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Eh, I don't like Vista either. I'm glad that the computers I purchased recently included free downgrades to XP. I do still have Vista on my laptop, mostly from sheer laziness. I just don't use my laptop enough for it to really bother me yet. When I took non-linear editing in college, my biggest...

To me, Age of Conan feels bigger than it really is. I actually like how each zone has a "gate" of sorts that allows you to see a wilderness stretching off into infinity without having to cross all of it yourself.

Definitely PC. Since the original poster doesn't want this to be a platform war thread, I'll avoid stating my specific reasons why. Suffice to say, my experience is that PCs are intuitive, easier to use, and more functional. Mustrum_Ridcully is on to something. The strength of brand names...

Of course there's been discussion while the site has been slashdotted... :o I never really tried (or try now) to make my encounters or dungeons "outside the box" or anything like that, my approach is just to figure out a good reason for the elements that I want. It's much easier to design a...

There are indeed times where you can ignore the rules with creativity and flair. In fact, the old World of Darkness games were usually much better when you did ignore or change a large portion of the rules (the setting and its core "truths" were either so vague or obfuscated that it gave many...

Well... All I told you was about the basic, overarching concept. If you dig the idea, allow me to share with you some of the more popular areas of the complex. Just keep in mind that most of my crunch is still in 3.5 or earlier terms, as I haven't used much of it in 4E yet. The Codex of...

My very first megadungeon (designed in the transition days between 1E and 2E) is Katearas, the fortress of the setting's very first lich. It's surrounded by haunted, barren mountains and was once a center for necromantic study in the world. The dungeon has approximately twenty levels. I've...

Yeah, you do own a physical copy of the book in question. You can go sell it to a used bookstore, give it to a friend to read, whatever. This is fine because inherently, the media is fixed to a dead tree format. This is one of the big reasons that I prefer my D&D material in dead trees rather...

On the one hand, my game prep time is pretty fast these days simply because I don't have as many 4E resources to draw from. Selecting monsters goes pretty quickly, although I'd really like more traps and hazards. I'd like to see something more detailed about doing dungeons (like 1E's...

I've always dug the idea of a megadungeon for a casual, beer-and-pretzels game where continuity and ongoing narrative isn't as much a priority as is getting the group together to play. Such games were particularly common in my high school days, I played so much that the DMs often made up the...

I've been using minions ever since I've been playing 4E, and they haven't been satisfying as written. The single biggest issue is that my players don't often see them as a credible threat. When the ranger uses twin strike or the wizard uses scorching burst to take out some minions, their...

Yeah, in my first 4E campaign I had only one character actually die over the course of thirteen levels. That came as a bit of a surprise after previous editions, where I commonly saw a character death every three to four sessions. After playing in the new heroic tier game I just started, I...

3E was wonderful when 2E was the last game you played... I remember spending an entire week just reading the Player's Handbook when it came out. It's a very enjoyable game, and well worth a minimal investment. I will caution you about the haste spell, however. It's pretty broken in 3E and was...

I've tweaked minions a bit. My group has noticed that minions make the players feel like they have to waste attack rolls on speed bumps rather than make them feel powerful and heroic. At the moment, I'm giving them a flat die-based damage (like 1d6 instead of just 4 damage from an attack) and...

I also find the nomination of King of the Trollhaunt Warrens strange. Keep on the Shadowfell was pretty cool, if basic, it has a classic D&D setup and feel to it. Thunderspire Labyrinth has been the best of the modules so far in my opinion, as it introduces a settlement inside of a huge...

Yeah, vagueness in combat seemed a lot more common before 3E. I think that it's a valid play style in and of itself, but some DMs do it well and some don't. Like the 2E game I played in 2002 where the DM tracked character hit points for us... We were investigating a thieves' guild in a major...

Double post.

I started using minis and battle mats in the mid-2E days. Most of my players loved the idea, but in the days of pewter, only about four or five players actually bought and painted minis. A 1E DM that I played under in the same time frame hated minis and mats. He claimed it interfered with...

Not me. I so rarely get to play as it is that I haven't played but about 20% or so of the characters that I've had ideas for. I also dislike the default card format of the character builder, the cards kinda annoy me. I'd much rather have a one-sheet spread similar to the characters for Worldwide...

To me, having a drink at the game table is no different than having a drink at any other social event. I wouldn't mind if other people drank a beer or cocktail at a party or if we went out for supper, so I don't really see how gaming is different. In the past, I've served several different...