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After reading the VIP comparison it's clear this is not a free game, it's just an extended trial. Some key points:If you can't venture far from Stormreach, your effective level cap is 10 If you can't enter some dungeons, your effective level cap is even lower, probably 6-7 Limits like 2 packs...

I'm an intermittent subscriber, this is interesting news. It'd be great to have more players around for those barren mid-levels where we usually have to fall back on runs. The cynic in me, however, remembers that most of the players of free games consist of internet children.

Cadfan is absolutely right about the intended audience being unclear. Empathize with your audience in order to communicate with them. Some general writing tips:Cut down on your use of abbreviations or at the very least capitalize them so that they are clearly abbreviations. Use a bold font...

Laying a plank over the runes is as much contact as laying a foot over runes. Stepping on a plank that touches the runes is only one layer of difference of contact between a PC's foot, sock and shoe and the rune. I discourage players from trying to circumvent the rules by rolling diplomacy and...

This is actually what we did when I first started playing D&D. It was a lot of fun, although I wouldn't want to make sense of it now.

4E duergar elicited from my players an "oh god that's gross". Big improvement over previous editions I think.

I found it, it's called the Zaratan and it's in the black border 2E Monster Manual. Should be an easy book to get ahold of if you're interested.

This was a monster in Al-qadim if I remember right, I believe the name started with a Z. The writeup for it might provide some ideas.

How have the playtest groups responded to the rules? When you run at cons/meetings do the players use pregens, and how much of the rules do they need to know when they're not running the game?

This game looks really cool. I wasn't sure about all the rules after looking over the character creation preview, but on a second read I'm starting to come around. I have a couple of questions though. First is how rules heavy is the system compared to D&D? Do most of the rules lie in the...

What if we toss them into a wood chipper and see what can be glued together after?

Great resource. Another good one is the article Crystal Confusion from Dragon 248. This was a 10 page listing of precious and semiprecious stones, what they're typically worth and in what sizes, other names they're known by, what they're commonly used for, what they look like specifically, and...

I have never liked the role of rogues in D&D, I think they're a terribly ill-defined niche and one of the most persistent problems with D&D in every edition has been magic overshadowing rogue skills (to put it kindly). I also think the skill challenge system for dealing with traps during combat...

More likely the issue is cost. Artists for hire charge more for a fully rendered piece, because it takes more time and freelance work is still essentially an hourly wage.

In order to survive, the game needs to attract new players. It needs to attract these players when they're young. Avin has quoted Rouse saying "Teach a kid to play" as though it's a revelation of betrayal when really, it's the most sincere way to keep the game alive. It's not a bad thing. It's...

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I ended up paying around $25 for the Harbinger medusa a few years ago, IIRC, and I do shop around. The beholder was around $50 at the same time though, so maybe prices have dropped. I got out of DDM several sets ago.

The article says that the medusa is a rare. That's disappointing for me because it means I could buy a case and not get one, or I could end up having to spend $25 on one miniature which I don't want to do.

Very cool medusa, there's at least one I want now.

The D&D death spiral accelerates with more bad news! What's next, a very bad movie starring Marlon Wayans?