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The ultimate answer seems to be merchants survive because the DM says so, but there are plenty of good ideas in this thread. I think I'm going to add a merchant cartel that uses airships to my campaign. This is definitely the case when talking about the entire world, but certain places during...

The Magic Threshold is subtracted from the gear's bonus. If you hand a level 8 Ogre, with a Magic Threshold of +1, a +3 sword it becomes +2 in use because 3-1=2. A level 1 enemy would get the full +3 because its Magic Threshold is 0, but a level 1 enemy shouldn't be toting powerful magic items...

I've been planning on using the history and place names in the preview and core books to do this. Like I mentioned in the other thread, I think a short article with a map on DDI would be cool. I'm planning on using the H series of adventures, and a world map would help set up the campaign so I...

I would like to see a map and general descriptions of areas in the basic PoL setting. Some history and place names were mentioned in the preview books. I think a little more context would be nice. It should remain pretty generic and broadly described so that DMs can fill in the details. A...

Extortion, protection rackets, and maybe dealing a little residuum on the side.

I don't know the specifics at my FLGS, but when I put my name on the list there were probably 20 other names. About half were getting the gift set/all three books and the other half just the PHB.

I'm getting the gift set from my FLGS. Not as cheap as Amazon, but I can get it on the 6th at midnight if I want.

People in small villages don't tend to buy luxury items. They only buy things that they can not make themselves. They also tend to buy expensive things as a community rather than as individuals. Several farmers might come together to buy an ox and plow, for example. Villagers often barter...

My first character will be a Dragonborn Fighter. Will be a while since I'm DMing.

For protection, merchants bribe and trade with the toughest intelligent monsters in the areas they travel. If an orc tribe rules an area, they bribe them with weapons or alcohol for safe passage. The merchants provide the local red dragon with art and buy the dragon's latest acquisitions of...

I'm looking forward to getting the chance to play a 4E fighter. My first character was a fighter, and it should be fun to have some flashy abilities. I'm the DM so it will probably be quite some time before I get to run a character myself.

Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor was one of the buggiest games ever released. It made the initial release of Daggerfall seem highly playable. It might have become a good game once fully patched up, but I uninstalled it as soon as the patch came out fixing the uninstall bug that wiped...

Rule zero has its uses, but can be hard to balance in a complex system. Also, if you find yourself using rule zero a lot, there is probably a different system that fits your gaming style better. Unfortunately, they can still be found hanging out at the FLGS talking the clerk's ear off about...

The original dates were PHB in May, MM in June and DMG in July with H1 coming out in April. The change might have spoiled the preview aspect of H1 a little, but I really prefer having the core 3 all at once.

The Rakshasa's palms and the back of its hands are supposed to be reversed compared to humans.

Very common of PCs in some RPGs. Rifts being a prime example. Gandalf expected to die fighting the Balrog and was willing to sacrifice himself for the mission. Of course he did die fighting the Balrog, who was of the same race as Gandalf, so I don't think that really qualifies as an ass...

Yes. Section 6 of the D20 license states that upon termination of the license a company will destroy any inventory and marketing material with the d20 logo. edit: as lurkinglidda has already mentioned Really more than 7 months seems plenty of time to sell off any d20 product, and pdfs and...

QFT I liked the start of the new BSG, but it let me down pretty quick. It got to the point where there wasn't a single character I actually liked or cared for. At this point I'm rooting for the Centurions and Raiders to take out the Colonials and Skinbags.

I don't think they've changed majorly rules wise. It is just less common for even a powerful creature to have high level of resistances, and even creatures like elementals aren't immune to their own energy type.

Derren is the one that is right in this case. The magic threshold number from the chart is subtracted from the magic item's bonus. Thus a level 1 monster with a +5 sword gets a +5 bonus when using that sword because it has a magic threshold of 0 and 5-0=5. A level 26 monster with a +5 sword...