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This. In most of this thread's success stories, I see the relevant character as an NPC ally, going by the terminology in the DMG. I think the real problems arise when the DM wants to be a player as well as the DM, whether intentionally or otherwise. In these cases, the DM controls a character...

Disclaimer: I do not own the FRCG. But I would recommend looking at the excerpts on the product page for the book, which gives the two-page writeups for some of the regions, along with stat blocks for one of the threats in the setting and some excerpts from the included starter adventure. The...

Don't forget The Coat of Eyes, armor, in Khyber's Harvest (an adventure for 2nd-level PCs!).

CoolStuffInc.com seems to be taking preorders at $100. For comparison, I bought a sealed case of Dangerous Delves from them for $75 plus about $10 shipping.

If you try to translate 3e adventures too literally, you might have a frustrating time. As others have said, you need to be somewhat fluid in your conversion. For example, one of my 3e Dungeon Crawl Classics begins a 1st-level adventure with a fight against a single ogre. For a party of four...

I start by browsing paragon paths (or prestige classes), largely from a fluff perspective. I find classes too broad to inspire specific characters, but paragon paths give me just the right level of specific role-playing ideas that spark my imagination. I wound up with my current LFR character...

Why not just adopt the terminology of the editorial calendar? By default, Dragon and Dungeon imply a subscription is necessary to view, but we can add a "free" tag to links from the editorial calendar that don't require a subscription.

Forgive me, I don't usually participate in these industry threads, and I feel like I am missing an important premise. Why does it matter how well WotC is performing compared to Hasbro's goals? Are people worried that WotC will declare bankruptcy and, being "too big to fail", will bring down...

Okay, I'll bite: why wouldn't you just create a party using the 4e DMG rules for creating NPCs (pages 186-188)? Compared to creating PCs, it cuts down on the number of powers and eliminates feats. Are there balance concerns? Each NPC seems to count as a level-appropriate (non-elite) monster.

I was reading the stat block, loving the monster-as-terrain and pitying the (imaginary) PCs, until I read the last power. The thing can teleport, too?! Truly nasty.

A glut in the marketplace implies that supply exceeds demand. This situation is good for the consumer, at least in the short run, but it is not necessarily good for the industry in the long run. I attribute some of the current dearth in 3PP products precisely to a backlash against the earlier...

IMC, stunts aren't repeatable at-will for a reason similar to why martial encounter powers aren't repeatable at-will. If you're in a kitchen and suddenly sling an open bag of flour into an opponent's eyes, he's caught off guard and possibly blinded for a round. Everyone else in the combat is...

For the sake of concreteness, I will respond to your specific example. First, I agree that the appeal of the tiefling and dragonborn races stems from devils and dragons, but it doesn't follow that players must prefer playing devils and dragons to playing tieflings and dragonborn. As a human, I...

To describe the problem more fully: the core concept of the set revolves around the ability to construct round rooms with a diameter of 12 squares. These rooms can be constructed from four tiles, each of which represents a quarter of the circle. All four tiles have the standard dungeon floor...

I worry that the newer sets are designed with the expectation that you buy more than one copy. The example maps printed in Arcane Towers, which came out yesterday, all use two copies of the set! At first glance, each set gives you four quadrants of a circular room that you can use to build a...

The Monster Manuals need companion books: Tomes of Terrain Elements. Many of us are accustomed to designed encounters primarily around the antagonists, but 4E encounters demand interesting settings. Traps are good, but I'd also like to see neutral objects or features that spice up the...

I like this idea quite a lot. The trilogy is already a standard form in the fantasy genre, and I think it could work well in the context of adventure paths, too! In general, I agree with what I took to be your main point, that campaigns of this duration require more structure than either just...

Ah, I see where you're coming from, although I'm one of those people who believe that 4E simply folded the epic rules into core, instead of increasing the granularity of levels. I do think that WotC upgraded some monsters in power, but actually I don't think stone giants fell into this...

I love the idea of adventure paths, but I quail at the formidable challenge of keeping a group going for all 30 levels. So why don't we see more adventure paths (or plans for such) that span only one or two tiers? The advantages of a shorter path seem considerable: primarily a reduced...

Jack99, truly you are a god among men. Well, if not, maybe this XP will help you get there. Seriously, I find that paragon paths and epic destinies are concise ways to demonstrate the interplay between fluff and crunch in a setting. I just created some LFR characters despite not knowing...