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I've stopped using a screen altogether, except for my iPad where the module resides. I do keep my old DM screen handy for reference, including the monster knowledge check rules and DCs that I pasted over something relating to experience. I don't need that info in play, and do need the...

We quibbled on value and pricing, When we could have been talking 'bout dicing, Soapbox and bandwagon, Versus slaying a dragon, I find the last more enticing!

WotC needs to get the value and content level back to what it was before considering a price increase, not that we have any evidence that they were doing so yet. With all the speculation on tiered pricing in this thread, I have seen a number of people bandying about numbers in the WoW...

I think my group would have resented her. She is a DM PC. She was higher level ( in 3.5 at least), has more connections, more knowledge, more influence, and more plot hooks relating to adventure 3. No thank you. The reasons to have a DM-run character travel with the group long-term are to...

Mike Resnick was the guest of honor a couple of years ago at COSine, the science fiction convention we run in Colorado Springs. He's a cool guy and has tons of experience as a writer. He practically invented the space cowboy idea, although he's far from the only one to have used the concept...

Even out the level curve. If the AP is 12 adventures long, dedicate 4 adventures each to heroic, paragon, and epic tier play. The WotBS conversion rushes you into paragon by the early part of adventure 4, and spends too many adventures in epic. I adjusted leveling in my own game so they will...

An interesting post that has caused me to reevaluate the level of challenge in my game. You are right to suggest that a prize too easily won has less value than something you have struggled to achieve. It may well be that I have been going a bit too easy on the group in some ways, but I can't...

I got Burning Wheel, which sounds fun to me. I like the idea of life paths, at least in theory. I'd have to look over the mechanics to see how well it works in practice. My players are another story however. The last time I used the phrase "narrative control" at the table, most of them...

When I first started 4E I originally tracked xp by the book, with quest rewards and all that. I came to realize that it wasn't worth the bookkeeping, since I want the characters to all level together, and was fudging xp numbers to make them level when it felt right. Now I just level them when I...

The Seela were most assuredly alive when I ran it, but I did my own conversion to 4E from the 3.5 module. I saw the Seela as a type of fey bound to the forest, else they would have left it. They aren't dryads, but rather were connected to the forest as a whole. They looked tattered and...

The Sterling Company of Adventurers (also known as the Shiny Company, the Stalwart Company or the Stubborn Company) always did what they thought was right, in their own unique way. Perhaps some of their choices might seem a bit shady to those who did not grasp their true motives, but even if...

An interesting choice. I kept her as a sorceress, trained in thievery. Not that she has been interacting with the group a lot, outside of briefings in Simeon's office. I need to work out a means of getting some roleplaying going on with her before events in later modules.

My group is so far off the rails that I'm making stuff up wholesale. :D The support offered here on the forums by the writers of WotBS has been invaluable. My questions are always answered promptly, even if the answer is "We never thought of that, but here are some suggestions". My group...

If I use encounters as written, I generally find the fights too easy, even with my group being lower level than expected for the module. Part of it is having six players, but some is that the original monster design in 4E had too little damage, especially as you go up in levels. Changes in...

They use it occasionally as a reference, but I still end up having to remind them of names. I use my version all the time. When I first gave them the sheet I missed taking off some information that was known only to one of the PCs, and thus spoiled a surprise. I had created a NPC by the name...

Do as OnlineDM recommends. Start them with adventure 1, but cut out some of the combat encounters. There is a lot of extraneous combat that adds little to the story and is just there to level the characters up faster. You can easily cut much of it, especially in the first two modules. The...

Given that there were five NPCs that could wind up tagging along with the party before they reached Seaquen, I decided to cut a few before they outnumbered the PCs. My group started with five players and now has six. We didn't need the extra combat support. Nor are 1st level characters so...

Nice sheet. I made something similar that includes NPC's from the entire run of modules we've played through so far, but I should expand the roleplay notes to be more like yours. What mine does include are all the changes I have made to names and races, and a note on the original name from the...

I have InDesign and layout experience. I could do a landscape layout for you.

Here's seconding a request for landscape format. Many folks use their computers,or in my case an iPad, to display the module rather than printing it. Thanks!