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That's....huh. I'm not sure what to think of that. It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how practical it actually is. A linux tablet that doubles as the monitor for a netbook? It's an interesting concept, certainly. Kind of like having a regular laptop the undocks to become a tablet...

Well, specs just dropped on the Slate, per Engadget. Decent, but I don't think it's going to be enough to fulfill the title of "iPad Killer". Only 5 hours of battery life is going to be an achilles heel. Running Windows 7 with 1GB of RAM on an Atom processor may not provide the speed of the...

He worked like a charm, guys. Occupied the party without overwhelming him (though the Paladin got buzzsawed twice to evil effect) and the rogue managed to deactivate him and then fell prey to the planar, doing 35 points of damage (he has 34). Fun was had!

Plenty of people know of Tablet PCs. The industry has been trying to sell them for years....but consumers have been rejecting them continually. Dell, Samsung, HP, OQO, Fujitus and many others haven't succeeded at selling them. Most 'tablet' pcs that are out there are regular PCs with swivel...

Perhaps a more correct name would be INFECTED repair drones. ;) I'm keeping the aura as Steam and Sparks to allow for a little more color and variety. If my players come up with various ways to defend against it (and I'd accept electrical or fire for partial), then more the better. I like...

Actually, a good chunk of us started with Basic D&D and then moved on to AD&D (i.e. 1e, now). But that's because we're OLD.

Second Pass. Much thanks for the suggestions, all! I've added some more powers and upped his hit points. I pondered giving him reach, but since he's based originally on the Giant Crayfish from Hommlett, I figured I'll just have him lower to the ground and longer. In fact, thinking about it...

I was 11 when I had saved up my lawn-mowing money and allowance and bought the Moldvay Red Box. I roped a friend up the street into playing and we were off. He created a magic-user named Photos (cause he had the light spell) and I was the DM. I've never looked back.

And beyond that, are you more of an expert on all these topics than your players? Two of my players are expert fencers. One of my players has been a math professor, another was working towards her doctorate in Medieval History and still another a mechanical engineer. One of them has a...

A good point. The intention is that they'll be fighting him in a crowded urban environment, with him knocking down one and two-story buildings and endangering panicked townsfolk, which will force the players to get near him. The steam blast is a fun idea, but it doesn't quite fit the idea...

I'm in the process of trying to create a monster. It's intended to be a major encounter for my party. Long story short: the party is in a town called Geartooth, home to many magnificent clockwork devices. The biggest one they've seen is the Clockwork Lumberjack, a giant automaton with two...

I find that I enjoy running skill challenges in one of three modes: 1) Stealth - The players are working a particular problem or goal and don't realize that they're in a skill challenge. Since the time and goal vary diversely, they may not known until I tell them after the fact. 2)...

Heh. I wonder if your GM at the time was also filled with a similar sense of **PANIC**. I mean, its a big universe and he had to do the interior decorating. :) Ye Gods, I'd love to run a game like that, but the amount of prep-work sounds considerable. But when it's done right...man, I'll bet...

Ah, I see. Was thinking too literally. So, just to list Spear Push: " Whenever you push a foe with a polearm or spear attack, you may add 1 square to the distance pushed." So the crux of the question is: "if a power allows you to enhance the amount of squares you get to push with a...

Can you name some examples? Because I'm not seeing any in the DDI Compendium. I see 5 feats (martial styles) which affect Tide of Iron by name. Only one discusses range and specifically only with regards to using a reach weapon (Spear and Shield Style, Dragon Annual 2009), to wit: Tide of...

Dude, it's not a new idea, per se. It was old when Shakespeare did it in The Scottish Play.

Ah, gotcha. Good points, all. I guess I just didn't care to think about it all that deeply. I didn't particularly see the need for the changes, per se...but they offered me enough of a justification to ignore it. I'd chalk some of that up to unreliable information. The Proteans are...

That's rather interesting stuff, there. I like the thought he put into the dungeon concept and the 'the further you go, the more dangerous it gets' combined with 'hotspots'. I'm not sure how well this would work in one of my games, but I could see it being a lot of fun with the right group.

Well, yeah. Although in Shojo's case, he was doing so to manipulate the members of the city council into thinking he was not worth trying to assassinate AND to avoid having to follow the Paladin's oath. Which is what happens when you get a non-Lawful leader of a Lawful Good organization, I...

That would actually be a fun conceit...that the emperor is secretly very practical and smart, but he knows that if everyone around him knew that, he would never be able to accomplish his goals. But by feigning madness or eccentricity, he could manage the change he wanted without having to deal...