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Yay! SHARK'S back! I like 4e better than 3.5e, but I'll play both. I've ran a few sessions of 4e, and I still can't get over that 1st level kobolds and giant rats have like 30+ hp. And ogre minons have 1 hp. It just seemed strange.

Okay, I understand that the lead singer of the 1st video might look like bit of a pansy. However, with different make-up, I think he could make a good Elric of Melnibone. "Arioch! Arioch! Blood and souls for my lord Arioch!" :)

I've played MERP and it turns out that there is still plenty to do before or after the fall of Sauron. The sourcebooks offered a plethora of information of adventures and hooks. Characters in MERP can't take on Sauron anyway and expect to win. But they can explore Moria and all get killed...

Zeitlos Zeitjager Zeitsturm = "Time Storm" Zeitbombe = "Time Bomb" Uhrbrecher = "Clock Breaker" Zeitbrecher Zeithammer Zeitfischer = "Time Fisher" Immerfort = "Evermore or All the Time or always" Niemehr = "Never more" Zeitmehr = "Time More" or "More time" Not sure how that...

I second that. One of the things that I admire about 1e/2e is that not everything is balanced nor is there the attempt to do so. Wizards start off weak, take a lot of XP to gain levels, but at higher levels can hold their own. Fighters start off as a good class for beginning players...

2e Druids are sort of like regular priests, but not quite--they cannot wear armor like clerics or turn undead. I can understand the whole not wearing armor, but turning undead? One would thing that with a Druid's concern with the balance of natural he or she would figure out ways to defend...

I have this module and would love to run it some day. Granted, the module is brutal, but is, after all, for 20th level characters. Were things supposed to get easier as one progressed in levels? Frankly, the best adventures IMO are the ones that are tough. The Tomb of Horrors may have been...

I think another valid question would be: With the economy in a slump and there's also plenty of 3.5 books still floating around out there, are people still buying?

So all those T-shirts that say stuff like "I love nerds" and "I love my geek" are all a lie? :erm: One thing that I have noticed over the years, however, is that when I tell a woman that I play D&D, I no longer get that "get away from me look." I might gets a polite laugh. But mostly they shrug...

The idea for this thread started when a friend of mine started talking about how gamers would always want to talk about their favorite character. She didn't understand why gamers used this as a pick-up line. See, I learned years ago that people (both gamers and nongamers) really don't want to...

I have both MERP and WFRP. Both are great systems. But I don't know mixing the WFRP rule with MERP would work well. It'd seem to accomplish little since both systems address critical hits, corruption, the corrupting power of magic, and so on. I think maybe WFRP might play faster, but its been...

Here's my loose theory about what happened with those items. The seller set the price so high because he really didn't want to sell them. If seen this sort of thing before with gamers. A wargaming friend of a friend of mine had all these historical miniatures that he collected over the...

It all comes down to just find your favorite edition and then shut up and play. 1st Edition has been around for decades and still there is a fan base. And that fan base provides its own support. It's a pity though that others don't feel that way. I ran a 1e campaign last Spring. I had more...

I think the 4e mood and gameplay are similar to OD&D and AD&D. And that's why there is a sudden resurgence in the those older editions. Another reason is that 4e has cast out almost all of the game sacred cows and started over. 4e, like OD&D, is a beginning. Some do not like the fact that 4e...

I still like Greyhawk. And Faux-Europe is the default, but it does get old. I haven't looked through the 4e Forgotten Realms corebooks. So can't make any judgements there. I just got really tired of pre-4e forgotten realms....especially 2e. Greyhawk may have been a mish-mash of concepts, but...

30. The average D&D player is 30+, and no longer in WotC's target demographic.

11. The 4e Dungeon Master's Guide is the best Dungeon Master's Guide EVER. Too bad its 4e. ;) 12. 4e just doesn't feel like previous editions, and 3.0/3.5e didn't feel like the previous editions but feels better that 4e. 2e sucked. 13. But the best edition to learn D&D is OD&D--the red boxed...

Here's my idea for the perfect Starter Set: 1. You can play at levels 1 to 3 2. You have four basic classes: fighter, wizard, cleric, rogue 3. You can generate characters--you may not get all the options from the corebooks, but enough to give a new player a taste of what's available. 4...

Mein Gott in Himmel! :D

I have all kinds of instrumental movie soundtracks that help establish the mood during game sessions. I have everything from Battlestar Galactica to Lord of the Rings. And while what I have is great, I'd love to know if there's any instrumental combat along the lines of Conan the Barbarian or...