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I signed up for DM rewards a while back thinking that I would start reporting games the next time I DMed. Before I had a chance to DM anything, WotC sent me the Village of Hommlet. I felt a little guilty getting something for nothing but not guilty enough to send it back. A month later, they...

When I DL a book, it's specifically because I don't intend to use it but want to be aware of what's in it in case another player or DM brings it up. Books, that I need for my game, on the other hand, I tend to purchase rather than rely on my DDI account. For example, I'm setting up to run a...

I'm starting up a 4e Dark Sun game and I'm going to be printing my own charts to paste onto the inside of the 2nd Edition Dark Sun DM Screen... Included so far: Skill Check DCs Conditions Monster Base Stats (the updated charts from the recent errata) Campaign Map Sun-Sickness disease track

What venues qualify for the public games? Could I DM a game at a local coffee shop or diner and get covered by the RPGA as a public game? I signed up a while back. My intention was to officially report the next game I ran, which will be starting up as soon as our current campaign stops. I...

I think another important thing to note is that they didn't say the "Would not" or or "Did not want to" explain why they had to refuse permission but that they "Could not." It is entirely probable that the CSR is not allowed to discuss legal matters because he is not trained for that. Also...

Mr. Teapot is right. Plan out all of your encounters, then print tokens to accomodate the largest individual encounter. If encounter A has 3 zombies and encounter B has 4 zombies, print 4 zombies.

This is to account for the fact that AC is generally the hardest defense to hit. This is similar to the way weapon attacks already get to add a proficiency bonus and is the reason why attacks that combine a proficiency bonus with a NAD, or as I prefer a secondary defense, are awesome.

The melee training nerf is, worst case scenario, only 2 points of damage. The avenger is all about critting anyway.

Science is based, in part, upon the idea that you can not prove a negative, you can not prove that something does not exist, and you can not prove that X is never Y. Demanding that people prove you are wrong in order to validate their own opinions runs completely contrary to everything modern...

I disagree. I think most new players, assuming Essentials is properly marketed, will either get a Red Box or, if they are joining an established group, skip the Red Box and HotFL or HotFK and learn the "rules" from the group as they play the game. The Rules Compendium will be secondary to the...

What are those books second and third from the top with the silver spines?

It's a specifc type of binding that isn't quite like perfect binding. I have a few of these types of books. A softcover omnibus edition of the Hitchhikers Guide novels, a softcover edition of Guns, Germs & Steel, and some japanese language books. Anyways, they do what they advertise. They lay...

It also puts a large chunk of the gold PCs find into the hands of the local economy, increasing the chance that a merchant or someone will be able to raise enough cash to buy that old longsword +4.

One of my best memories of the revised 2e dark sun box was the passage that informed you that you could not opt not to take on followers after 9th level, that Athas was such an inhospitable and bleak place that the people were desperate for someone to believe in and that no hero could hide from...

My reaction to the preview classes so far was more like Rules-Compendium.5 Matter Thought Entropy Energy Time

Not what I was hoping for, but pretty cool anyway.

I think the primary motivation had to do with the Knight and Slayer classes, but it it also has to do with the fact that Melee training as written made Intelligent Blademaster unnecessary. One one hand, the change to melee training means that Intelligent Blademaster is relevant again. On the...

Fractal Mapper http://www.nbos.com/products/mapper/mapper.htm

Just bought mine on the way to work this morning. (Compleat Strategist in NYC)

Battle Guardian plus Defend the Line is not quite as good as the fighter's combat superiority but seems like a decent substitute for the standard fighter's mark plus Combat Superiority. We still haven't seen the rules for Shield Finesse.