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"After a series of plagues, a rain of fire and molten stone, and several waves of invading monstrous humanoids, the Eldritch Giants of Teotlok mysteriously halted their brutal war against the Vaish Kingdoms. Rumors abound that the giants simply disappeared, leaving their strange jungle citadel...

I consider anything in Dragon now to be official, and I think it is generally in parity with everything else available. I came at this from the Living Realms, where that's the campaign standard, (with the additional requirement of appearing in an end of month compilation issue) but in general-...

The DM didn't know what he was doing. I'm starting to get a pretty good picture of this. This is like the guy who says he plays (whatever edition, whatever game) but doesn't actually use the combat system..or any other rules. So you were really at the mercy of "how he wanted the story to go" all...

Seriously?

This guy's problem isn't 4E. His problem is his primitive GMing.

James- I think the significant thing is the long descriptions, and then over-riding the player plans. Trying to manipulate or second-guess the players actions without them realizing it is part of the fun of being a DM sometimes, but I'm trying to imagine (as an example) my ass-kicking tiefling...

I'm not shocked. I saw a lot of this style of GMing in the 1990s. I'm trying to hold back my own snark here. In all honesty: the GM probably sees himself as being very evolved, and very sophisticated. Usually, when faced with this kind of situation, I offer to DM next.

Well, I agree with you on this. However, I see the functionality of PDFs being chiefly related to portability (ie, having it as a reference during the game without having to physically carry the book). So I guess I concede on that point.

One factor I've never seen discussed: In 4E you don't really need PDFs. Ever. You don't need any rulebooks present, you just need your character sheet. I regularly DM with no books at the table (unheard of when I played 3.0/3.5). DM might find some use in the Compendium..which is a live web...

Screw canon. I want desert tieflings with bone weapons battling savage tentacle monsters in a trackless desert. Anyone that concerned with canon..I guarantee already owns more 1990s-era Dark Sun material than I will ever even read about on Wikipedia, so I'm sure they won't be affected. They...

Tieflings would be awesome in Dark Sun. Some people are just not going to be pleased no matter what unless they change their name to TSR and re-release the 1991 boxed set. I'm excited..!

LFR has been awesome, and I'm really proud of how the campaign has developed. One thing not to overlook is the MyRealms templates, which allow individual DMs to create adventures that are considered to be within the continuity of Living Realms. So if there is a particular location or linking...

Out of the box (decidedly) Here's my latest character: I came up with Mischief just before a session and left him broken with stats in the wrong places. (A vestige warlock with only an average Con- Vestige powers are all con-based). The Fearless DM It turns out, he can still kick ass as a...

Mystara would be absolutely perfect for 4e.

I currently DM Living Realms constantly and rarely get a chance to play; even at big conventions I usually DM 7 slots now. (I did 8 at GenCon09) but whenever I have a free slot I always try to jump into an LFR game. I finally reached 5th level with the character I started at Gencon 08! ;) My...

I assumed it was a Z-axis element of some kind. Niffts hack will work.

Illusion of damsels (and better yet, actual chained down damsels) is a D&D classic. Check out the original AD&D2 Haunted Halls of Eveningstar for a great version of this.

The RPGA has changed over the years. I think everyone here is stating it really well. It's not the masons, dude. You don't have to join a secret society or buy a membership. It's free. Basically you show up with a character and play! If you want to DM there's a very easy test to take (which...

Kids are generally interested in any fun, social (group) activity. Does that mean they are interested in RPGs? No. Because RPGs are just a concept. I think adults get caught up in the idea of RPGs and at that point it's all about some kind of combination of talking about the "industry" or...

I was going to say I missed familiars and summoning and then they came up with familiars and summoning rules that are better than anything we had previously. I kinda miss Dark Su.. oh wait. Oh! I miss the revised psionics handbook! The one that had Elan and Dromites and stuff. Those were...