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Tell me - did you bother reading Kingmaker? Really? It freaking tells you what those monsters are for. It is not just fiat, read the freaking books again. Those critters are there for use if an encounter is too easy. Using them in that manner is in their descriptions. At this point, I would...

They do so be not retreating from encounters - the being an exception. To be more accurate - they handle every encounter as if there will be more, not assuming that that will be all that there is. When they hit places like they try to take it out in as close to one go as possible - assuming...

However, between the two of us, I think that we have classified it as an 'ain't gonna happen' scenario - hypothetical, as is our possible reactions to such a list. My players trust me, and I suspect that yours trust you. So, I do not think that we actually need contingency plans. I have had...

Hmmm, part of me wants to say that I would pay no attention to such a list, but the fact is that my players have never handed me a list of monsters that they don't want to face. However, the one time a player gave me a list of situations that went outside of her comfort zone I did avoid those...

I rather like the idea of strongholds as a campaign quality - some campaigns get them, others don't. Kingmaker starts the PCs off early in regards to building their domain, the players know from the beginning that strongholds and war are going to be part of the campaign, and can build their...

In honesty, I think WizKids was being cautious for their first run, better to sell out of a small run than try to swallow the costs of an overly ambitious run. Is this going to be a single run, or will they go back and make a second batch? The Auld Grump

There is also PCGen, a not too bad bit of freeware. :) Java, which does make it a trifle slow, but it works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux.... Not as fast to be updated as Hero Labs, being a volunteer effort, but nice and powerful. The Auld Grump

You may find This Article handy. Cribbed from a Pathfinder adventure, it approaches mazes from the standpoint of time spent, not precise mapping. The Auld Grump

My books seem to have those tables too... Maybe our books are the defective ones? :p The Auld Grump, heck, I seem to have two 3.X books dedicated to encounter tables....

For some reason I suspect that their needing to fall back against the had more to do with the fact that they were levels five and six than any errors. They got to that encounter area a bit earlier than might have been best. At this point, I am pretty sure that you are, to use an old and...

I find it amusing that we are following the rules as intended, are not suffering from something that Mr. Chameleon finds problematic, but somehow we are playing the game wrong.... Somehow... I have my doubts about that. :p The Auld Grump

You may actually want to take a look at some 3.5 supplements - Classic Play: Book of the Sea has rules for trade, and I believe that that several Expeditious Retreat books also cover trade. The Auld Grump

maybe, just a little: From Scandanavia & The World - a Danish webcomic. :p The Auld Grump, be warned if going through the archives, not all the strips are safe for work.

I will admit to a certain amount of malicious glee when using rust monsters - not in destroying the party's items, but in their reactions to the possibility of losing their items. The panic is heartwarming. :angel: Very seldom does the rust monster actually get to destroy much, the players will...

It seems like there are a lot more nerdgirls these days than when I was getting started - there was only one in my first game, but four out of six players in my teens game. :) My gel has never been interested in gaming. Our shared activities lean more toward folk music and religious discussion...

That just means that you need to be... creative.... (From Flaky Pastry.) :p The Auld Grump

Does WotC have anybody left that is good at writing adventures? Baker had some, I remember, but he is gone now. Monte has done a bunch too, and he has come back, but I think that he is focusing on rules and their presentation now. Mearls is more of a rules man (I liked his D20 material quite a...

Yeah, I have had to explain, now and again, that my saying that WotC adventures suck isn't edition warring - they sucked during 3.X too.... I think that rather than trying to make a good adventure what they are trying to do is sell adventures. Don't offend anyone, they might not buy it. Don't...

I didn't have that problem in 3,X either - having the rules handy for making your own items, or having them commissioned, handled that nicely. Gods, I remember folks carrying around 'disposable' magic items forever in AD&D, because you might need it later. Being able to brew/scribe/forge their...

Fly! *Boot!* Dammit, I said Fly! Not Fall! Just joking. :) Let them know that they get to decide what to do, that there are things to do, but they will have to find the adventures for themselves. People talking in the pub, then falling silent, scowling at the PCs helps, especially if those...