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I would wager stealth, invisibility, deception/illusion, and teleportation will all be at least minor themes. at least as far as the assassin goes. they're not really clear if the shadow power source is one of hidey-ness or evil/unaligned-ness. For example, would the shadow controller be...

the guys at "The dice tower" had a rant about how the origins awards are done (or maybe it was gencon). Either way, i think agricola may be doomed, like many classic movies, to never win a major award.

since there was at least one positive response i'll bullet Ravnica. For those not in the know, that was the magic expansion block released in 2006-2007. Some of my points may bleed into Magic's almost eberron-like flavor of "mage punk" as MaRo refers to it. *The plane of Ravnica is an endless...

i feel like this is a good treatment for the settings they create for Magic: the gathering expansions. Then again i've always fantasized about a Ravnica campaign setting for 4e.

I picked up steam as an excuse to finally guilt my friends into playing a train game with me. Railrood Tycoon sat, lovingly sorted and baggied, for months without a single play. Finally Steam came and promised to be less daunting and easy to track. Having never actually gotten to _play_ RRT...

Finally got to play this after wanting to for a long time. I played in a 5-player game, going last. I couldn't say for sure since my play was also pretty weak, but i came in dead last by a mile. 1st player was my ladyfriend. She was able to pick up flying humans which proved to be stupid good...

Without veering too far from the topic at hand: I have to say one problem I have with going from compendium -> google docs is that google docs doesn't do columns in a satisfying way. Yes, you can create a table with 1 row and 2 columns but this is inconvenient and static, which is bad when you...

Interestingly, the horde of zombies i'm planning is part of an attempt to lure the PCs into the level 1 graveyard lair in Open Grave. I hadn't thought of using a skill challenge, maybe because that section seemed to focus on a world overrun with undead and i'm looking more for a smattering of...

one of us. one of us! don't be swayed by the naysayers. it's a good deal. great in fact. and it doesn't make you a 4e fanboy for trying it (at least not intrinsically, maybe on your own you'll change your mind)

You are right that "play a different game" is the final solution, and all the parameters you have imposed make it the only solution for you. After reading both of your threads I feel as though you have responded to, and declined, all solutions that could possibly work besides that. You've been...

I have a plan for an upcoming encounter for my PCs to face an onslaught of undead. The monsters will come in waves and, in addition, some of them will break off and pull away villagers. This made me think of one of the early encounters of keep on the shadowfell, where you fight two waves of...

it's usually better to use methods besides money as a way of letting the players know they can do such things. For example they might take OVER an old stronghold, or build up a group of loyal followers willing to work for them to build one, rather than having the money to purchase it. Often...

I can't help but wonder if we are thinking of the same WoW when we use terms like "casual" to describe the target base. Especially at high level. I don't honestly think Wow vs. D&D can really be measured on a casual vs. hardcore spectrum. I think the term I would use is "accessible". Today...

Adding to the Ohio list of good gaming stores (on top of warzone): Ever since I was 10 years old I had been frequenting Mr. Cards & Comics on the east side of Cleveland, OH. The owner is a friendly guy, and a shrewd businessman. The store is positively tiny, but he manages to pack as many...

and that's all you, or anyone posting regarding a fanbase split has, an idea. Nobody has real percentages, and pretending we do is a farce. All anyone has is their own personal experience and knowledge of other players. If I were to use my own experience, I could easily say 5% because i know...

The issues we describe in this thread are not unique to RPGs. I work for a distribution company that is desperate to shrink inventory during these recession times. Look at GM/Chrysler dealers left holding the bag with all the cars nobody wants. As discretionary (really, any spending) shrinks...

It's also worth noting that Mr. Rouse _is_ more of a public relations fellow (albeit a damn good and knowledgeable one) than a Dev. Specifically he's the Sr. Brand Manager. This is not meant to discount him, but if anybody was going to give you a nuanced answer that consciously avoided anything...

Well, one person took issue with what I said and one person found me insightful, of course you know where my response is headed :-P Mark, i apologize if my somewhat crude summaries of my impressions of some of the more badgering questions came off as unfair attribution. In part it was my...

Anyone who has ever worked in design/development of any kind, or even someone who has followed a game closely from the release of initial details, should be familiar with the effect that happens when the original vision of a product comes flying into a wall of reality. Things change, design...

for 4e: can we assume they cover the new guy in appropriate level gear? Level 1 rolls with level 10s, they give him level 10+gear, meaning he could potentially gain 2 or 3 points of AC, non-Ac defenses, and to-hit. that would narrow the difference down to +5 from half level, or about a -25%...