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Whoa - truer words were never spoken. I always assumed the denzilians were supposed to be based upon the Horta but when you look at some of the glaring differences (the Horta could move through rock like humans move through air - the denzilians took a week to eat through a foot of rock, Horta...

I'd shy away from a frozen lake as you'd run the real risk of taking out a weak(ish) PC as they wouldn't be able to make the Str checks to get out. I think it is the DMG 2 that has lists of interesting terrain *checking* yup pages 58-63 has some great stuff - Creeping Ice might be a nice option...

It does hit automatically now. In our group we are finding that when the wizard is down to just firing MM every round the party is in deeper s*** that we thought. We came within a hairs breadth yesterday of TPK and that MM wasn't really helping (although the wizard did fire off every encounter...

I take it this will be a wilderness encounter? Make sure to give your players an interesting piece of terrain to fight over. One of the major failings of one of my DMs to have many encounters take place on a featureless plain. It gets boring fast in such an environment especially when I...

If D&D ever had a system as simply elegant as the BRP one then yes it could have done it. And your right about CoC - I have editions 3 through 6 and the characters and their generation is virtually identical. Heck even the monster stats for most creatures are the same! The editions do provide...

Having constant access to the Compendium is very nice. And if you wanted the updated CB in a timely fashion annual subscription is way cheaper than monthly. If you wanted to wait and update 3-4 times a year then monthly is the way to go. Guess a lot of people put big value on timely updates...

I have to agree with nmeme - this does not seem like a good idea for the skill challenge system. It is essentially a role pay encounter that it seems like you want the PCs to succeed at. Indeed it looks like it might be vital for them to succeed in which case you have ask - what price has...

I have one until 02/11 after that it is highly unlikely I will have a DDI account.

Well our BGD was a huge success. We had 14 people here in total (some came for the first half some for the second half after dinner) and played a huge gambit of games. Seafarers of Catan 4 player New World map with the winner being a full 4 points ahead of everyone else at the end. Dominion...

*gick* a little brain matter just leaked out!

Your group really doesn't sound like the 'norm' for the original GW. Most everyone I have ever met irl or online who has played says they played as a gonzo 'wahoo' setting. Which the new version supports 100%. You could make it dark i guess but you'd have to ignore pretty much 100% of the...

... and I loved it. Ran a few friends though the freebie Gamma World Day adventure Trouble at Freesboro. We had a Radioactive Plant (a sentient potato named Bud the Spud), a Rock Doppleganger and a Radioactive Mind Coercer (he launched 'brain slugs' at his opponents to force them to attack...

I'll stand by my prediction over on circvsmaximvs of a major crash within 48 hours of launch. This thing just doesn't feel ready for prime time imo.

I'm confused on this question. Does success = the PC surviving the encounter? Does non-success = the PC dying? Does success = the PC gaining some big benefit? Does non-success = the PC losing some big benefit? Too vague for me to tell. I like to be able to defeat most anything that comes my...

You will when some yahoo has gone through the book in the store and written down the code from the book you bought and it is now useless to you. Of course they can seal the books - preventing people from browsing them and upping the production costs. This works for software as the packaging is...

WotC just announced a scenario design contest for Castle Ravenloft and the prize was a copy of Wrath of Ashardalon. As far as I can tell it is still in their catalog too.

Ok I'm revealing my total ignorance here - Essen? GMT? Heck I'm barely able to describe a 'eurogame' but these are completely new to me. Can you clarify? Thanks!

Ahhhh... I love board game day. And I am hosting one this Saturday at my house (I'd love to invite you but..y'know...the 'incident' lingers). They happen too infrequently for my tastes though. Does anyone run a weekly board game night/day with their gaming group? Do you find you can play...

Once the little red box appears in the corner of my HUD I press it and level up. ...what?;)

Oh my yes. Masks is one of my all time favourites and they just re-released it last month. Only problem is - I've already played and as much as I would like to run it for some of my friends I really wanted something fresh and new. Thanks for the suggestion though - it was an excellent one!