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Sigh. Maybe its time we should just except that D&D, in order to survive, must evolve into a different format or vanish in the next few years.

I wouldn't be dancing in the streets, but I'd be relieved. The D&D cycle can start anew with some fresh perspectives.

Everytime I hear about WotC's corporate downsizing and layoffs I think of this: Demotivation Demotivator® - The Original Demotivational Posters Not to say that the formerly employess were unhappy. It just seems like WotC isn't that great of a company to work for since 2001 or so.

Wait... Isn't starting a threat about "not discussing 5e" still discussing 5e? It's like saying "Don't think about a pink elephant" to somebody, but they'll think about one anyway. Or, telling a Cylon, "Don't think about the Final 5" But even though their programming forbids them to think...

Greetings, On December 10 and 11, 2011, I ran my final two sessions of a campaign story arc that's been in development for ten years. The sessions centered on the characters defending a holy city from a vast superior hegemonic force--very similar to the hosts of Sauron besieging Minas...

If I'm ever in a group where the DM is running the Forest Oracle, I won't say a darn thing about the module. Because that would be metagaming. Instead, however, I'll encourage the party to go off the road and wander around in the Great Olde Wood (Let's explore!) I mean, if you just go across...

"Hrm... ha... hahaha...hahaHA...AHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA... oh that's great... HA HA HA HA HA... oh HO HO HO... heh heh heh... hee hee hee... AHA HA HA HA HA HA... oh man, I can't breathe... eh heh... eh heh... ha... heeew... No."

Any magic item that a PC wants to introduce to the game that had ties to Elminster. For example: "I'm Elminster's nephew, and he gave me this staff that causes me to change into a shadow form and sneak around like a rogue does but grants me attacks bonuses like a fighter and when I get hit it...

I ran a Westmarches style campaign for about six months about three years ago. It started off strong, but then the few players who initiated a lot of the activity left the group (they moved away). Most of the remaining players just didn't get the point that I wasn't going to lead them around...

8E: You fall into the lave and die. Return to the singularity to reflect upon the pain of the experience before assuming another randomly generated corporeal form.

When you walk through the door, you and your entire party are teleported to a high density feed lot. You realize to your horror that you're about to graduate from "Bovine University." Meat and You: Partners in Freedom ...you become the DM and get to devise the next deathtrap. When the next...

<Insert a witty remark about Bolo Softsole, the proprieter of the Wildwood Inn, not realizing that his barmaids are vampires/succubi/evil culists here> :)

Thread Necromancy! Bad modules never die!

If you asked me this question in the early 2000s, I would have agreed that WotC saved D&D. But since then I've changed my mind. The only great thing WotC has done for the hobby is the OGL. That's it. Certainly, what they've done with D&D has made them money. But I'm no longer a fan of WotC...

As a 3.5e fan, I do not like Essentials. Why? Here's my logic: I do not like 4e. Essentials is part of 4e. Therefore, I do not like Essentials. Sure, I've flipped through the books, just to see what the big deal was. But in the end it didn't intice me back into 4e. I've reconciled with the...

Years ago, my friends and I played a Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP) campaign. The system is known for being a toned down version of Rolemaster (lots of charts and critical hit tables). So what happened to my character is pretty graphic, and I remember it to this day. We discovered that...

The Black Dragon Boxed set is a gem from the 3.0 era. I've heard similar stories like yours in the past, and used that boxed set to kick start a campaign years ago for some newbies to D&D. It's enough of a RPG to be an RPG, but similar to a boardgame to be familiar to new players. Frankly, it...

I usually don't do the *poof* I'm gone bit. But then again, I don't game with random strangers.

D&D is just another construct of power relations within this constructed world of post-modernity of slippery definitions that ultimately fail to link human experience between the signifier and the signified. ;)

The character in question couldn't be a paladin because he was neutral. However, by seventh level he was a... A half-elf Barbarian 1/Ranger 1/Fighter 1/Cleric 1/Rogue 1/Bard 1/Sorcerer 1/Wizard 1...etc. They were all within one or levels so the character didn't get the 20% exp. penalty...