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Is this a Daily? I'll have to search for that thread, as it's been a while since I read it.

Looks like great fun, guys. I may try out something along these lines for my group in our new 4e campaign. I have wanted to keep some of the obvious mechanics out of site, but none of my players are well-versed in 4e rules, especially skill challenges. Handing them the skill challenge cards...

Nitpicking, but the Aggressive Famliar feat does say: "Effect: Your familiar is destroyed, and you gain..." Just strikes me as a bit crazy from the perspective of "this is your ally". Then again, this is something for lvl 16+, and that's near the territory where powers say "The first time you...

I'm guessing between the Active Benefit of the Whitespawn Snowstepper and the Aggressive Familiar feat (each either destroying the familiar outright or dropping it to 0 hp), that losing a familiar isn't a big deal anymore? I'm all for the familiars being useful, but I'm not sure I like them...

That's too bad that the WWII section doesn't seem as good of a mesh. I have fond memories of Wraith: the Great War, so I would hope that WW's luck with that setting continued. I have Scion: Hero and Demigod, but like most games I've picked up over the last few years, they're occasional reading...

If you're looking to make some, you should check out World Works. They have patterns for a large variety of fantasy terrain. I know some of the packs include archways, doors, etc. If you scout around, you might even be lucky enough to find a sample that has a door you could use. The Official...

Thanks, Thanee! These are very useful posts, so don't worry if it takes some time to get around to it. It's worth the wait.

I just checked again and their online store portion is up for business.

Their website's still up, which is a good sign. Most likely, their host has some kind of hiccup on the SQL server that hosts their online store. Try again tomorrow morning, it'll probably be back. Or there's always eBay. I know I've seen some selling there. If Alea Tools does go down, you'll...

I saw that msg for a split-second before the window appeared. I have NoScript running on Firefox, so I had to allow your site to play Flash. Once I did, no problems. - Which BTW, that's an awesome little animation. I like how the page design matches the animation. Plus, if the rest of your site...

I'll look at my schedule and see what I can do. I think there was something that was going to interfere with me playing that Saturday, but we'll see.

Sounds like a great campaign, Rel. Glad to see you're making good use of 4e.

I'm pretty sure he was at All Fun 'n' Games, out on the border with Apex. Unfortunately, I believe Lost Goblin closed their doors at the beginning of this year.

I'm happy to chime in that I recently joined the RPGA and I like it, even though my group of friends used to be very dismissive of the org back in the late '90s. Our firsthand experiences were limited to a few games at Origins over the years. We didn't know as much about the RPGA back then, and...

I just picked up the Warlord pack. The layout is nearly identical to the cards printed up in DDI. You get the flavor text from the PHB in these, and they have light grey Ability words (i.e. STR) in place of the bonus number you'll be using. Other than being a little more polished than what's in...

I found a nice amount of the translucent InFile folders at Office Despot yesterday. They still had a few more clear ones as well as a stock of black cases. Now that my tiles are organized and easier to transport, I should get more use out of them.

Very nice! I'm a big fan of the setting material, but I've not had the chance to run or play more than a single session.

For the templates and condition tiles in the posted link above, what are they made of? Is it plastic or heavy cardstock? I'm interested in getting some, but I'd like to find out.

I always wanted to do something like this for a hero game, but the execution is tricky. Since you have a hand in how the heroes get their powers, maybe use some of the 'Hand of Fate' tricks that pull the PCs together in the same spot with a forced revelation of their powers. "Ah look, you all...

And that's not all (in the same article)! So if the wounded soldier happens to have lost his Hand, perhaps Vecna Technologies will be able to help there too? DANGER!