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With regard to a campaign assistant tool, it’s worth clarifying weather this tool is meant to assist with creating a running application that you can use to manage your campaign or if it is meant to assist in creating printable documents, perhaps for your own reference at the table or as...

I may not write wotc a letter, but when I like a product I send them a few notes… usually 30-40 notes, though not all of those make it to them. :-P

I love 4th edition, it's my favorite edition since 3.5. I have also been a fan of magic for over a decade of my life. Many of the criticisms levied against good people like scott rouse are also brought to bear against mark rosewater. Both are much better at helping to shape a game into...

Ok, so a quick rundown of the basics: *DMG Math recommends the following for a level 22 soldier (thanks to Asmor): HP: 1055; Bloodied: 527 AC: 38 Fortitude: 35 Reflex: 34 Will: 34 Increase 3 of the 4 defenses (including AC) by +2 each. --Stats for an elder red dragon, level 22 solo from MM: HP...

I’ll have to peruse the MM/DMG vs. this stat block when I get home, but I suspect there would be merit to coming up with a somewhat consistent way to make the dragons in the MM closer to this guy. More to come.

If I were a game store, with limited space already from trying to actually show off all this product, and I had a choice between running a D&D game at a table vs. running a magic draft with a prize buy in, I’m essentially choosing between grossing 0 dollars and grossing the price of a box of...

One challenge might be creating enough XP to bridge the gap to the higher levels. While the encounters tend to be of the format level n, n+1, and n+2, that’s still a bit short of the 8-10 encounters needed to level up. One other unfortunate omission is that, while it can be pretty easy to line...

It would be nice for the working wolrd if layoffs were specific to recent poor performance, but the truth is often more complicated. Many companies (foolishly) layoff in times of success to increase margins, or jettison failing subprojects (and therefore layoff all involved). Even when not...

[Citation Needed] I wonder why as well... that's a rather bold claim. also, in response to the OP. you are in luck because I had a similar question a while back and someone promptly answered me. There is something called the Core Lists where they try to assign things like terrain keywords to...

People think it’s ok to go to amazon for cheaper books, but if wotc: +has a short page count on PHB2 +publishes dungeon delve such that it uses dungeon tiles +changes the nature of DDM +even simply CREATES the subscription based DDi online service Then they are an evil, greedy, money-grabbing...

By and large I’ve been loathe to dip my toe into this series of events that seems to have ignited a nerdrage so great, I’ve not seen the likes of it outside a world of warcraft class forum. I cannot help but notice that the same people who are convinced that WotC have utterly devalued their...

I seriously fear ever encountering Wil Wheaton's Vengeful D[Eric's Grandmother] Punch.

When I was younger and a poor student, I would pirate all of my pdfs. The only 3.x books I ever bought were the phb and eventually an ill-fated DMG (never did get around to the MM). Now I’m a recent grad with no wife, kids, house, or shiny new car to weigh down my wallet (loans aren’t too bad...

amazing! quite jealous of your selection too. in fact, i think the local (if a 40 minute drive is local) board game store can't even touch that kind of selection.

i play a dwarf war cleric, 18 str, 15 con 15 wis (starting) and the rest is basically random. I'm happy with my character even though i don't have a racial bonus in my primary stat but i'm cool with that. i missed the githyanki, but it's still an mm race. people don't realize how important...

It’s worth noting that unless you count monster manual races, there’s no DEX + CON race (otherwise kobold), and unless I missed something there are no INT/CON or WIS/CHA races whatsoever. Also keep in mind that size, racial feats, racial powers and racial paragon paths differentiate even races...

1 mana per turncount really hoses more than green landfetch. Well, depending on your definition of “hosing”. It enables agro decks to go longer without running out of gas because they’re not using 2-3 of their initial 12 or so cards drawn in the early game (including opening hand) as land...

also worth noting is that the adult green dragon causes adjacent squares to be difficult terrain (no shifting) and gets a free attack against anyone who does not move on their turn while adjacent. Therefore players should either be provoking a fair deal of opportunity attacks or getting tailed...

Let me say that I have a good deal to learn about DMing as I have only had 1 true opportunity to DM (I am writing off my attempts at GMing alternity as a youthful folly!). Pacing is absolutely something important I have discovered. Going from DM to player I finally had perspective on what to...

The D&D gameday had gotten me thinking about how much I would like the opportunity to pay for “an adventure in a box”. Essentially a box you can buy that has everything a semi-experienced DM (ie: has read the PHB/DMG but is not seasoned) would need to run a night of adventures for players of...