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You're eating the food wrong. Back in the day, seafood was all we had, and our imagination filled in the gaps.

This is great stuff. It should be in the DMG! Thanks to all. Rel nailed down the biggest problem I'm having currently: the proliferation of side- and sub-quests that occur simply because the players have so many options available. I'll start dealing with more of it out-of-session. I'm...

So what would you say are the essential DM prep priorities for an urban adventure session?

Chalk up another vote for the simple elegance of the d12.

I almost always set my adventures in villages or "on the road" because when I run urban campaigns I get caught up in over-describing the city and its inhabitants, and forget basic details like where the inns are. What are your tips for providing players with a rich city environment without...

Thanks for the links and ideas. I'll try to post some pics to this thread if I get time.

My office was throwing out a pile of polystyrene boxes so I grabbed a few to cut dungeon scenery out of, but I'm short on ideas for what to make. So far I've thought: Boxes/crates Sarcophagi Pillars ...and that's about it. Got any suggestions for what I can do with it? Or links to websites...

As a proud grognard, I was quite negative about 4E when it came out. I initially resented Hasbro for taking a shotgun to my most sacred gaming cows, but I'm quite sanguine about it now. The important thing is 4E's survival. If the newest edition increase its popularity there will always be...

Indeed. But I've found that many players are turned off by a designated Planescape campaign. That's why I'd like planewalking to become a facet of the core cosmology, so that the regular D&D campaign can take an excursion to another world without fundamentally altering the basis of the campaign.

I was in Dubai 3 weeks ago and went for a drive out to Palm Jumeirah. It's lavish, but you can't really appreciate the engineering unless you're at the top of one of the mega-expensive flats and hotels. But that's the point. Conspicuous consumption is all the rage in the UAE. I did, however...

Thanks, Hexgrid. I'm not too wedded to the concept of hermetically sealed game worlds, so I rather like the idea of PCs being able to travel between campaign settings, with the caveat that it should be enormously difficult for them to do so.

My thoughts, too.

I've been out of the loop since 4E came out, so can someone clarify for me: does this mean that if I run an interplanar campaign I can have my players travel from FR and into Eberron without defying the core cosmological themes of each setting?

Forked from: Attention Hobbit & Gnome Lovers! Out of curiosity, how do you think members of small races would have to fight in order to hold their own against larger opponents? What strategies and techniques would they adopt to survive? I'm thinking in terms of: as members of adventuring...

Which campaign setting has only androgenous middle-aged humans?

In the 50s futurists thought we'd have flying cars by now, so I'm not holding out for 3D alien chess.

I'd have gone for #2, because I like tradition and verisimilitude.

16/16. I'll open a clinic tomorrow.

Despite my pre-release negativity, I’m really enjoying 4E. However, I’m also one of the (seemingly) growing number of D&D players who is considering a return to an old edition of the game. One of the primary reasons I’m turning off 4E is the relative power level of the PCs. They are...

Can you direct me to that discussion? It's very relevant to a dungeon I'm working on.