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Yeah this comes up all the time. Not that I enjoy the random thing (thats why I stopped playing magic oh so long ago) but it makes them money so they put out more. If they thought they could put out non-random module packs and make money but not cut into the cash they make off random DDM, they...

Not letting players get some good advice on how to play the game is just making things harder on yourself and on them. And there is nothing wrong with a player knowing some monster stats or reading the DMG either really, if they are obviously trying to screw with the game it is very easy for...

Which ones are needed? Nevermind, all the powers I have are the same as were shown here previously. If people need more let me know.

It's a whole page of text but here is one I had not seen before: Petrified :1: You have been turned to stone. :1: You can't take actions. :1: You gain resist 20 to all damage. :1: You are unaware of your surroundings. :1: You don't age. Edit: some more. Blinded :1: You grant combat...

Definately, if space does not make it impossible having both the formula (Attack: Wis vs. Will etc.) and a blank box where one can write the current result would be the most usable in the game from my limited preview experience.

Lots of awesome stuff here but I am confused, I have KoTS and would love to get some cards for the pregens there including the 2nd and 3rd level powers. I tried messing around with MSE before and got nowhere, has anyone compiled such a thing and if so is it in this thread?

Thanks for the tip, reading it now. Guess my flgs did not miss out on the sale but amazon did, luckily my preorder was cancellable. For full disclosure, Madison Wisconsin no 'new release' discount or anything. Wish I had known in advance, could have planned a game for this afternoon.

That sounds kind of organized for demons, maybe 'a Clusterf*** of Demons' instead.

I think unless the world is low magic it might be reasonable to assume that those in the adventurer/treasure gathering trade might be more knowledgable about magic and items even if they are not professional wizards, especially after the first few levels.

That would change the likelihood of death pretty significantly. That might be ok, especially with pregens no one cares a lot about but I think the final rule will probably be stabilization. I was having players track 'death tics' by encounter rather than clearing them each time the character...

Man, I am not a grognard but this sentence just made me puke in my hat.

Thank god for the internet, 20 years ago you would have been limited to ranting at the guy at the hobby shoppe, now we all get to hear!

dude, I went to school with that guy too!

Maybe I have played too many MMOs but I feel like xp is only important in that it triggers the 'level up' event so I would be inclined to say 'you killed the big bad guy! good job, everyone now is level 3' and save on the mucking about with adding numbers up (which no one would fudge of...

And how long did it take you to get your newly plundered south American antiquity to Sotheby's in 1770? And how much did it cost to make that happen? No reason your players cannot embark on such a monumental voyage for some gold but a quick glance at the rule books will show then that if...

The OPs mistake is a reasonable question though. We have zero evidence that there is or isn't a detect magic spell. In my preview games I just told the players that some items seemed 'nicer' than the usual stuff, which has the same effect and does not require the party have a wizard...

I don't think that will ever be an issue because the DM should be carefully controlling how many items are handed out so you will rarely find yourself with 3-5 items of the same level you want to sell let alone have it happen so often that they could 'farm' it somehow without giving up the items...

I think ID was an attempt at balance in ye olde editions, they knew magic was powerful so they made an arbitrary/simulationist way of slowing down the use of magic items. Thing is, it was a crummy way to add balance. It did not really slow things down, it was a speed bump after which you got...

Exactly. I know finding folks to play with can be tough for some but you really have to draw the line somewhere RE: hanging out with jerks.

It's pretty simple, you give them items that are up to 4 levels higher then they are. Letting them chose the perfect +4 levle item for their class woudl unbalance the game in their favor. So when they sell that +4 item they get enough cash to buy a -1 level item, which can be added to the...