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I'd love to see dual statting. If the GSL becomes palatable (hey, it could happen) and can work alongside the OGL, I think 4e/pathfinder hybrid statted products would be pretty cool. Though that does mean that half of the stats for everyone aren't going to be used. That said, my favorite...

I would say that if it emerges naturally from play, the system/rules itself produced it. And just stopping means that in some part, one would be fighting against the rules rather than having them work for you. One thing I really like about 4E is the return to a hallmark of old school D&D. The...

Great advice. I'd say look at what rooms in old school modules can be combined into a single encounter. That'd be step one. The next step is to trust the encounter design system in the DMG. Figure out roughly the type of monster you want. Level it up or down as needed and spend your XP...

When I print a portrait PDF, I've taken to printing two pages on each legal sized paper (8.5x14). The portrait layout scales really well onto half a legal sized sheet. I know it's extra work, but I've also really appreciated the PDFs I've bought where I got different print layouts. In A...

Not just that. I can use any version of the license I wish to use as long as I include the license for the portions used from open gaming content if it is released under a different license. I can use the very first OGL today if I want. I can use the material released under it as well. I can...

I don't think it works that way at all. I think it's far, far wimpier. Look at the excavation spell that effectively does the reverse.

Definitely don't miss The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana.

No. The aggregate opinion of others is not necessarily any more valuable or insightful than the opinion of an individual. Usually the opposite is the case. There actually are things that make a given story/novel/whatever superior or inferior to another. They're the same reasons certain works...

I don't consider how well something sells, how well it's been marketed, etc., in assessing the quality of something. I specifically am wary of fictional expressions that are written with the design goal of being salable. I would consider most forgotten realm novels as such and the deluge of...

Out of the box, there's rules for pushing people without using a power (bull rush) but not for tripping or disarming. I think the main reason is that both effects are more powerful than shifting someone a square. If you disarm something and it has no back up weapon, you've totally changed it's...

You nailed it. Drizzt feels like a DM-PC or a Mary Sue from fanfic.

I'm not a huge fan of any form of expression with a design goal of sales.

Everyone needs to be planning their turn during everyone elses turn. Encourage them to think of it in terms of what they would do if they had another turn right after their turn. Then another person goes, and another and so on, until the initiative order bringing their turn around again...

Gothmog, those certainly look like they would work fine. It is the solution "give everyone new at will powers" though. I think I'll run with it. And add taking an opportunity attack as well.

I had exactly this moment the last session I DMed. The player playing a human fighter wanted to trip someone. He specifically didn't take the power that allows him to do so. Now I'm supposed to what? a) give him the ability to trip and thus make his decisions about what powers to take...

I dislike the drow because they've become overdone and cliched. There's been fallen elves since LotR, but those were the orcs. I like an underworld type place in the campaigns I run, but there is not a single elf in there. Especially not any "drow". Drizzt is a pretty worthless character as...

Residuum could be the scientific/proper name. Everyone might call it something else.

I've been using the PPT files and the magic item cards (pretty much all the cards actually). Would also like to report that the PPT files work under OpenOffice.org running on Linux. The only thing that doesn't quite display right is that my Linux machine doesn't have whatever font you used and...

You could simply make a separate infection/gangrene disease effect and remove that from the broken arm thing (possibly revamping it). While I like this, I don't think it's always necessary for a character to be unconscious to receive an injury. I broke my tibia and was conscious the whole time...

That's certainly true. It's entirely possible though, that my players or N's might read this forum and see our examples and learn that neither of us had the mystery pre-solved. So it's possible that players will know. You know, I'll do an experiment and report back. I'll email N and see if...