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I run on a Mac myself. The one problem with using FG's recommended setup is that you can't (apparently) run two copies of the software from Steam. I suspect, however, that if you downloaded another copy from the site itself that you'd probably be fine. However, you'd have to follow their...

It depends on the rule, and how tightly you want to integrate it into the game. Creating/modifying monsters, for instance, is incredibly easy, since the NPC form is free-text entry anyways (and if you follow the wording used in the MM, it'll even parse things out for you). Likewise, adding...

Or, divvying up the costs among the entire table, the startup setup I listed is under $20 each (assuming a GM and 5 players). I really can't express succinctly how impressed I am with FG. Remember when I said it was *much* more usable? The adventure includes prebuilt encounters that auto-roll...

Cost of FG & Tyranny of Dragons There's two basic modes for using FG. One where it's essentially a GM aid for a live game, and the other where its actually being used as a virtual tabletop. The latter is more expensive, primarily because of the licensing requirements for the GM/players. So...

Transitions are important I'll preface this post a not that I've just started on annotating and modifying RoT for my use. With that said: The transition from HotDQ to RoT is very poorly detailed. As written, it's basically a Shepherd's hook with a note that says "Plot begins here." (Yank!)...

Tie it to RoT So let me first preface this that I made a LOT of changes to HotDQ, because I'm running Phandelver/HoDTQ/RoT as one long campaign arc. Unless you're interested I won't talk about the Phandelver required changes (the two biggest of which are +3-4 levels, and coming in from the...

I use them, and have since I first encountered them. I use the UA variant, and allow the Eberron Feats, but none of my players use them. I find my players use them for two reasons: 1) To improve/guarantee their chance of success when they think it's important. 2) To guard against failure. As...

All - Begging forgiveness, I want to call your attention to the Boardgame Fundraiser my lodge is throwing. The Calendar has all the details - http://www.enworld.org/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=93&day=2009-10-24&c=1, I just didn't want it to get lost in the noise. Happy gaming!

Right. Which is why I posted my original musing. Anybody who's decided to stick to 3.x isn't going to be part of the 4e market. So offering OGL licenses for their OOP products doesn't hurt WotC - they weren't going to get 3.x diehards' money anyway. Heck, by licensing the right to republish...

I'm sure this was brought up way back when 4e first poked its head over the horizon, but I don't remember the answer. For that matter with the release of the GSL and 4e, the answer may have changed. Given that the mechanics of 4e and 3e are so radically different, and that the old 3e...

I like the system. My only quail is that the difficulty multipliers are (IMO) too low. A party of 4 5th level characters probably *won't* find 6 ogres to be an "epic" challenge, even if that's what the current CR system specifies. OTOH, changing the basic "+2 EL = x2 creatures" rule probably...

OGC Compilation Limits Morrus - I'm curious as to what your policies are for the OGC Compilation page. Theoretically, I suppose, anyone could post anything there as long as it's published OGC. But I'm not sure that reposting the entirety of something like the Tome of Horrors is appropriate...

To-be created... Morrus - the links to empty pages appear to be the same as the links to non-empty pages. It'd be helpful to be able to distinguish these on the pages (including tabs), so that you can see at a glance if there's information attached or not. Also, where'd the reviews DB go? I'd...

Here's a slighty different question. Suppose BobCo uses KenCo's OGC (the Dreaded Hephaflumph) in their OGL/3.x CastleDeathskull adventure. BobCo intends to upgrade to 4e and the GSL KenCo doesn't. BobCo wants to upgrade CastleDeathskull, and gets KenCo's permission to 4e-ize the Hephaflumph. In...

Actually, my understanding is that Radiant Machine isn't a new company. Rather, it's Fluid Entertainment with a renaming/rebranding. And since Fluid's the company that gave us E-Tools and the D&D 2e Core Rules toolset, well... Gleemax actually functions better than I expected. And I share the...

Things I've learned from other GMs: 1) Having any kind of (appropriate) sound track running in the background makes a huge difference; it greatly enhances mood. It doesn't have to be complex (LotR soundtracks on auto-repeat suffices), but it should be there. My "flattest" sessions have been...

My current campaign: http://darelth.scribblewiki.com My old campaign: http://glurker.home.comcast.net/~glurker/Olerra/ I won't claim either is innovative, but you might find them useful.

Still on the fence I'm still on the fence personally. Going in, I heard a lot of good design principles, but the rumored implementations still felt a little flat to me. I was actually worried that there'd be so many changes it wouldn't feel like D&D anymore. The good news is that it still...

I was assuming order matters - that is, a Leader-Defender is different from a Defender-Leader, and just ran a permutation. But that's still a little off. If you just run with pure and half-classes, and ordering matters, you end up with 16. If you don't think it does, then you get 10, as you said.

I like combinatorics.... I actualy think RMSS (Rolemaster) got the class divisions about right. 4 "pure" classes (Leader, Striker, Defender, Controller; Cleric, Rogue, Fighter, Wizard) then their "half-classes" (eg. Leader-Defender; Cleric/Fighter = Paladin or Ranger) which takes us to 24...