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There was a post way back when that mentioned how the pre-gens were created pretty quickly and may have some errrors. What if the designer simply forgot to add in the INT bonus stuff...or INT is the dump stat in the 4e WoW anime boardgame! :)

Yes? You rang? My query is because I run games with nocturnal monsters and often run games with players who decide to sleep inside dungeons. The issue with extended rest with healing surges and full HP recovery does come into play here. So...what about this: A fighter with 50 HP is...

Great suggestions! The joke about 1e was the 10 x 10 rooms. Looking back on those old modules, the scale was often set as 1 box = 10 feet, but when copying to graph paper or battle mats, many people didn't convert. However, it was pretty common to have 20 x 20 rooms which is only 4 x 4...

The bankruptcy issue is a ruse. BK is a standard financial manuever these days. It's just debt reorganization, not anywhere near the end of a company. However, I suspect 1 of 2 things may be correct. a) Hasbro does not want to piss off Lucasfilm since Wotc/Hasbro has many licenses for...

This is Hasbro's cash cow if they are smart. Done right, I can see RPGA becoming a million gamer organization in 5 years. They've already got over 100,000 active without DDI and this is only going to help them explode. BTW, RPGA membership is free (currently) so it would not add any...

Players: We camp for the night. GM: Who's on first watch? You obviously cannot stand guard and be totally aware and ready for action at the same time you are getting a good deep rest where all your wounds are healing and your dailies are recharging. If an extended rest in 4e is six hours...

I prep much hell for my players. ;) My prep is different if it is a convention one-shot vs. a home session for a campaign. I do much more focussed prep on the three act structure of the storyline for the convention one-shot because there is no "see you next Saturday" option and you must take...

Let's put the blame where it belongs. The supposed 5-minute workday exists because some players are just plain stupid. Dullards shouldn't be given the character who is all about resource management. If all you know is to throw damage spells every time you see a monster, then stop playing...

Don't be too hard on yourself. You demo'd a brand new game to 6 new players with near zero experience yourself and only the fan cobbled 4e lite to use. If everyone had fun, then count it as a win. But you could have screwed the pooch by not taking the time to prepare. You are asking for...

I am going to run "The Other Keep on the Borderlands" at the Gamex convention in May and this will be my first "4e Lite" adventure. I will certainly post it after the convention. Since the only characters we have are 1st level, that's who I will be using. I need some pointers from people...

Yes, 4e has a distinct early D&D vibe. I would not call it 1e because that pidgeonholes it to a single version. Instead, I see the designers looking back on the days when D&D sold like hotcakes and today when WoW is king and deciding how they could distill the best from those two giants and...

If you sell 100 PDFs of anything, you are doing good. Based on the numbers I have seen, the average PDF sells 50 copies. My project is not a global setting like Planescape / Dark Sun, but a set of locations with some interconnection that the GM can easily incorporate into his own game world...

I am excited about the GSL announcement. I was going to publish a 3.x setting book back in 2002, but I never grokked to 3e. The match of my setting to that system did not work for me and if it doesn't work for the writer, it sure ain't gonna work for the reader. However, what I have seen so...

Great thread. Thank you. Extra kudos for the kid's torso! This is a very valid comment. I run OD&D at cons and I get lots of people who feel 3e is too complicated for them to remember and play. 4e appears somewhat less complicated, but I am quite sure its is too much for them. 4e is...

Ranking systems are lame and meaningless. If a player is stupid and his character dies, then the GM is bad. If a player attacks another PC, then the GM is bad. If a player doesn't get the magic binkie, then the GM is bad. If a player is not the total focus of the adventure, then the GM is...

I do not see how the defined roles of character classes have changed much from AD&D to 4e. The holy quartet of bashing / healing / area attack / stealth has not changed much. If anything, Castles & Crusades has done more to break up the strict roles of D&D than any edition. The Siege...

Your theory falls apart because it is based on an absolutely wrong assumption. 3e never sold close to AD&D 1e. They would be lucky if they had 50% of the sales of AD&D with everything 3.0 and 3.5. TSR did not have to be smart. All they had to do in the early 80s was keep books in print...

7% for Blackmoor? You should be ashamed! Blackmoor has never gotten its due. Dave Arneson did some very fun stuff with that setting and it has tremendous potential to breakout of the "standard fantasy" that is so common with most settings. The blend of sci-fi and fantasy would give WotC a...

Interesting. I had not heard about the crafting / modifiying by PCs. That does change the focus a bit if the players will be more involved in their own magic item development. It would make this book invaluable to players then. But how do Fighters craft new items? Does each class have to...

Here's why D&D will succeed even in the age of WoW: teenage boys. Thank the dark gods of blood, war and boobies for over adrenalined boys ages 10-13. Have you as an adult ever seen teenage boys discover D&D? It is a sight to behold. They start wondering why they aren't playing a video...