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First thing, I wanted to set out some local rumors- the setting was House Rilyntel's demesne in the Drow City of T'lindhet. There was an ongoing situation in T'lindhet where plaguechanged creatures (fell taints and undead in this case) were constantly attacking the city and breaching some of the...

Since DDXP some friends and I have been working on this "all Drow" campaign, set in the Forgotten Realms. Actually, we set it up in the Living Forgotten Realms- we are using MyRealms adventure templates to build the individual adventures, and share some DMing responsibilities.. and then the...

Mule Large natural beast Level 1 Brute XP 0 Initiative +1 Senses Perception +5; low-light vision HP 32; Bloodied 16 AC 14; Fortitude 15, Reflex 13, Will 10 Speed 7 Kick (standard, at-will) Weapon +5 vs AC; 1d6+4 damage. A mule can't attack while harnessed to a carriage. Alignment...

I'm just going to chime in and say I'm not a fan of Adventure paths (for any publisher, and no matter whether it's 3E, Pathfinder, or 4E). I'd rather they do some less linear adventures. I'd like to see more keyed maps, detailed locations, cool encounters, and interesting villains.

Don't misunderstand me. Before 4E there were plenty of people who only played earlier editions and other games. But they also didn't spend all their time obsessing on their resentment of the current edition of D&D. So that's the real issue. I never said this, but I do think that once people...

The edition wars from the beginning have been pointlessly bitter. It's a game. It has certain features. Some people like it one way, some people like it another way. This rule works like this, but it used to work like that... It used to be X, now it's Y. Things change, yadda yadda.. life goes...

I'm just not interested in hearing anyone howling at the moon in anguish. I'm here for D&D. To put it another way: I fully accept and understand that there are some people out there who for whatever reason (hey, ANY reason at all- good or not) don't want to play 4E. That's totally fine. But...

I never saw anything resembling informed opinion from the haters.

That is true....

You don't have to "join" the RPGA so much as "show up". It's much more like meetup.com than the Masons.

Any RPGA Living Forgotten Realms module in the 1st-4th range. A good one might be Radiant Vessel of Thesk (CORE1-2). Here's Spoilers: First the players have to figure out what is being referred to by the name "radiant vessel", (via attending a funeral and investigation of a murder), then...

Nobody is going to get that.

I never fudge dice. I have on occasion, allowed a monster to roll randomly to decide to attack between two or more characters if one of the characters is about to die, and the monster isn't adjacent, or used an at-will over an encounter power, but that's just as much about expediency as...

I think it's just a slur that leaves enough unsaid that it squeaks by moderation.

Stravinsky's Firebird, opening. YouTube - I. Strawinsky - (1/3) L'Oiseau de feu ("The Firebird") - Suite 1919

For 4E I never carry books anywhere. As a player: I usually bring my character sheet, a miniature, dice. As a DM: I usually bring a flip mat, monsters that I need for the encounter, a passing selection of miniatures, and my notes. dice, a baggie of craft-foam squares (used for marking and...

My favorite is the 4E Forgotten Realms, which I think is the best version of the setting yet!

So at this point I've created my "Ticket to Ride" style regional map of Great Bhaerynden (the Underdark region detailed in the 4E Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide) and I've mapped out a series of interlinking routes to and from T'lindhet and named them.. and it's pretty good. I'll eventually...

I'm still setting up the Drow campaign (which takes place for the most part, in the Underdark) and the first adventure is an exodus from T'lindhet to some new caves to the south. The 4E Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (which is awesome by the way, best version of FR ever) shows the underdark...

It probably doesn't help that a good chunk of edition warring is specifically resentment of new/younger players, ie "stupid kids". I do agree that it has a lot to do with feeling left out and identity. (for example, around New Years I noted a couple of posts on blogs that said things like "it...