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Agreed.

It is just as easy to change or alter rules in 4E as it is in any edition of D&D. You just have been provided with a more sound mathematical framework to use and more rules available. 3E and 4E players seem more reluctant to deal with DM interpretation in general, but it's really up to you how...

The Storyteller There used to be a show on the air a long time ago called Jim Henson's the Stotyteller. It was definitely one of my earliest fantasy influences. It stands up fairly well too, thanks to the excellent work of John Hurt. It's available on Netflix if you ever have the chance to...

Not really, you can go back and re-work the iconic monsters yourself. Or you could pony up 10$ for one month of DDI and download the Adventure Tools which has all of the monsters in it. In fact, you don't really even need to use the new monsters, just use the updated damage values in the...

Seed your imagination I think that the Vor Rukoth supplement is a step in the right direction from a development standpoint. It focuses on the site itself rather than the monsters. It seeds the DM's imagination and lets them fill in the blanks with the resources already out there. Great...

Odd The DM not adjusting the encounters is fine, unless they are at the extreme spectrum of difficulty and then expanded again. More resting may be necessary though. The main problem that needs to be addressed first has to do with teamwork. Your DM, regardless of the number of people involved...

Yet it would be so easy to completely disassemble this view or argument, on the Internet, where the sheer stupidity of the argument could be put on display for everyone to see.

Support for the Character Builder If as a DM you are afraid of the Character Builder you are really missing an opportunity. It has never been easier to reference rules changes and updates, and to allow or disallow material into your campaign. You can add houserules without having to be a...

Different world It's a vastly different culture now than when D&D first came out. The Internet allows a busy parent to research a topic much more easily then they might otherwise. First Thessalonians tells Christians to "abstain from the appearance of evil." It would be really hard for me to...

Risk vs. Reward I'm on this big risk vs. reward kick today, I talked about rewards in the magic item thread. I'll talk about the single biggest problem with 4E in my opinion, and it directly relates to your question. Critical failures can be just as defining as critical successes. They can...

Different tone The two major problems with 4E have been risk and reward. The philosophy changed with magic items when the decision to print them in the PHB instead of the DMG was made. This was a mistake from a reward standpoint. The problem or issue with magic items in 4E is that they are...

Need to read I should really be more up to date on FAQ's, I can see where there might be a debate on that. I can also see we've been running it wrong.

Just because you brought us Lord of the Rings doesn't mean we will tolerate your bashing of our mastery of English. I would order our forces to invade, but we probably wouldn't be able to locate New Zealand on the map.

Marking Something to put on the board to indicate marks and bloodied status helps tremendously. We use those plastic ring things that come off of soda bottles. They work really well. You can also buy pipe cleaners and bend them in circles.

I've seen this also I've seen that debated also. It is my opinion that the one action that is granted by the action point benefits from any bonuses. For example, an action point scorching burst would allow the wizard to get the bonus from the warlord on all targets. Any attacks that are free...

IP and Fair Use IP law is tough because you are dealing with the intangible. Nice discussion in this thread. Keep in mind that if a company doesn't vigorously pursue the defense of the intellectual property the company in question can actually lose it. There is something with IP called fair...

Fey'ri The fey'ri were to elves (eladrins actually) as tieflings are to humans. Fey'ri - The Forgotten Realms Wiki - Books, races, classes, and more I have a few modification ideas for them, I feel that the fey'ri were more seduced with the promise of power then the tiefling. I think...

One of two things I'd get either the Essentials Red Box, or check out the Heroscapes line from Hasbro.

Started in 1e Previous editions of D&D depended a great deal more on the DM to create a decent, playable game than 4E does. Each group would have a set of houserules, some longer than others, in 1E. I see a lot less of this in 4E, but that doesn't mean we don't see it. I don't agree with the...

Not racist Just to clear the air because I'm *sure* this will come up: The term "calling a spade a spade" derives from an ancient Greek expression: "to call a fig a fig, a trough a trough". This is first recorded in Aristophanes' play The Clouds (423 B.C.), was used by Menander and Plutarch...