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It is sad that there was no Winterdark III for Gary. He is greatly missed.

Critical Hits do not ignore Damage Reduction in 3.x rules.

Nevermind. I see what they did. They consolidated all threads into the first link 880 pages, 8791 posts.

Of these links only the first and last are working. Everything else if coming up as invalid thread.

The original DM Reward was indeed shrink wrapped. I do not know if it includes maps not included in Dungeon 209. It did include a poster map, I'm not sure if that is included in Dungeon 209.

Even when I'm playing I'm always in the back of my mind thinking of aspects of the game from the DM perspective. It think that is inevitable. During our 3.x days usually other DMs were constantly asking me rules questions so I became the Rules 'Cyclopedia for those games so it was harder to...

I'm on the DM side about 95% of the time. It's only in recent years that we've been playing such a variety of games that I've had the opportunity to play more often. Before that my play was mostly through organized play. This past year has been the one where I've had the opportunity to play...

A lot of people complain about Essentials. I'm not one of them, I saw the expansion as another way of doing things. Most things worked side by side with the existing stuff with no impact. However one of my complaints about Essentials is that they "dropped" rituals. It was a missed...

Rituals were one of the mechanics that did not see a lot of use in most campaigns I ran though they are a very cool way of emulating the "high magic of a lost empire" vibe. However in one campaign in particular I made two changes because I wanted to play a different campaign setting. I used...

Yes, I don't recall the exact theme but the gist of it was that the player could possibly be the true heir of Neverwinter. It was a very fun campaign as we were always hounded by different organizations. Lord Neverember whom we distrusted the entire time ended up becoming a strong ally, the...

This should be easily fixable if you are using the fan-supported builder. I believe it involves an update to the builder, placing the correct files in the custom folder, and running the latest CBLoader file. From then on the loader should take care of any issues. If you need help in...

We played the Neverwinter Campaign not too long ago and one of the players took the Son of Alagondar (sic) theme/background. As the campaign progressed, when we found the Crown of Neverwinter, it was revealed that he was indeed the heir to the crown. This really worked for us because from the...

I believe the offline builder has been updated with all/most of these materials. There might be a few things that are not in there but very little did not make it into the CB. To check out the sources, go to the manage tab and then select the campaign settings link. You should be able to sort...

Besides support which many interesting classes just did not really receive (Runepriest, etc.). My biggest/only complaint with the vampire is that I think it would have integrated better as a theme, or as a race swap similar to the revenant. It would have been aptly compartmentalized and the...

And acting in character it would not be the last time the barbarian decides to cleave your character from shoulder to groin for stealing from him. That is also in character.

I have to agree. I love this about the game. My group is having a blast because every episode of play has immediacy to them. Either their characters, through their selections, have "skin in the game" in what is happening, or as they've grown and built they see their selections being brought...

One of the reasons I really like the 4e creation myth is exactly because it is nebulous and mythic. There are details but nothing is entirely nailed down. It leaves a lot of "story" open for the DM to tailor to his needs.

Epic as always.

Yeah, that is about a good a way as anyone can use to keep a group together. I hear these stories and I have to thank God that I don't play in any of these games and that I'm blessed with some awesome players. I think as a DM I've grown past the point of needing these artificial cheats, or...

Of course quests can be initiated/imposed by the DM. Whether a player wants to engage with the quest or not is still their decision. That is why it is better for the quest parameters to be "negotiated" up front between the players and DM. In my current game Major and Minor Quests have been...