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That's a better way of saying what I said up-thread. I think the WotC forums - along with the WotC website - are arguably one of the worst advertisements for D&D as a game and as a hobby. There are just so many damaged people posting there whose chief interest in life seems to be trying to...

Now that's a great idea, especially when combined with... ... which is also another great idea. Personally, though, I think the work involved in fixing Scales of War is so great - IMO, it goes beyond mechanical fixes: it's really not an adventure path in many parts (like the much-lamented...

I like these summaries. They're clear and they're concise. I can use these.

That's interesting that your perception is so sharply at odds with my own. And I am not disagreeing with you as I am not part of active gaming community: I play online with my friends in another country. That, no doubt, skews my perceptions because my only other contact with RPGers is via forums...

Thanks for the comprehensive summary, MerricB.

I think the combination of the restrictive GSL and the simple fact that most D&D fans hate 4E with a passion exceeding the heat of a thousand suns means that there will be no Pathfinder-like revival of 4E. Try and find a 4E fan community: they really don't exist. (There are a couple of forums...

Awesome! I'm just downloading episode 8 as I type this and now I know my withdrawal symptoms in a couple of weeks will be short-lived. (And AGE is a pretty good rules-light system that makes you wonder why we haven't seen the stunt die/dice mechanic before in a game. It's such an elegant mechanic.)

In view of the paucity of information about the post-Sundering Realms - and a vacuum in relation to whether or not, let alone when, that gulf will be filled - why run FR in the 5E timeline? The 2E and 3.xE timelines are so staggeringly well-supported that nothing WotC can do will ever match...

Yes, but their website actually has this thing called content. I remember when WotC did too. (Seriously, even for those of us who aren't PF fans the Paizo website is great. There is always art to "steal" or new NPCs or whatnot.)

IME, the process of converting Pathfinder adventures/APs to 4E products something better than the original (and I type that as a Paizo fan). My skinniest conversion yet from 1E to 4E was reducing G1 The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief into a single massive encounter. :)

I prepared a series of about 18 blog posts where I expanded on LMoP so I tend to conflate my enthusiastic expansion with the adventure's content when calculating my enthusiasm. After all, if it got me motivated to type all those blog posts, it must be pretty good. :)

I should have added: I am actually a fan of Paizo and, even though I have no interest in Pathfinder, I continue to grab almost everything they publish. That said, I still believe that their APs would work better if they were half as long... and written for 4E! :) Now, back on topic. As I have...

An interesting corollary to that is the process of converting Pathfinder adventure paths to 4E ends up producing a much more efficient, effective, and grind-free experience. In short, 4E makes Paizo's APs better! :)

Here are some other not-sucking Heroic Tier adventures from Dungeon (but only up to issue 200 - need to look through the other issues): The Den of Dreus 179 Storm Tower 166 Heathen 155 The Tyrant's Oath 178 Head in the Clouds Force of Nature 190 (They're in level order.)

Agreed. Throw in a resurgent Zhentarim and I'm in! :)

Look after your people and they look after your business. That's how it is supposed to work. And being a public company should come with social obligations as part of the price you pay for the whole public company structure where the ownership is, in theory at least, public. (I have a far more...

I think Mike's title changes every few weeks.

Well, you might be an ungrateful wretch but several of us are rather thankful for some of the new links in this thread. Dude, when people are helping you, just say thanks.

To make a battlemind functional you're really reliant on choosing the right feats as the class itself is a bit of a mess. With that in mind, I wouldn't be spending a feat on a net and would instead focus on those feats that help to make it a competent defender.

Pinterest.com is fantastic for maps and art.