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18) The relentless release of as many 3.5 books as possible before 4E is released. :\ Judging from the past, we have about 3-4 more years before 3.5 becomes obsolete. That's part of the reason that I don't really get excited about the new books. They're smoke and ash already. The same...

I'm drooling over Shadowdale. We gamed in the Shadowdale region for six years. That'll probably be an auto-buy. ;)

As long as people buy the books, Wizards will publish anything, regardless of the redundancy or flimsy fluff. Like others have said, I have enough monsters to choose from with the MMI, II, III, Fiend Folio, Libris Mortis, and many, many other books. I found MMIV to be unworthy of my shelf (for...

I ran Night Below back in the late 90s. Nico - male wood elf ranger (half-drow, no special powers... long story) Allanon - male human priest of Mystra Mistry - male human mage Lothar - male human paladin Rufus - male halfling fighter/thief Drugar - male dwarf fighter We made it to the...

RAS has yet to reveal that Drizzt's encounter with Obould was nothing more than a dream. In the next Drizzt novel, the drow will awaken with a start, shake off the ridiculous dream he just had, realize that he still has to hunt down Obould to avenge the supposed deaths of his friends, and...

As you should have. Players should have to choose. They're the ones playing, right? :eek: Indeed. Unless you're styling your campaign after Oblivion or NWN 2, players can expect ruffians, kobolds, giants, dragons, and demons at any level, anywhere. Players should know where to go and...

Of course it was an option, Crothian. It's Dungeons and Dragons. Players have options. Like I've said, it's up to them to act on those options, rather than wait for the DM to hold their hands. This is the crux of the problem, and it's why the players died. I have to point out that this is...

Heh... Indeed, but you're assuming that the DM has stated or implied in some fashion that "This is the module, deal with it," as if it's a linear 8-bit Final Fantasy campaign. I didn't get that feeling from the OP or any subsequent posts. They had options, as was proven by the paladin going...

Ahem... The OP states very clearly, in all caps, that the PCs decided to enter the sewer. Take a look again. You'll see it. I don't know how you reached the conclusion that the DM made the players do what they did. That obviously didn't happen. It's more valid to blame the players rather than...

Whoa whoa... Pushed them off? Who's playing here? :confused: In order to make a gaming experience realistic, players should know that the DM will not pull them back from that cliff if they choose to leap. His players leapt, and instead of saying, out of game, "You will all die if you go...

Age of Worms. "Champion's Belt" module from Dungeon #128. I plan on doing my best to make sure Auric (or some fighter) is consumed by the ulgurstasta, effectively turning an entire arena full of specators into wights in the burst of negative energy. That should render the next four or five...

Tylermalan, I think the fact that you posted shows how guilty you feel, and that's a good thing to see. I think you were quite fair with the situation. If it were me, I'd be totally perplexed if I had players taking that rather obvious bait. Unless the players were completely oblivious to...

Takyris, Based on your OP, I don't consider you a powergamer. Rogues should build toward improved feint and spring attack to be able to handle themselves in combat, and for a DM to hamstring the game like that, he's making your character ineffective. No flanking? I insist that my party...

It's arguable both ways. The guards could be real good (several levels in fighter/scout/order of the bow/etc.) and cost the local baron or king oodles of gold to employ, and in that case, the PCs could be in real danger. One could also imagine the end scene from Unforgiven, where Clint has...

I only just discovered the original Howard stories last month, and I was totally blown away. I read The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, and I'm now halfway through the second volume's "Hour of the Dragon." Howard was amazing. What a horrible tragedy that he shot himself at age 30. :( I am...

I don't normally allow monstrous races (we play in FR). I did, however, convince one of my players to run a lizardfolk druid in the Age of Worms campaign we started last March. He started as a level 1 druid while everyone else started at level 2. He hasn't complained. I encouraged the...

*Heavily edited out of respect for others* I bought the 3.5 books because I didn't want to be left behind. I suppose if I only had $90 in my back account at the time, I wouldn't have bought them. Luckily for me, I could afford it, so it's not a big deal (and certainly not worth wasting time...

Yes. My thoughts exactly. It's not like Wizards is a publishing company or anything. :eek: The redundancy in the books is unsettling. And yes, these newer books have new feats, spells, etc., but I think Wizards might have published something else aside from a third dragon book, a fourth...

Wizards will publish anything. It's incredible. Complete Mage when we already have Complete Arcane? Dragon Magic when we already have a Draconomicon? The Book of Nine Swords is another waste of trees. And the MM4? Do we really need those spawn of Tiamat? Wizards gotta get their paper...

I try to avoid PC death until the option of raise dead becomes available, whether through PC casting or by paying a cleric. However, like others have said, sometimes the dice overrule my best wishes. ;)