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Thanks, D'karr! I'm entering this discussion late, but here are a few thoughts on what I've skimmed. As for whether WotC can create compelling content, I'm not in a fair position to judge. I should also clarify that I'm a freelancer; I live in Chicago instead of Seattle; I work a 9-5 job...

To my recollection, Logan Bonner (currently freelance) has written all of them. He'd be the guy to track down in order to get the straight dope. Edit: I also think they're great. ;-) Edit Edit: Maybe I should just take the initiative and pass this thread to him. That's a good idea. Yeah, I...

Oh yeah, this is awesome-fracking-sauce. Somebody XP jimmifett for me. It seems I have been too generous to him in the past in order to keep rewarding him for awesomeness. ;) (and thanks for letting me know, Klaus)

Ah, yes! Thanks, Jools. Dave passed me some great questions. The most important one, imo, is the one about describing the action from the perspective of each character you're addressing. In a way that's where I was going with the "Siege" character write-ups, but it's a DM tool I find...

Yes indeed, buddhafrog. Here's Sir Nordan's consequences, since we've been talking about him. Sir Nordan You swore to protect the people of Nerath, no matter the cost. You achieve your goal by helping the refugees escape, whether by bloodying or slaying the dragon. Success: Your honor restored...

Hey Jools, I'll take some time and write up some examples for the blog next week (despite swearing a hiatus!). I feel like Chris Perkins's column is pretty similar to a lot of what we do in our games, but if you're talking specifics, I could certainly draw some up. I'll start with something that...

Ah, tricky question! I wrote the backstory, which took up half a page and included a paragraph of role-playing notes. Sir Nordan's is essentially what I posted before, except more in-depth. Following that, I wrote a paragraph about each of the other PCs from Sir Nordan's point of view. I did...

Thanks, guys! It was a year ago this week that I was putting together the building blocks that would make up that adventure, following a Christmas break where the characters slowly came to life from piecemeal notes. Good times. To answer your question, buddhafrog, each character had an inner...

IMO, you could play Siege without the module as long as you knew the plot and the characters. When writing the adventure, I wanted to deemphasize the fall of the abbey and make the adventure about the characters themselves and the way they felt about the abbey, the knights, and Nerath as a...

Truth be told, my one big reservation in designing the class was the dread that the game would grind to a halt while someone flipped through a dozen rulebooks trying to optimize a power. In practice, it's mean to be more like: the characters learn some info about the next big challenge they'll...

It's a hook haven. I think you can pretty much just read an entry in that book and have an adventure, along with a bunch of associated encounters for it. The more perspective I get on that book, the more I like it. I'd use it as a precursor to "Madness," just flipping through it and using the...

Wednesday Boy, I would play D&D with you any time. You always have cool ideas.

I bet you 5 XP that Klaus pitches that article.

Thanks, WB! It's interesting, thinking back on the reasons a lot of these story points are in the book... They're possessive for at least 2 reasons I can recall: 1) I tried to pull in as many references as I could, and this one's certainly from JM Barrie. 2) I've had a number of bad...

Thanks, OnlineDM and MerricB for your reviews. I'm very happy that you like the book. Merric, I hope it brings you at least a fraction of the enjoyment your wonderful maxminis page gave me, back in the day. Hi Klaus. :)

Ah, I remember this... :) Love it!

I like the way you think. Whaddaya say? Partners? :cool:

Corellon is the father of arcane magic. Sehanine is just the Prometheus of this story.

Also, the Character Builder provides Wizards with hard data as to what options are being used, how frequently, and by how many different users. I'm sure there are counter-arguments to be made, but... it's probably hard to argue with the evidence. And it's not as if those classes are completely...

It's a little sad that that we have the exact same memory of this experience, with the exact same quotes, and the exact same age.