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You have ridden hard, good squire. May I offer you a horn of ale and a shank of dwarf?

The amount of D&D references was amazingly consistent to the way I've actually seen it played at the table. D&D love shows in every frame of this picture. Although it is clearly a farcical spoof, it's done in a way that shows respect for the material, especially if you're in the know about D&D...

So it was just a credit for inserting the cameo at the end? Still a thoughtful gesture. I've never listened to the commentaries, but I've known about Futurama's D&D fanbase for a long time. I got to explain what a beholder was to a bunch of stoners in college and I also caught the rust monster...

So I just finished watching Bender's Game and noticed that Gary Gygax has a screen credit. Anyone know what he did with the movie? It's also dedicated to him... So I'm thinking that he must have done whatever voice acting he did pretty shortly before he passed on. It's cool to see people who...

The first 3E game I ran, I started just before the Epic Level Handbook came out, so of course I had to use some of that goodness. That campaign started at 1st level, and we ended two years later at 22nd. I basically started it as the classic D&D MacGuffin (find an evil artifact before a major...

The power level for level 1 seems a bit higher, but I think that it's mostly due to having more hit points at 1st level. The initial power level is a bit strong for my taste, but I can deal with it. It's nice to have some options in the form of multiple powers, so I can deal with it. One of...

I certainly miss necromancy and illusion-type things, not to mention the monk, bard, and druid, but I'm sure that more content will be added as supplements roll out. I'll focus on what I think needs to change about the core rules. 1) I've definitely got to voice my support for reducing hit...

So Halloween has come and gone... But it has inspired some discussion in my regular 4E game about an old World of Darkness game. It's going to be set in the Raleigh/Durham RTP area of North Carolina. I looked back over my old books, and it seems like there are several references to the...

My game is on for Saturday, and the characters could easily run afoul of the slavers. Just thought I'd post the stats for those who might be interested. Special thanks to LostSoul, who came up with the slaver tormentor that inspired the stats for the slavers. I "seasoned to taste," but he...

Sorry if my post seemed a bit snarky, Mallus. I didn't mean it to come across that way, I just didn't foresee the disarm issue getting so big. Anyway, I thought it might be helpful to put up a little more background. Our ranger got the party's first magic weapon way back in the first...

This is really cool, and almost exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. A few slaver tormenters could easily accompany a detachment of the watch and take prisoners to immediately be processed as slaves. I plan to shamelessly rip this off. Thanks!

Sorry I wasn't clear. Being taken as slaves isn't a part of the overall plot. It's the likely consequence of fighting the city's watch--they finance municipal programs through the sale of prisoners as slaves. Hence, poisoning the characters through food or drink isn't terribly likely in a...

4E has been out since June and I've already broken it? :-S This entire disarm thing has became disappointing. Like I've said earlier, a disarm-monkey monster is appealing because I have three of five characters in the group with the Quick Draw feat, specifically for the possibility of being...

Thanks for the input, guys. I'm always amazed by how quickly I get responses to rules questions here on ENWorld and how in-depth those responses are. The fact that Ari Marmell chimed in is a pleasant surprise too--I can't think of any other industry where the professionals are so involved with...

I'm designing some slavers for an upcoming adventure, and I really want to give them the ability to disarm their opponents--they're more inclined to take prisoners and sell them into slavery than kill them. A check of the core rules reveals no rules for disarming an opponent. Am I missing it, or...

I reskin monsters constantly and shamelessly. In the first 4E adventure I ran, the big villain was a cleric of Asmodeus. I reskinned specters as "ash spirits," ephemeral creatures composed of shimmering heat waves, ash, and the stench of brimstone. The only "crunchy" bit I changed was their...

Thanks for the album leads! It's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I don't know as I'd play this stuff at the next party I throw, but it's definitely evocative and doesn't remind me of Hollywood movies. I get sick and tired of people suggesting the 300 soundtrack for a Greek-style...

Unfortunately true, and I sorta knew this going in. But I figured what the hell, I might be surprised, right? I will check out Rome though.

I've been really impressed with some of the suggestions for Evenglare's thread on Celtic music--I'd never heard of most of these artists and I'm certainly going to expand my collection of albums nows. So anyway, my own homebrew setting is more ancient world than Tolkienesque/generic...

4E certainly gets a group together, that's for sure. People are very interested in playing it. Still, I think that 3.5 is a better overall system. It's more complex because it's more detailed, and that isn't always a bad thing. Combat also seems to drag in 4E because everyone has so may hit...