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I just wrapped up a campaign that spanned levels 1-16. I was never unhappy. I've also played various RPGA 4e events at different levels in the Heroic and Paragon tiers with no complaints.

I played in a 2nd ed. game many moons ago in which my PC was possessed by an evil NPC. The DM explained the situation to me and I simply continued to roleplay my character but with a few innocent-seeming, sinister goals. It played out very well. Very fun. Also, at the end, my PC wasn't...

Greyhawk. Nothing else fits the game quite like it. Scarred Lands is close though. I wouldn't hate to see that be more popular. IMO, many settings like Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun, Al Qadim, Planescape etc. are caricatures. They are fun to read about to actually play them is just too...

Whether you started playing D&D last month or last century, all gamers have a collection of RPG Stuff [tm] that is filling a shelf or ten somewhere. My question is, of your entire horde what is the one item that you prize the most? My pinnacle: I have every print issue of Dungeon magazine. I...

I find that I do best when I set a strict monthly budget for RPG stuff. (It also helps that my wife monitors the budget.) That forces me to be selective about what I buy and plan ahead for purchases. If I get desperate for cash, there's always eBay...

I second the notion that you should create a PayPal account specifically for this. Count me in for a contribution.

My son, Isaac, started out in much the same way. Our 4e group lost a player and we needed a new person to fill the Leader role. My son had been watching us play for some time and it was a gradual, natural progression from "Isaac can roll the dice for our temporary NPC cleric until we find a...

I'm running my first playtest this month with my own "5e" system. I dearly wish I could share with you right now but it's gotta wait a couple more months.

I usually don't agree with anything Bullgrit says but this I think statement (above) is the gem of this thread. I think it's dead on. :AMN: (grognard)

I use the notebook approach as well though it's a text file on my hard drive. I find that if I'm always looking for a good name that they turn up often.

How about a wand of Magic Aura? Magic Aura :: d20srd.org 750gp makes you undetectable for at least a few days.

I wish those PCs had never heard of me.

A game without a fair amount of complexity is no fun for me. Complexity should be engaging and interesting to the players. In some cases, complexity makes the game tactically interesting. Sometimes it just adds an injection of realism that makes it fun to imagine what's going on. However...

Those Arabian Nights adventures were all really excellent.

Record my vote against dice pools. I agree you can get "neater" probability curves with them but the time it takes to add up successes every time you roll an attack adds up. A major flaw in a lot of RPGs is how long it takes to get through a combat. I also dislike things like the 15d6...

Kobolds are at their best when they are fighting on their own turf using lots of traps and tricks that really piss off PCs. As DM this is hard to pull off since you basically have to outwit a whole table full of players. The best example I've seen of this is the Kamikaze Kobold Korps in a...

My Solution I've been thinking about this for a while and have come up with a solution that I like: When using an attack that has an area of effect, roll three attacks (three d20s) simultaneously and sort them from highest to lowest. Apply the highest attack roll to one target of your choice...

One of my aims is to reduce the amount of dice rolling that a player does on their turn. A place where this comes up is making an area of effect attack (usually with a spell). One damage roll (as per 4e) is a good idea. I'd ideally like to make only one attack roll as well rather than a...

I know what I'd do and I'll bet you a donut they are already doing it. This schism in the "edition wars" means that they are losing half their potential income. What's needed (from WotC's perspective) is a D&D 5e that combines the best of 4e with 3.5e to try to win back that audience. Also...