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That's a great idea. The Nentir vale is a nice little toybox (the Monsters of the Nentir Vale book has even more info on it, along with various monster organizations in the area if you wanted to turn it into a sandbox or something). Since you have the DM Kit, honestly Reavers of Harkenwood...

The link in the OP gets a 404. Is your podcast strictly about the industry, or is it also content? For instance, I came across this thread which is about gay-friendly RPGs (i.e. games that address alt sexuality with NPCs, art, etc). That thread mentioned Steve Kenson, who is a freelance game...

Because geeks. :p I'm not all that bothered by it. I was saying from a strictly biological POV. I.e. I was being tedious. Because geeks. :p

Congrats! That's how I started DMing so good luck. Ok. First thing's first: Relax. This is about having fun (including your own fun), not being right. If you realize you don't know a rule, make a call on the spot and move on. These guys don't know gaming nor the rules, they won't know the...

No more complicated than 3e. The Essentials classes are much easier to make (fewer power choices, most of the classes are pre-set). The easiest way to deal with character creation is the Character Builder. I would recommend DDi if the game takes off (it's a better investment overall than...

Would like a word with you.

From a biological standpoint, reptiles with breasts makes little sense, especially since dragonborn are hatched from eggs - they have no need for feeding young, therefore they would not be a good signal of fertility (and therefore serve no purpose. From an art standpoint, I can see it purely to...

If dragonboobs are the most serious issue people have about 5e, then I think we'll be ok.

@Elf Witch the only one that gets to me is "it's not D&D". Or any assumptions made about people based on what they like to play (for instance I've seen the claim "If 4e makes it easier for you to DM, then you just weren't a good DM in the first place"). There are reasons I disliked 3e, but I'm...

Just because it's an opinion though doesn't mean it's not hurtful. I mean ok, I realize that you shouldn't let words on the internet hurt your feelings/anger you. But it's the difference between saying: "I don't like x" and "I don't like X BECAUSE IT SUCKS". The "It's not D&D" upsets me...

That's not a bad idea. When I get back home I'm going to take a look at The Whispering Cairn too; I know it's a very, very solid 1st level adventure. I likely won't use the adventure wholesale, but at the very least the lantern puzzle should be portable. I actually own KotB. :) But I think...

@Janx Actually in the module, the priest went a little mad because the region was overwhelmed with trolls/etc. So he lured a bear to the shrine, then sacrificed it "to any who would answer his call" for aid in driving out the monsters. His god punished him, turning him into an immortal bear to...

What @JamesonCourage and Crazy Jerome said.

Huh. That makes me think that the editions just sat on top divides; that people who felt x over issue y went to edition z because z emphasized x more. So arguments of "Spellcaster Win Button" was swallowed up into 'Balanced 4e classes vs. characters are all the same/fighters are spellcasters'.

Yeah; that's why I was thinking the PC had already damaged the bear. They may avoid fights, but Once The Fight is On, I doubt the bear is going to be coy. Especially in its den. It's sort of cornered there.

Also to clarify the OP's situation (he posted about this elsewhere, he is running the published adventure Stolen Land) the PCs were entering a ruined wilderness temple that the bears were using as a den. So it's territory defense.

Here is how I would argue it. Bears (and I suspect the dire variety) are not used to being in danger by a legitimate threat. They don't typically run away or find themselves in actual danger, and can tear to shreds anything that would actually try to get up in their grill. I assume the PC...

I'll take a stab at clarifying something: Power: A power is simply any sort of resource or ability that a class gains which is not a class feature. To use some 3e examples of a power, a barbarian's rage, bard's song, a cleric's turn undead, druid's shapechange, or paladin's lay on hands/remove...

The issue of hit points reminds me of the time Gygax was asked about them, and his response was along the lines of: if you have a fighter with 100 HP, and he is whittled down round by round from arrows, the fighter isn't just walking around with 25-30 arrows sticking out of him until one...

I just don't come into this forum anymore. Granted, part of the reason is that I think all of these discussions are moot; the things we're arguing over have more than likely already been decided. So it's wheel spinning and wishful thinking with an argumentative edge. But the tenor (especially...