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I found while researching Hell modules that Fires of Dis was better-liked than Paladin in Hell. It's easier to run since it's lower level. I gathered it also emphasizes RPing more. For a shorter one-shot experience in hell I'd definitely recommend the first adventure in the compilation "Well of...

Double post. I'm a lame

It's funny like that but it's not the first time. We ran PF because this player had the most books (he's the only one with PF player material - although I have the bestiaries). I'm now realizing why this was problematic... I suppose the DM should be the rules-savvy type when running PF. It just...

Thanks guys. This will really improve my game and balance things out. It sounds like a psi-ability. I haven't seen him run out of points yet. He's recently earned the title "Sir poofs-a-lot" Yeah, that's better than my house rule. The original intent was inspired by my interest in integrating...

Did you miss the title of the thread "What is good for D&D as a game vs. what is good for the company that makes it"? And did you even read the first post in the monopoly thread? Because it was all about getting people together to play the game, not about profit. Ultimately I don't really care...

I'm not the most rules-savy DM. Frankly I find it unbearable to sit down and read paragraphs of rules. Usually this works for me but in my current game I'm starting to feel like I need to bone up. I just started PF and don't own the core book, Ultimate Combat, Ultimate Magic, etc. My Pathfinder...

My next PC is going to be a 19-year old Paladin named Gary. He's going to have shaggy blonde hair, be super-cheerful and enthusiastic about life in spite of all of it's challenges. He's constantly going out of his way to help people and share his good news. Essentially he's your stereotypical...

I'm gearing up for my first Halloween game right now. If it goes well I'll probably try to incorporate seasonal festivities into my games. For Valentine's Day I'm looking forward to running an old Planescape adventure involving delivering a letter from a devil to a succubus. On St. Patrick's...

I started on Hero Quest when I was 7. That was sort of D&D for kids, simplified and utterly devoid of roleplaying. Around 9 I started to realize you could actually talk to the monsters in Hero Quest and invent actions. Then my friends and I started making up our own games that were a bit like...

Stealth is fine. I think TSR had the pacing down pretty well. Every couple years they could put out a 2.5/3.5 style revision, and after 12 years or so they put out a new edition like 2E with some twist like proficiencies or combat manuevers. After 25 years it's probably healthy to hit the reset...

paizo.com - Paizo People: Lisa Stevens My mistake. She backtracked or I was dead wrong. See the June 5th 2011 post. I was going off a rumor that appears not to be true.

Well those are small internet communities based around a common interest in a particular edition. So obviously they're collections of outliers. What was the competition for 2E/3E in their heyday between 1990 and 2007? I vividly recall those editions dominated the market for D&D-style...

Sure, folks are always welcome to borrow a book. Unless you're more resourceful than most of the general populous that number doesn't hold true for running a game. And ideally all players should buy a PHB and read some of the rules. But anyway, the point was people like to play games they're...

Impressive? You're quite deep in the rabbit hole. I don't recall any strong divisions from 1998 until the 3.5/PF/4E split besides the very occaisonal 1E/2E holdout and Vampire game. Maybe that was just the people I knew. I definitely don't want to play the game I played when I was 14, although...

WOTC is rapidly dividing the player base and burning bridges with customers. I'm not sure if it was avoidable or their was a more profitable option, but I suspect it isn't sustainable for them to maintain their previous success. They sort of remind me of IBM's fall from power in the eighties...

I keep noticing new 4E players and GMs doing the system injustice by running it as if it were 3.5 and failing to design encounters properly for 4E. DMs will use too many solos, trash encounters, boring terrain, and high-level monsters with difficult ACs rather than lower ACs that can be hit...

Clearly these issues aren't even on the same order of magnitude. I've never actually seen a player quit a game over a house rule. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I've yet to see it. Usually it's over disagreement about how the rule is implemented or what kind of calls the DM makes. I may...

WOTC dug their own grave here... The original poster wrote a healthy gaming community promotes a stable rule base and a unified player base. Being able to radically house-rule your game doesn't contradict either of these goals. In comparison to edition fatigue, I haven't heard of house rules...

If they intentionally removed 4E content from DDI they would provoke unprecedented nerd rage. I can't imagine why they would intentionally remove the content if people are still willing to pay for it.

Awesome. Thanks. I'll be sure to run it like an evil bastard :)