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Gaz 3, Glantri. Absolutely amazing. It has a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor (that can be ignored) but it could really be it's own stand-alone campaign world in a society where wizards rule.

Good list! I would add one more, which is nostalgia - when we play 1E, it's like being a kid in middle school or high school all over again, getting out of school early and starting up our AD&D over at a friend's house. We are with 4E now, but the only other edition I would consider running...

WOTC has it right. Demogorgon is a better poster monster for the new Abyssal cosmology than Orcus. Usurping the Raven Queen's dominion and gaining power over all undead? Lame. Where's the mindless destruction, the thirst for total entropy and returning the world to it's primordial state...

Continued Spoiler Alert, DM's Only. (Duh). Yes, this would be my advice as well - introduce the Barony of Therund, the town of Moonstair, and the Prince ahead of time. I had the Lord Warden of Fallcrest organize a tournament (which was handled as a skill challenge). Moonstair also has a fey...

This is pretty spot on with my take on SOW so far as well; the plot doesn't seem very tight compared to the Paizo AP's. WOTC's decision not to preview the campaign is partly to blame as well. SOW has some interesting pieces, compelling locales, diamond-in-the-rough villains, etc, but I'll wait...

I'm thinking we'll see Erelhei-Cinlu in there - that would be pretty awesome in 4E and different than the RA stuff. Have you noticed how Temple of Elemental Evil, Tomb of Horrors, and Erelhei-Cinlu were all mentioned in Worlds and Monsters? Makes me think Greyhawk stuff = Core, more or less.

On the DM side, I'd like to see advanced monster creation, that included better ideas on powers, leveling up solos, creating minions, etc. Possibly revised XP for minions. Injuries: yes, extend the disease model and create tracks for injuries, such as wounds, broken bones, etc. Not for every...

Hey Ydars, what is this "other thread" you are talking about? Anyway, let's try to address a specific example within the context of 4E. Let's assume I have a map that allows the PC's free choice of entrance to the dungeon, and multiple ways to get down to the second level from the first...

4E introduces this as more of a problem than other editions because it uses an incremental rather than an exponential experience curve... previous editions, it wasn't a judicious use of time to go after encounters that weren't at or above the current power curve. Although maybe it would still...

My own 4E design is going pretty well. My group is just finishing up Thunderspire Labyrinth; my agreement has been to run the heroic tier (H1-H3), and in between there and P1, kick-off the first few levels of the megadungeon game with new characters - PHB2 should be out by then. I know the 6...

DDI for a DM is so good... almost a no-brainer. Articles, adventures, and the compendium. Cut and paste access to every monster printed (LFR, Dungeon, every book, etc) has been huge. For the players... not so sure. One of my guys signed up to DDI, he wanted the Char Builder and wants to DM...

My players all freeload off the munificence of the DM... not sure if they'll change their approach with the new PHB minis coming out in a few months. What I suspect is they'll want me (the DM) to make the outlay and they'll pitch in.

No no no.... the pictures look a bit cartoonish... the tentacled dolphin of doom! the tentacled RED dolphin of doom. . . . Looking at the replies from DDXP on Hordelings, all the folks at DDXP seem to be saying the Aboleth looks much better in person. I'm in for this set anyway, so I'm getting...

I agree with this... H1 and H2 didn't read as well as they played once the players got in there and let the stories take over. I have a lot more respect for the 'sandbox' nature the games took after DMing those two adventures; whereas upon reading I felt they'd feel too linear in play. I think...

Wow... I had completely forgotten Elder Evils was supposed to get updated to 4E stats. It would be mightly cool, and generate a lot of goodwill. Personally, I'd expect them to be trickled out through Dungeon or Dragon, too, although I'm thinking that wouldn't fly with the non-DDIers. If...

This is my favorite 'epic tier' adventure I've seen in Dragon... the story is great - I like the return to Winterhaven, our first exposure to the feywild Winter Court, and first look at one of the (minor) Archfey. The 100 year return of the Winter Witch, the ancient order of knights and the...

I'll put another vote in for cosmology and fluff (gasp! - but 4E has such crunchy goodness). The Feywild and Shadowfell took what I liked best in other game universes (especially White Wolf/WOD) and made them D&D friendly. The new take on the Astral Plane, Elemental Chaos and Abyss creates...

Most of the things everyone seems to want are already 'scheduled' for the next few years... Ki Power source will be in a PHB, we're already getting a dose of monsters each year with the Monster Manual, we're already getting a new campaign setting each year... I think that covers Oriental...

Drow get to use either Cloud of Darkness or Darkfire once per encounter. (I'm assuming the Half-Orc gets to pick one or the other). On the other hand, lots of races get a good encounter power and a decent static effect like a feat... Bloodhunt and Infernal Wrath, for instance. Maybe the...

I think having an optimized party helps out a lot... multiple strikers, a defender, controller and leader. In my group's party, the leader is a TacLord, and the TacLord brings so much extra hurt, either via his TacLord feat bonuses during action points, or just through commander strike with the...