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Breaks? Moderation in snacks? The guy's 17! He's probably more resilient than all of us old farts together. Prepare some random stuff, prepare a varied adventure with lots of locales. Know your players, adjust to their tastes. You'll have most fun if they are having fun. That's it.

Ah, but as soon as PHB2 has come out, that line will have become obsolete, no?

I ran it in 2e, and in 3e, and in 3e it just seemed to mesh better. My players perhaps had different expectations from the lore. I have some edition-war-like ideas, but 2e to 3e edition wars are about a decade too late :)

Liam, elf cleric/ranger Vasili, Dragonborn warlord Tee, halfling rogue John Goodheart, paladin (formerly of Heironeous, now serves Kord)

I want it too, but not so much for the Bard and sorcerer. Never been a fan of my players playing bards :) Now druids, those I really, really want.

I found conversion on the fly aided by filing off serial numbers from monsters etc. to be very easy so far in converting stuff not yet available in 4e. That's why flavour changes don't bother me - if I like the old feel better, that's what it will have to be, and I'll change back the mechanical...

Hello folks, I lately have seen a few people on these boards say that Dark Sun would be great in 4e. I remember having trouble running Dragonlance around the War of the Lance era in 3e, while loving said setting and era in 2e. Forgotten realms worked better in 3e than in 2e. It was certain...

You've managed to give them two +1 magic items. Don't give away simple +1s! If you hardly ever give magical treasure away, always go for something with a bit more abilities. It adds to the flavour of the item and your campaign, and it is easier to stay close to the guidelines.

2e: 8th level 3e: 8th level (DMed up to 12th) 4e: DMing 9th level at the moment, haven't played yet.

Wrong roles: dogs are soldiers*, cats are lurkers! * = The really small ones are minions :)

More numbers light than I was used to, a faster changing around of combat turns, and everyone gets the same amount of spotlight in combat as opposed to the following paraphrased 3e anecdote I once had: (Druid) I take my actions, which are complicated spells, my cohort's actions, which are...

I have read it, but the PDF is on old computer at the moment, so I have no ready access to it. But yes, my players' characters stopped searching for herbs while travelling about 11 years ago, when we were still playing 2e, and stopped caring about the type of gems at roughly the same time...

Forked from: 1E DMG vs. 3E DMG vs. 4E DMG I keep hearing that the 1e DMG is so great, that people still use it for newer editions. For what? By now you know Gygax' advice on the game, the rules do not apply to the edition you are playing, and the tables are about things most players don't...

I did not say there was no advice. I simply stated my opinion on the usefulness of that advice. It is advice for a very specific kind of campaign - one my players and myself are not interested in running. For me, the guides can be summarized as such: 1e DMG: "do this and this, and you will have...

I read it about a year ago. For the first time, mind you, so no feelings of nostalgia mixed in. So many people here recommended it, that I was greatly disappointed in it after reading. Nothing useful for a 3e game. No useful tips on gamemastering. I hate being told what to do (Myers-Briggs ENTP...

Good enough to port to another edition or gamesystem?

I love the 4e dmg. Any new DM will be able to "grok" DMing from it (or at least, I think they would). I think that is the first DMG that managed that. However, it's function, beyond the toolbox and its encounter chapters, is limited. It's like "DMing 4th edition, 101". I dare not say that I...

Well, there is the toolbox. Templating monsters, adding hit points, that kind of thing. Only roughly 20 pages, yes, but still very good (especially that it only takes 20 pages, come to think of it).

Hey Morrus! That second pic has you holding a Grolsch, not a Newqy. That's something that you can't just expect to slide past this Dutchman!

The Scandinavian mountains, without a doubt. They seem more mysterious than both the Alps and the Rockies.