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I was going to make a joke about using a spreadsheet and upload my epic 3.5 character's spreadsheet . . . but ENWorld said my file was too big. Guess that kinda makes the point too . . . :D PS

Of course. But if clever players avoid getting caught, a DM can expect lots of trouble. PS

I think divine magic is generally different enough that it won't compete. I ran a long PBeM game with many of the same ideas - mages had started the catastrophe and were persecuted. A couple levels of sorcerer by a single PC made a drastic difference to the party's capabilities. Charm Person...

If you have a world with little/no arcane magic, then let the PCs play spellcasters, you've practically given the PCs a monopoly on magic. Expect your PCs to start bootstomping your world after a few levels. PS

Does your DM know every book you own, and which spell is in which book? There's a lot of material to keep track of. Can you just hand him your spells known list? PS

Thanks guys. I like the Dal Quor idea. The concept that the Messenger dreams, and forces them on the warforged is interesting. In Eberron the warforged were invented ~35 years ago. The PC, in fact, was one of the first and has an archaic design. He's old school. And when I asked for...

Use the Power of DMing! "As your final blow strikes the lightning gun explodes. A jolt of energy blasts thru your bodies. It's just like you've taken a short rest, so do that now." PS

While I would love to fill in the between games gap electronically, it hasn't really worked in this game. Some players are right on top of it, others never check in, and the rest check in but not frequently enough to keep up. I've decided it really has to happen at the table or it doesn't count...

I'm hoping there will be a starter box that gives me enough simple gaming for pick up games with my son's friends. If there is, and it's cheap, I'll get it right away. If not, we'll have to see. My gaming budget these days is decimated, so it has to be something I get real value from. PS

Mark, it's probably an overpowered one too. :D PS

We've been emailing a bunch, but one player is essentially never on email. :( To keep myself fresh I'm summarizing the goblin politics the game is going to be immersed in - multiple pages so far! PS

This is a long article, but it has ideas for multistage boss fights like you've described. http://angrydm.com/2010/04/the-dd-boss-fight-part-1/ For the rest of your monsters, don't get too tied down to using monsters that match your fluff. I did a hobgoblin fight once that had cave bears, elf...

In reigniting my Goblins of Eberron game, all the PCs will get an artifact. The Ironwrought Warforged Dreadnought blacked out during the Mourning, and after he came to he wandered into a ritual that was in progress when the Mourning hit. A Final Messenger (warforged component) was the ritual...

It's pretty easy with a DDi subscription. Select MM3 or Monster Vault as the source. Pick the role (Lurker, Brute, etc), select a range of levels, and hit the search button. A pretty suitable batch of monsters will come up. Pick one, or copy a power from one and paste it into another monster...

In my game the apocalyptic street corner preachers constantly rant about how only one person can move at a time, and that diagonals are the same length as orthogonal distance. "He broke the 4th wall and it broke his brain." :D PS

I think the problem is that no matter what your PCs did last adventure, this adventure is already written, with some assumptions about how the last one went. That's pretty unavoidable, tho ST certainly had a couple branches of PC choice mapped out. There's only so much one can anticipate. I...

I think with any process-sim there's so much that gets ignored or handwaved away that it's hard to get a good approximation of how CAW would really go. With scene framing, at least each individual scene feels right, so the whole doesn't feel too wrong. With a subtly wrong process the whole thing...

That was my experience as well. Every melee character (and cohort, and animal companion) died. I was very happy to stop DMing that. PS

I find this to be true as well. What bumps you out of immersion is whatever you are uncomfortable with. If it clashes with what you want from the game, you're going to spend a moment thinking about why it bothers you, and you're out of the game. Frex, my game never suffers from 4e's martial...

I think it's the multiple, quick deaths that encourages pawn stance. PS