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Here's the character sheet format that I personally use. Can Insider do anything in this neighborhood?

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone so far for their input. I had a strong suspicion that this situation was weighted a bit toward one end of the bell curve, and I think I've had that suspicion confirmed. The situation has surprised me. I've never really had someone tell me that my...

I've had a situation in looking for a 4E group and I'm wondering how common it is. I've been trying to get into some 4E games on and off for the past few months. Two local games match up with my schedule and I was invited to play. Two or three other games, I might be able to sit in on every...

25 points on a point buy is fine for 3.5 rules. I used 28 when I DMed, but 25 is do-able. Honestly, I don't think that ability scores are as important as some players seem to think they are. Smart/cautious play is far more important to the long-term survival of characters. If I ran into a troll...

Usually, taking a break for a few days works for me. But as you've been in a dry spell for so long, this probably won't apply to your situation... Try re-phrasing stories into a gaming context. Pick up a piece of fiction. Read it. Now imagine how you could translate that into an adventure. Do...

I do not assert that the authors of FATAL are underachievers, it's not a personal attack against them (although the authors certainly deserve all the rotten tomatoes that come their way). I'll even grant that they can be considered "creative," after a fashion, if you limit your definition of...

It's really a spectrum, of course... But to pick one and only one option, I'm going for "strangers." I see most of the gaming group for game and only for game. On occasion, we might have lunch or go out drinking or something, but that's pretty uncommon. We share very few interests, if any...

Yeah... FATAL isn't worth discussing this much. The people who haven't heard of it have been warned. Best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Yeah, I mostly agree with this. I was kinda expecting something like the zombie attacks and the lightbringers, it fit 3.5's style to have a "hero" organization and some sort of hook that cannot be ignored. But just about everything else with this adventure took everything right about the...

Here is FATAL in a nutshell: 1) Take every conceivable negative stereotype about gamers. 2) Mix in every conceivable negative stereotype about underachievers in our society that you can find. 3) Describe the brutal, sadistic mechanics of sexual assault as a sort of proxy for understanding how...

This is a topic worth considering, although I do believe that it's too early to definitively consider many classics for the 4E era. What does "classic" mean for adventures, anyway? The conventional definition is that a "classic" is exemplary of its style or that it has a timeless quality...

Obryn, Masterplan is AWESOME. Thanks for posting about this. I just downloaded it about ten minutes ago and started playing around with it, and it has already got me excited to try a 4E game again. Good stuff. If DDI was half this good, I would sign up.

This is basically why everyone is so interested. It's got an element of MST3K appeal, the impulse of many people is to laugh when exposed to things like this--and then wonder if it could possibly be genuine, if someone could actually be this untalented and blatantly derivative. When you learn...

As to the original poster's question... I don't really associate any particular place with gaming, per se. Of course, since I use the ol' hometown for the setting in my Vampire: the Masquerade and my d20 Modern Resident Evil games, there are places around town that play a part in those games...

Steel_Wind, I have to commending you for trying to be cool and actually empathizing with the artist as a fellow human being. I do have a certain degree of disagreement with you, however. I must also point out the futility of shielding people who engage in creative work from criticism. When I...

In my games, I expect the following from my players: • An understanding of basic social mores. Treating other players and our host(s) politely and with respect. • A basic understanding of the game that we are playing, or a willingness to learn. • An attitude that we play the game to have fun. •...

The single biggest thing that I do to cut down on prep time when I DM? I don't do more work than I need to. This might sound simpler than it is, but figuring out how much work you really need to do for a session is actually one of the most valuable DMing skills that you can develop. I've also...

Back in the mid-90's, there was a Ravenloft-based fighting game when head-to-head fighting games were still hot. There was a "good" party and an "evil" party and you could play a campaign mode where you got xp and magic items as you defeated enemies. It's called Iron & Blood: Warriors of...

Some of the other posters have hit it right on the head... I think a new edition will be announced as soon as the company decides that it's a good idea to do so. Their criteria won't necessarily match those of the entire fan base, however, and even if they did, people won't agree as to whether...