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I added that right after I posted and probably ninja-edited you. I do agree it produced broken characters . Really, really broken characters. But the spell point system was neat (and broken). And the character point pools added a lot of flavor (and broke everything). The weapon specialization...

Whoa, all this talk of 5e made me suddenly remember the 2e book Player's Options: Skills & Powers. Did anyone else use it? It has some neat options that could be how rules modules would work in 5e. I remember thinking (at the time) that splitting each ability score into two components was...

Positive. In hindsight, I've always liked edition N+1 more than edition N when they come out. So, bring it on!

My players wiped the floor with the stairs encounters. I doubt they even remember it.

How well do the dice roll on that surface? I for one, could use less grid and more utility surface space. Maybe 15" all around of felt or faux leather for character sheets, dice, and drinks?

This sounds like a bad strategy to me. From WotC's point of view, you would have sent a big pile of work and each will require commentary to the same guy by the same editor. It could seem like you are spamming them.* I would pick your best 4 and send them as individual submissions. Take the...

"This is tiresome." Ha! Hear hear!

"They don't go to heaven where the angels fly. They go to a lake of fire and fry; won't see 'em again until the fourth of July." Seriously, though, you might pick up the two 3E books on demons and devils. They were some of the best and they talked about these issues (though I don't remember...

Whenever I hear about this, I suspect the players are trying to "win" D&D. Perhaps your players don't get that D&D is about heroes doing dangerous things? That sounds a little harsh, but they may not understand that having a character die isn't the end of the game. Most of the advice here is...

My guess is the intent is that you get the DR per attack. Anybody send this to WotC as a question?

As a player, I love, love, love, ..., love, love DDI. It is far more cost efficient for me to have everything in one place. And WotC gets more money from me now (per year) than it ever did in the past. Plus my characters can be accessed in far more places. As a DM, my feelings towards DDI fall...

I'm pretty much with you. The only reason I've ever played open gaming is because I didn't have a "real" group for awhile. And then the "good" players and I split off and now do home gaming. I'm grateful for open gaming for that purpose. Not to say good experiences don't exist (see carmachu 's...

I always thought it would be nice to have a Code of Conduct for these sessions. It seems in the FLGS's best interest to post one, even if they can't really enforce it. Player etiquette is really easy: 1) Show up on time. 2) Leave your phone in your pocket. 3) Be nice to everybody. 4) Help the...

I like one power makes the target weakened and another power allows it to steal healing surges from weakened characters.

I sorta do the same thing. I have them describe what they are trying to do and then say what check they need to make. That is a little frustrating for some players (like myself) who always make their characters try to negotiate even when they aren't skill in Diplomacy (ahem).

Thanks Neuroglyph for putting the time in to write this. It definitely increased my interest. However, I was a little surprised at your number score considering how generally positive you were about the content. It looks like "Crunch" really brought down the score. Was that mainly your...

Aww, the poor cleric. When they came out with warlord, I left you behind. Now I'm just an inspirational fighter.

I never read the dragon island sourcebook (Dragons of Eberron?) but that might be useful since one player is a pirate (its an island) and the other player is a dragon shaman.

Short run is not useless, I agree. But I find LFR to be irritating to DM. The payoffs in those cases are painfully small. Of course, there are mini-campaigns and connected adventures in LFR. But good lucking getting continuity of people and characters...

Over my gaming career, I've only been involved with a handful of campaigns that actually finished. I DM'd two of those. It was immensely satisfying to run through an entire story arc, but practically I can't DM a 20+ level campaign any more. I find myself less motivated to DM, though, without...