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Heroic tier: Pirates. Bullywugs. Dinosaurs. Demogorgon. (Yes, it's based on the Savage Tide adventure path.) Paragon Tier: Aboleth. Hill giants. Stone giants. Ropers. Ghaunadaur! Epic Tier: More aboleth. Zargon. Pandorym.

Like so many others, Keep on the Borderlands with its mix of town, wilderness, dungeon and politics defines D&D for me together with: which showed me how history and mystery, plus thinking about a dungeon in three dimensions, could make dungeon crawling more than just hack'n'slash.

My condolences to all who have been affected by this latest round of lay-offs. Honestly, I have never understood why people take up full-time employment in this micro-industry. There are too many people chasing too few jobs with even fewer employers and it's a declining micro-industry (the RPG...

I love it... but I don't think I will ever run it again because of the lack of electronic support. I just don't have the time to prep like I used to. I'm also in agreement about enjoying it more with friends. I have one group who prefer a low magic game so playing until 23rd or so level...

I voted love it even though I would prefer 3.5E with a proper character builder and monster builder. The reason I want 3.5E is that I like the variety in the magic etc... but that same variety makes it so difficult to create your own adventures and campaigns. I just don't have the time or...

While I do get your point, the reason I often use the hours vs cost argument whether on the internet or in real life is simply to try and make the argument as fact-based as possible. It's easy to say "D&D is expensive" or "Hasbro only wants to make profits" and attract a tabloid audience but if...

RPGs take effort. I think that's the basic problem and a lot of that effort is spent by a DM/GM "alone in his mother's basement". That's not socially acceptable.

Dang... I can't give you XP again. Yes, very useful. Thanks for posting!

Sorry, it was a tortured piece of writing that deserves some editing for clarity. What I was trying to ask was what was it about the the pre-Spellplague Realms that the OP found so attractive that he decided to use the 4E ruleset but the the pre-4E Realms? For me, the thing I really do...

That was genuinely funny. XP for you. :)

... and it's so damn easy to stat up a Zhentarim encounter in the Dalelands! Actually, I do understand your reasoning. If I go back to the pre-Spellplague Realms I'm inclined to even drop the Shadow Weave and remove that mechanical complication from the game. If the Character Builder allowed...

Your approach seems to be saying "4E is the way it has always been" which is probably what I would do if I went back to pre-Spellplague because it is so much easier (and also because my players play a lower magic version of FR so magic doesn't play as big a role as it does in many games, FR or...

It will be difficult to recapture the flavour of a lot of pre-4E magic items if they played (or play) a large part in your campaign. Also, I would be inclined to ditch eladrin (except as star elves) and stat up the various elven races as unique variations on the standard PHB elf. I would...

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I totally agree. It irks me when I read the usual suspects complaining about the prices of RPG products. When you break it down per hour of enjoyment derived even a mediocre product is better value for money on a cost per hour basis than a DVD, video or movie. (deleted what was apparently...

Thanks for posting the correct link. XP for you. ;)

My thoughts exactly. For me the misuse of the apostrophe is the proverbial canary in the coalmine: if you use it for plurals and/or you don't know the difference between it's and its then chances are your editor's (sic) are going to be very busy.... In fairness to the OP, one of the...

WotC is part of a large corporate with a lot of IP. There will be a fundamental tension between the RPG folks who know that custom content and sharing that content is a key part of building the brand and building brand loyalty and the legal folks who will see their job as protecting their IP no...

On my Windows XP laptop I found it in Application Data. In Vista desktop I couldn't find it but I was so busy thanking God that it hadn't crashed that I may have had my focus elsewhere.

The inhabited corpse seems like a waste of a common figure. I would rather draw a stick figure on the battlemat than waste money on a miniature that's lying down. Love the bullywugs... not a big fan of much else.