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I'd also recommend getting a DDI subscription (so long as you're comfortable with online resources). You'll have everything you will ever need - and probably a bit too much tbh. In that vein, I would also purchase the Rules Compendium book. Sure, that information is available on DDI, but not...

I've played the Thief at GenCon and much prefer this version than the original 4e Rogue. Much easier to get CA and less dependent on coordinating attacks with the party (which is fun in a local group but hit-and-miss at a Con). I've seen the Slayer in action, and they work exactly as described...

My players call me a 4e fanboi, so yeah, I'm in. :D 4e is my go to game for the near (and hopefully distant) future.

I'm not sure about something - are you looking at 4e as a true-blue investment (like a collector's item) or as rules to run a fantasy RPG? For me, it's the latter. Specifically, I collect the books b/c 4e is my favorite D&D edition. So if/when 5e rolls around (and I'm sure it will...

To avoid a railroad, what I do when I prepare a campaign is write some things that I'd like to see (like places to visit and people to see) and events that logically would occur in a certain sequence if there is no PC intervention. For example, you mentioned this NPC who wants to become a...

This is what I do but I use excel.

Completely agree with Puget Sound here. I get the sense from the OP that 4e Dark Sun wouldn't precisely meet all of his objectives but it could be tweaked to get you there (or close enough). For example: * Healing surges and extended rests: The amount of surges regained could be limited (per...

A few ideas spring to mind but they're epic in scope - not something resolved in a story arc or two: If it's a killing stone, it's value would be to use it to kill something "unkillable" like a god. The big bad would be the enemy of this god. Perhaps the PCs are allies (or will become allies)...

The campaign sounds awesome. Look forward to reading more!

I approach this in two ways. My first approach uses crunchy metrics already mentioned by other posters, like the consumption of healing surges, healing potions (if available), dailies and action points. I also track who has been bloodied and/or reduced to 0 hp. My second approach is much more...

The players of my Dark Sun campaign seem committed to reaching level 30, so we're trying to hit that in roughly 4 years (the campaign just hit its one year anniversary with PCs at level 6 but we're currently on a break). I'm accelerating their levelling, roughly 1/level a session (once every...

That's my background as well. After amassing a collection of 2e material (and later selling the whole set), I drifted away from D&D only to come back more than a year ago to run a 4e Dark Sun campaign. Anyway, a lot of good advice here. Let me underscore a few things: Condition Tracking...

I began my 4e collection almost a year ago, when I started playing. So my take is with 20/20 hindsight - what would I buy differently knowing what I know now? Musts: I'd skip the trinity of PHB1, DMG1 and MM1 tbh mainly b/c they are heavily errata'd (though I believe MM1 isn't errata'd, the...

I'm the opposite. As a player, I wouldn't see a need for DDI unless I really wanted to "get into the game mechanics" and/or optimize. A player could get away with talking to someone with a subscription and making the appropriate choices as they level. OTOH, I find DDI invaluable as a GM. I use...

Ahh thanks for the clarification. What about encounters with a squad of ranged attackers? Do you focus fire? Personally, I don't...I spread the fire around, unless the NPCs are combat savvy or have prior knowledge (of who to target for example). But that may change if, for example, a certain...

Hey, everyone. I've been lurking on the boards for a few months, but decided to finally join in the discussion. :) I really like 4e (warts and all). After many years playing other non-D&D systems, I returned to D&D to run a Dark Sun campaign. I just finished a 6-session story arc and am taking...