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I see what you're saying. I agree that more variety in individual class mechanics would be a good thing. They have tried this to some extent with psionics, fighter stances, and bringing back magic schools. Deviating from the standard AED power structure for certain classes would make them...

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Long term, young gamers are the most important demographic. The hobby simply can't continue without them. I would assume that many of the old-timers stop playing when marriage, kids, and careers get in the way. Why would WotC keep catering to a slowly diminishing audience? Especially when a...

D&D has to change periodically in order to appeal to new generations of players. It's no different than Marvel rebooting their whole line to modernize the characters and repair story continuity. Ultimate Marvel anyone? The changes in game mechanics and art direction to resemble video games...

From the 4E DMG... Corridors 1: Straight 4 squares 2: Straight 8 squares 3-5: Ends in door 6: Straight 4 squares, door on right 7: Straight 4 squares, door on left 8: Straight 4 squares, side passage on right 9: Straight 4 squares, side passage on left 10: Three-way intersection ("T") 11...

There are mechanical ways to resolve this. If you created the dungeon on the fly using die rolls or some other random room/encounter generation method, you wouldn't know what was next. See Castle Ravenloft.

The Dungeon Masters Guide has a section on playing without a DM. Basically you use tables and roll dice like the examples you gave. You can also make encounter cards and shuffle them into a deck.

This is worth highlighting. I think that some players and DMs wrongly assume the goal of a table top RPG is to simulate a video game experience. This is understandable given that many initially learned about RPGs from video games. A TTRPG offers so much more than even the best sandbox...

There seems to be a disagreement as to how much control the players should have over the world. When I run a game there is no argument. The players control their characters, I control the world. I can suggest ideas or say "are you sure that's what you want to do?" but ultimately it is up to...

Bought the Rules Compendium. Enjoy using it as a quick table reference. Seems to be taking some wear and tear quickly. Bought the first Heroes book. Liked some of the new class builds. Haven't used any because the offline Character Builder doesn't support them and I'm too lazy to write out...

It shouldn't take 2 to 3 hours to resolve that situation. You simply tell them the guards have arrested their friend. They can get him out using diplomacy, paying a sum of gold, breaking him out, etc. The rogue could also attempt to escape on his own if the players feel like leaving him in...

Instead of telling them "no, you can't pick the king's pocket"; I would tell them, "sure you can try to pick the king's pocket." I would then set a very high difficulty. If they fail the roll, the king's guards arrest the individual and it's up to his friends to bail him out somehow. If he...

I agree with the above definition, telling the players "no, you can't do that" is railroading. The players are the main characters of the story. They should have free reign to make decisions that change the course of events. At the same time, some players need direction. Branching paths...

I tried running Castle Ravenloft with my players. They liked it but said they would rather just play 4e. The main complaint was they didn't want to run the monsters. They were used to me doing that. Personally, I was enjoying being a player for once. It's good if you only have an hour to...

My name is Canor Morum... I make up rules and lie about die rolls behind the screen. I cut monster hit points if the battle is taking too long. I am never well prepared for a game and make it up as I go. I am terrible at coming up with names for npcs. I prefer wilderness adventures over...

:):):):) yeah, More pics. Does the "Campaign System" filter mean it supports systems other than 4E?

They would probably be driven to extinction by humans, hunted for dragon burgers and dragonscale purses.

I wouldn't put too much faith in Cryptic Studios.

Yeah I checked after it downloaded and was able to transfer it to my phone with no problems.

Bought it anyways, can't beat $2 for 99 songs. Thanks for the link.