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I am confused on some situational stacking issues in 4th. The Feat stacking on PHB 192 and Bonuses stacking PHB 275 have led me to a few examples that I am unsure about. Tell me what you think. ONE: Villain's Menace + Bless My fighter uses Villain's Menace (Level 1 Daily) and hits an enemy...

You can do it in 2 hours from south San Jose, 3 hours from the Penisula or the East Bay and sometimes 3 hours from SF. However, unless you are driving off hours, I always add an hour for Bay Area commutes because getting out of the freeway tangle during most hours is rough. Throw some...

As a Warhammer fan, I gotta love any weapon called a 'Choppa so I know what you mean. Do you like them for flavor or are there particular class / race combos that you feel work best with those?

In the heroic tier, let's discuss the following. 1) Falchion vs. Greatsword 2) Glaive vs. Halberd vs. Longspear 3) Greataxe vs. Greatsword 4) Other 2H comparison of your choice Here's the rules: 1) Focus only on the heroic tier, so if a weapon becomes uber at paragon or epic, save that...

If you live in California, skip the fireworks for this 4th of July and come to PolyCon instead. PolyCon has a 25+ year tradition of being an incredibly fun summer gaming convention in Central California (San Luis Obispo) which is located four hours south of Sacramento and four hours north of Los...

I agree that the most logical speculation is the "special agreement" between Goodman / WotC. That sounds most probable in an Occam's Razor way of thinking. I have studied US copyright/fair use laws and I doubt that would be the choice of anyone advertising a 4e D&D product. Those laws are...

Tell me why you like the 4e Half-Elf. Sell me on why they are equal choices overall compared to humans or other favorite PHB races.

Human Bandit + Savage Berserker Template + Cosmetic Change = a new and dangerous bugbear! I am having a LOT of fun with the 4e monsters and the combo of altering their levels up and down with cosmetic changes and renaming of powers. My next project is taking a Beholder Eye of Flame and...

Other! I am big fan of B/X and Moorcock and Warhammer. So I have Law, Good, Unaligned, Evil and Chaos...and Paladins get to pick any but Unaligned. Warhammer Fantasy does a good job with these alignments. As for player choices, I do not allow opposing alignments in the party. They have to...

The question over multiple Warlords depends on whether the Initiative bonus to the group stacks or not. One Warlord gives +2 Init, so do two Warlords give +4 Init to everyone? Is there an official answer? I can't seem to find discussion on stacking inside the PHB or DMG.

Wow. I am not sure if it is more horrifying that some "publisher" can't fork over $180 bucks or that the payment for three editing jobs in this industry is only $180 bucks. I know we want to emulate REH and HPL, but how did we get stuck with their per-word rates? And what's this noise...

I rolled up a Gygaxian dungeon for fun using the AD&D DMG tables and I built the fluff based on the crazy random results. I kept getting bandits and giant rats. A huge chamber with 31 giant rats failed all its treasure rolls, except for magic items. And it got two armors, +4 Splint and +5...

Absolutely! The 1001 Encounter books are only worth buying if they give you more than a random generator. I am designing Fluff with Variant Fluff so GMs can either use the encounter As Is or have options on changing the flavor to best fit his campaign. My ulimate goal is for harried GMs...

Here's what I have planned initially... The 15 Minute Dungeon Master Series 1001 Heroic Encounters 1001 More Heroic Encounters 1001 Paragon Encounters 1001 More Paragon Encounters 1001 Epic Encounters My first product will be 1001 Heroic Encounters which will be a supplement with 1001 unique...

This thread is for Publishers who plan to sell 4e products. If you are a publisher who has accepted the GSL (bumpy warts and all) and will be producing products for 4e, let's hear what you are planning! This thread is NOT for complaining about the GSL. Please keep this thread focused on...

Spelljammer is the top of my setting rewrite list, followed by Dark Sun. I want Spelljammer done as serious swashbuckling / exploration without the goofy bits. As for Dark Sun, I want the setting reimagined and taken back to the DS1e with the slavery, rebellion and gritty darkness amped up.

Let's say you published a game called Glorp back in 2005 under the OGL. You could keep selling Glorp forever and even do Glorp 2e, Glorp 3e, Glorp: Even Glorpier Edition under the existing OGL. However, if you OR anyone chose to publish Glorp under the GSL, then there could not be any other...

These are good questions. Especially #2

The GSL is freaking awesome because it allows ME to create stuff for 4e and sell it without spending a dime for the actual development of 4e. WotC spends millions in development costs and millions in advertising costs and I get to make money from their investment. Woot!

Do you crap in a toilet? If so, buy the 4e PHB and put it in your bathroom. Each time you sit down to take a stinking reeking dump, open the book and read just one page. After a few hundred crap loads, you will have mastered 4e. The "I have no time to learn stuff" is a non-excuse, not just...