how much a spell like Greater Dispel or Mordenkainen's Disjunction made us pee ourselves. In answer...

I played a duskblade in a recent campaign, and it wasn't too overpowered. The spells, while nice, are limited in that you know a very small number/level, and can only add one/level to any level you know. The trade-out rule helps here somewhat, but I never saw a need to get rid of a current...

Whoa, there, slow down on the upping the CR thing. Look at the numbers for the Attack bonus- vs. opponents worthy of level 10 characters, they aren't very good. Also, keep in mind what you'd be using for damage- if you're playing with the monk option (the most attacks available), then you are...

By level 10... Let's say you have two-weapon fighting. You'd have two attacks on your main weapon, one on your secondary weapon. If you are a Ranger or have taken the feat, you have Improved Two-Weapon Fighting by this point, so you would have two attacks with your secondary weapon. If...

Not that it matters now, but I can't make it to the gameday either. A friend is having his 30th b-day party that night and, since I'm also turning 30 this year and he's a great friend (were in each other's wedding parties, etc.), I'd be a heel if I missed. It's a shame, as I was looking...

BBR, sign me up for the gestalt game. I won't be able to get there till 3 anyway, so that fits perfectly.

- The FR book Underdark introduced a companion tome to the Books of Vile Darkness and Exalted Deeds, this time for (morally) Neutral characters. I would turn this into a supplement similar to the other two, because of all the alignments that need RP support (not necessarily crunch, but HOW TO...

One thing I noticed about the feats- weren't some of these originally Epic feats (Two-Weapon Rend comes to mind)? I like the Weapon Mastery feats, though I think it might better be house-ruled that the bonuses apply to other weapons EXCEPT the specialized one. That seems more in line with the...

For most of the damage they're looking at, minimum is 1. They aren't factoring in any variable bonuses from Strength because they don't assume any particular score. The only bonuses in the averages they calculate come from statics like Weapon Focuses and Specializations. The notable exception...

A book useful to new and grizzled alike In Everything Bad is Good for You, author Steven Johnson makes the argument that many things thought bad in popular culture are, in fact, making us and requiring us to be smarter. He makes a brief example in the beginning about D&D being such a...

Things I regret come not so much from them being bad purchases, but because I have barely or never used them for anything worth the money spent. Back in the days when I had money (and no girlfriend/wife) I bought a lot. Leading to quite a few regrets... 1) RIFTS series by Palladium (I don't...