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Did you ask this last year too? :D PS

I ran a hobgoblin wedding in my Goblins of Eberron campaign. It's 4e, so naturally it was The Wedding Planning Skill Challenge! There were invitations to deliver and prophecies related to potential guests, so that was important. There were gifts for the wedding party. The bride had been...

That's a pretty cool idea Balesir. I would couple it with a tip from Chris Perkins and give info from the bottom "check" up. So it would be: "Chris, you see a bunch of guys milling about. Pat, you see that there are 2 distinct groups. Jean, you see that one of the groups is sporting gang signs...

Sub-boss? PS

I've just discovered a whole batch of bands I never heard of that I LOVE. Isis Tides Karma to Burn Glowsun Earth Earthless Witchery Machinemade God All long, intricate stoner doom metal. 20 minute songs. Fantastic stuff. PS

Are we going to get another one? I thought the Shadowrun "week" was pretty cool. PS

Data point for you: I give every PC a free Skill Training and a free Skill Power per tier. I also have 7 PCs. IMG every skill is covered, some of them multiple times, and a few of them many times (6 Perceptions . . . ). Yet my PCs are still starved for trained skills and my skill challenges are...

I ran a very good dungeon crawl, but I limited the scope to play to 4e strengths. I had the PCs gather intel from various spies and factions, and mapped out about 2/3 of the dungeon on my battle mat before the crawl started. I gave them some clues about the state of things, and told the players...

Starting to beat the dead horse . . . Now you have another consideration. You have a Monk in the party. Almost every Monk power has a movement power with it. Your monk gets a lot of her crazy cool from moving everywhere. So give her places to move to! :D You'll figure it out as you go. PS

I did that with a Forgotten Realms PC. Every town we went to, he knew someone. Usually a bartender. :D PS

If you only have 4 PCs, you won't need as much space. I have 7, and frequently have a large battle. I did a couple with my wargaming terrain that were probably 3' by 4' I did a full dungeon on my Chessex mat, which is 34x48. It had a dozen or so rooms and some corridors, but the PCs also...

Far and away 4e. The only other game I'm interested in right now is 13th Age, but I haven't played that yet so it doesn't get a vote. :D PS

My group quite enjoyed it. I had them use a portal into the middle of the dungeon, which added an interesting twist in that they didn't know how to get out. Also, it was very early in my "say yes" days, and when the halforc barbarian asked to marry the kobold sorceress I said yes, and it got...

Great thread so far James - I kept reading faster and faster so I could get to the posting. :D Couple of random thoughts I've had as I've read Leveling: In my game, the players decide when they level. I just salute their decision and level up my monsters. That lets them decide when they need...

Not a lot of time now, but I've decided to change the focus here. I was going to try and include the secondary combatants in a minimally intrusive fashion, but instead I've decided to jump the encounter up to a huge set piece. I'll likely have 3 acts during the fight itself, and it'll take most...

Ye gads, I was mentioned in a thread . . . An example of what pemerton's discussing here: in my 4e game, the PCs are a bunch of murderous goblinoids. It is beyond dispute that they are a competent, bloodthirsty and violent group. We frequently use "murderizing" as a skill in skill challenges...

Aside here: I like how your campaign leaves such vast marks on the world you're not sure you can play there again. I'm on a smaller scale - we're low paragon - but I'm not seeing how I could play Eberron again without rebooting from my current campaign. The PCs are just tearing the place apart ...

Fortunately (?) I can only play once a month, which gives me plenty of time to make a 4e session. I honestly haven't even looked at an adventure since Keep on the Shadowfell, which I never ran. In 3e I felt like if I didn't have an adventure to run I couldn't DM it, but there was, as you say, a...

What level of definition do you want? If we're comparing the D&D experience to a FATE experience, rules are really important. If we're comparing D&D to volleyball, there are some big considerations that come before we get down to rules minutia. PS

Detailed description: The PCs are trying to start a war. They've been pushing on the Silver Flame folks that live in Breland (Eberron, obviously). Due to various successes, a bunch of Silver Flame folks are hiding in the church, with the menfolk outside on the steps, protecting the church. In...