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That isn't the full "Starter Set", unfortunately. It's just the information on how to play, plus pregenerated characters.. The starter set has a three room dungeon, set in Harkenwold. I think it came with a map and tokens. I'm going to check right now. It actually came with tiles and tokens. It...

Trying to do a skill challenge of “exploring the dungeon”. I need to work a little more on the concept.

I was checking the PHB2 for gear, and discovered something I don’t remember seeing before: a ritual for growing food. The ritual costs 100 gold coins, and requires 20 gold coins’ worth of components, and takes ten minutes to cast. There have to be food-bearing plants already in the area of...

Looks like the PDFs of the three core books are on sale right now at drivethrurpg. $6 each.

The Keep on the Shadowfell would be a good free product with which to start, because you get the pregen characters, a bunch of monster stat blocks, encounter maps, and DM advice. You don’t have to run the adventure as is. When Chris Perkins ran “Acquisitions, Inc.” through KotS, he hand waved...

Dragon #395 has information on players procuring strongholds. Dragon #397 (March 2011) has articles on hirelings, and also has the updated rules for ability modifiers that were introduced with the Essentials line. #398 has info on how to have the characters gamble, including how to cheat...

Dragon #393 has the star pact hexblade. CHA and INT. The blade is called a “Starshadow blade”, and is a long sword. The attack is called “Resplendent Blade”, and causes radiant damage both to the target and to one other creature adjacent to the target. The sword can also teleport targets or...

Again with the necro, over here. I’m working on a little project, and was scanning through the issues of Dragon Magazine, to see if anything related is in them. Dragon #382 has a solo adventure that features Splug the goblin, from Keep on the Shadowfell. It says that he is dressed rather...

Led Zepplin was a blues band.

This may or may not relate to the “mundane fighter” issue, but 0e, 1st level fighters weren’t normally able to successfully attack a troll; it took four of them making a successful attack roll, all at the same time, in order to score a hit. When a fighter reached level 4 (Hero), however...

4e is certainly an edition where optimizing stats improves the gameplay experience.

I’m here! I’m here! adjusts “4venger 4Life” button pinned to shirt What’d I miss? I actually read the original article, and didn’t see anything particularly objectionable. I would like to add a few points to the “merits” column. Keywords. What an excellent concept to minimize rules lawyering...

Dolmenwood clerics can use swords. Also, the “search” skill is available to all classes. Also, magicians can take a turn to try to detect magic, without burning a spell slot. Also, there are dogs that can scare undead with their barking.

Also: “TO BARROWMAZE!”

Other options include “Blueholme”; the “Prentice Rules” pdf is available free of charge. It is a clone of the Holmes Basic rules. “Delving Deeper” also has a free download; it is a mimic of 0D&D. You might check out the Microlite rules, too. There isn’t a lot of hand-holding with Microlite...

Ascending Armor Class. Boo! I have the pod of “Delving Deeper”, by Simon J. Bull, and it’s a pretty good rendition of 0d&d. The author has been working on an annotated version, which provides references for both 0d&d and Chainmail for its rules. It doesn’t look like he will ever finish it...

Check out “The Compleat Chainmail”. I don’t know if it’s what you’re looking for, but it is Old School. Using Chainmail rules for D&D means there are three types of combat: mass combat, person-to-person combat, and fantastic combat, and all three resolve fights differently. Mass combat pits...

How did the game go? It’s probably too late, but my house rules for character creation are to roll2d6+6 for ability scores, and roll the appropriate hit die and add it to the character’s Constitution score. (The character has a CON of 11, rolls a “2” for hit points, and so has a starting hit...

There is “Falkrest Abbey”. It’s fairly short and straightforward. I recommend that you create your own dungeon. Draw around ten rooms of varying sizes, connect them with twisting hallways, and use the rules for stocking dungeons to populate it. If you have time, make a second and third level...

I wanted something a little more precise when I started making my own “grid crawl” sandbox. I wanted a first-level dungeon within an hour or two of the base town, but does that mean an adjacent square, or does it need to be in the same square as the town? Knowing the miles-per-hour rate helps...