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We've got one player that went through a nasty divorce where cash might be an issue, but yeah... Everybody could afford at least their own copy of the PHB I'm sure. Players not having their own copy of the PHB used to get on my nerves, but it really doesn't bother me now. I just put a little...

Whether or not it makes certain books "useless" depends on how you intend to use them, of course... Some people can't play the game without a computer, some people can't play it with. I've seen players on both sides of the fence lately. As far as my own group goes, I'm the only person who buys...

I had some time this morning, so I statted out the vampire finally. Just thought I'd post the writeup for the version of the monster I intend to use. I'd like to come up with a few skill challenges involving chasing her down and finding her lair too, but I just haven't done it yet.

Perhaps a bit more background and my reasoning for wanting to use a vampire would be insightful. The idea of using a vampire is to place a long-term, but comparatively "minor" villain into the campaign for my thinking players. The ones who enjoy mysteries, investigations, and puzzle-solving...

Yeah, I kinda already knew the answer before I even asked. I already started statting out the vampire when I noticed that it's supposed to be 11th level. I was curious as to if there was actually some sort of game balance reason or it was just an arbitrary choice on the part of a game designer...

Here's a basic story arc that just sprang to mind. Feel free to use, abuse, modify or otherwise do with as you see fit. A gentlemen arrives in town one day seeking guides to the area. He hires the PCs to escort him to a hilltop outside of town, where they discover a few stones and the remnants...

I'm designing an adventure for my group that just hit 4th level. I'd like to use a vampire as the main antagonist (making it around a level 6 solo or so). Alas, the DMG's vampire lord template requires the creature in question to be 11th level. I reviewed the vampire lord's abilities and none...

I'm going to have to take the opportunity here to plug one of my favorite 3E supplements that quietly died under the radar: Ghostwalk. It's 3E and not 3.5, so it technically might not fit into what you're looking for. Still, it's a hell of a read and well worth a look. It's a campaign setting...

You know, attitudes toward house ruling is something that I've observed changing over time. Me and my current group discuss this since we've noticed several trends in house ruling over the years and I'm starting to house rule my 4E game. In the 1E days, house rules were often used to make the...

Absolutely, and I'd gladly pay a feat slot for some heavy armor action. In all fairness though, I don't particularly dig 4E's feats. I'm typically looking for viable feats to take rather than wishing I had more feats. In fact, I'm considering making a wizard character with heavy armor...

I always liked having heavy armor as a cleric. To me, being a cleric is all about defense. The cleric is about wading into the midst of the fray to reinforce the line, hearten your allies, and tend their wounds. In 3.5, you could get a cleric's AC in the high 20's by around sixth level with the...

Count me the second. The apostle of peace prestige class and the associated Sacred Vow-based feats in Book of Exalted Deeds made me fall in love with the cleric and wizard all over again.

It's kinda a small thing, but I really miss randomly rolling for magic items and encounters. I know that the DMG has guidelines for random encounters, but it's not the same as 1E and 3E's chart of random monsters divided by level and rolled on a percentile-based chart. I really don't like how...

Right behind the "meeting-in-a-tavern" cliche is the inexplicable magical phenomenon that teleports them all to the first dungeon or the powerful NPC who forces the characters to work together for the first adventure. Personally, I usually make the players tell me how the party got together...

I don't necessarily think that all of 4E Forgotten Realms changed to fit the mechanics, but I do share the consensus that the product could have been better. To me, the best part of the Realms is the massive amount of detail. If I have to fill in the town, its important NPCs, adventuring sites...

The deck of many things.

Azer style, which teaches the warhammer. Students harden their bodies with grueling trials of endurance and develop a resistance to fire-based attacks. Possibly taught at a monastery on the slopes of a volcano. Some monasteries teach variations based on the weapons used ("salamander style"...

I voted "serious," but I'm somewhere between serious and hardcore. I DM once every week or so and my game keeps growing (we average around six to eight players per session and I've got a waiting list of people that want to join). I buy every book I want, but that's partially because I have a...

You know, I wonder why they haven't tried to adapt the novels into some sort of project (other than the abomination released under the Dragonlance title). Many of the Forgotten Realms novels are proud to hawk the fact that they are on the New York Times best seller list, so either the fan base...

I tend to agree that a good D&D movie is possible, and moreover, highly desirable. I'm getting tired of seeing so many remakes and licensed properties based on obscure television shows and the like. Third time's the charm, right? :) I'd love the chance to be involved with it in just about any...