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I enjoyed the article, thought Tim did a nice job with it.

Yeah, it was from these boards. You were part of the thread, as I recall; it was about a year and a half ago. :)

This may seem a pretty simplistic answer, but it's something I wanted to do with Dark Sun, just haven't had time. Take it with a grain of salt, though; I'm biased. If you use the Abyss: 1) Layer 100: The Barrens. 2) Oublivae, Demon Queen of Desolation 3) It's where the ruined places go The...

A friend of mine played a pixie way back when, in our 2e game. Vicious little bastard, and he came from the benevolent strain of their race. Their cousins were malicious tricksters that used to bind mortals to trees by their own entrails when it suited them. Neither race flew, but they could...

I think it was awesome that Chris sent a personal reply.

I can't give you XP anymore, but you know I love ya. ;)

Nevermind.

It seems I'm permanently banned from giving Scribble XP. Which is probably a good thing. Don't want him going epic and getting godlike powers.

In mythology, dryads and nymphs are pretty much the same thing, and they could go where they wished, though they had an association with trees ("drys" = "oak"). Hamadryads, however, were nymphs/dryads attached to a particular tree. In AD&D, nymphs and dryads were split, and dryads took the role...

Call that a haiku?!? You're just counting syllables! That's not a haiku!!!

The Madness at Gardmore Abbey is precisely what you describe (old school location with potential, without merely being a sandbox). The con adventure for PAX, The Siege of Gardmore Abbey, is the opposite (character, plot, and story based). Though related, each takes a different approach to D&D...

This is an interesting thread. What makes a classic? What's the enduring element? It seems like the modules that do something really different (Ravenloft, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, Tomb of Horrors) are remembered, but as time goes by and more and more adventures are produced, which ones...

Can't give XP to bargle or scribble anymore, but thumbs up. Hm, maybe ENWorld needs a "Like" or "+1" sort of feature.

Thinking a bit on this topic... Here's good experiment for those who would like to invest their games with role-playing awesomeness without resorting to various mechanics and reward systems: Make a game night to try a few RPGs where the "system" allows almost nothing but role-play. Based on my...

For us it's like this: Role-playing your character is the way you affect the story. The story responds to your actions, subtle and unsubtle, by cause and effect. The more you engage the story, the more the story becomes about you, and the more it becomes your own. For us, the reward is in...

Better vs. not better vs. prioritizing... in response to the conversation in general, not to your quote specifically.

Nentir Vale is generally divided into encounter groups. The Raven Roost Bandits, for example, are exactly what you're talking about. As for "which is better," imo that question can't accurately be answered since you'd be using them in different circumstances. For me, the Monster Vault is my...

Bill, thanks for Alternity. Thanks for signing my Alternity books at Gen Con in Milwaukee. Thanks for your work on West End Games Star Wars. Thanks for your contributions to Planescape and the worlds of TSR. Thanks for interviewing me for that design job at WotC in 2007; it was the first step...

Glad to hear they turned out well. I liked them enough to give them an important spotlight in Bitterstrike's story. While I don't recall A Game of Thrones being an inspiration behind these guys, GRRM is my hero. I'd give you XP, but alas--I'm all out!

Right back at you! :)