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Not reliably by WotC, which was my point. With very few exceptions the adventures published by WotC for 3.x and 4.x were, to say it mildly, poor. Dungeon Magazine during the period you mention did have quite a bit of good adventures and the magazine was being handled by Paizo, not WotC. Paizo...

All of those system issues were a direct result of how many people were already playing the game in previous editions. The system simply "codified" the most common house rules, and made them part of the default system. However, the system assumes those resources are there, and "balanced"...

That is correct. 0-9 - No damage 10-19 - 1d10 damage 20-29 - 2d10 damage Etc.

Actually no, if a grown man is acting like a 2 year old I don't try to "correct" their behavior with gaming. I don't entertain that type of behavior at my games. I don't play with asshats, and have no desire to coddle those that act that way.

I don't understand what you're getting at or what it accomplishes, but it seems a lot like baiting. So I'll just step out. Good luck.

This is perfectly acceptable and it's no surprise that many campaigns have certain restrictions on what races, classes, feats, spells, etc., are available. I've run games with no druids, monks, halflings or gnomes. I've played in games with no elves, and with restrictions on equipment (armor &...

We just completed playing through my 4e conversion of A1-A4. When the players got to the stockade they made the mistake of alerting the guards. Every resource was brought to bear, and it was highly painful.

This is so true. You hardly ever get what you want, you do however get what you most expect. If you treat your players like spoiled 2 year olds they start behaving like spoiled 2 year olds.

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Sideways of the entire discussion I've used a skill challenge structure to run an assassination style scenario. So using 4e does not necessarily require too many work-arounds to pull off. The thief/assassin would have an advantage in that structure, and everyone else would just be adequate...

First of all dnoonan, welcome "back". It has been a while since I saw comments from you on game design, and I must say that I missed them. I always thought your work on both 3e and 4e was great. I hope to see more comments from you. I think that some, if not most of the problem is trying to...

I'm sorry but, WHAT? If the game system at 7th level already allows for a variance of defensive capacity of at least 17 points (AC 29 vs. AC 12)in the same group, it's not a DM challenging problem but a system need serious rework problem. I DM to enjoy myself, not to spend inordinate amounts...

Mazes and Monsters the Tom Hanks edition

Call it D&D 40 - for the 40th anniversary

When the swarm gets to "bloodied" you can have rules to attempt to route it. Successful intimidate check vs. Will causes a route. If there is a "leader" within X squares of the swarm use the higher of the swarm or leader defense. As an alternate an intimidate check that is higher than the...

I'm really enjoying all these conversions. Well done.

Thanks for this link. I had not seen this before. It took me a while to locate all the episodes but now they're downloaded and being listened to. I like how they've incorporated "rules" talk with their game without being disruptive. Quite nice.

This is a relevant observation and it would be good for WotC to label the rules based on where they see them in the basic, standard, advanced, extreme, epic continuum. This way play testers would understand where in the complexity hierarchy the rules they are seeing are sitting. This might...

I find that as a DM I do both. I don't think that scene framing is completely prep-less it's just a different type of prep. If my players are going with a lot of preparations on their side to get into a particular environment/combat, I want to reward that, not stifle it. So their preparations...