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The problem you described is one of mismatched expectations. It is easy to imagine fantasy worlds that contain domesticated dinosaurs, but I would describe them as non-traditional. A player who thinks he's playing in a traditional campaign setting could easily find the addition of mounted...

I just wanted to point out that the feature space you gave is not sufficient to discriminate among actual Carcasonne tiles. Consider that the game has two different tiles that have the MCMC feature, one in which the two city edges belong to the same city and one in which the two city edges...

Why is it an abomination to have assumed character wealth as a function of character level? Why can't a 3.x DM choose to ignore these guidelines, if he so desires, putting him in the same boat as a 2nd-edition DM? I never ran a 2nd-edition game, but was it really easier for a DM to balance the...

The SRD contains rules for item familiars, although I can't say that I've used them: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/magic/itemFamiliars.htm

Very true. It's how I got started. Or am getting started. I ran my first session of a 1-on-1 game with my fiancee last night, and later this month I'm trying my hand at running a one-shot for the local Meetup group. It's nice to know that either I'll be a good DM (someday) or I'll be...

I would also love to see an Eberron adventure path. The setting has too few good published adventures, particularly ones longer than the individual adventures seen in Dungeon. Right now Nic Logue's trilogy and Eyes of the Lich Queen are it, to my knowledge. IMHO, the absence of such a "killer...

Odd. The table of contents appears on the second page of my copy, the high-resolution version.

I had a great time. The DM for our game kept things moving, and half of the players have also DMed, so the adventure ran pretty smoothly. I agree that we encountered relatively light resistance. Playing the sorceress, I tried to save my scorching rays for when we were in danger and only ended...

I would define role playing as pretending to be a different person than you are. In the context of D&D, role playing means choosing your actions by imagining what your character would do in the situation that the DM describes and that the other players shape. By this definition, the behavior...

I've watched every episode of both Studio 60 and Sports Night, and I can unequivocably recommend that you try Sports Night over Studio 60. If you don't believe me, consider at least that Sports Night earned twice as many Emmy nominations and three times as many wins; Studio 60's only win was...

On a related note, the Half-Price Books on Lamar at 2222 recently stocked a slew of apparently remaindered 3.5 books. (Until now, I've only really seen 3.0 books there.) They had plenty of like-new copies of assorted Eberron and Races of ... books at half price. (Anyone looking for such might...

Good point. In 3rd edition, the combat situation often leaves the cleric only one viable choice: cast a healing spell on the fighter. (Unless you count the choice of which fun cleric spell to spontaneously convert into cure whatever wounds.) Now perhaps the cleric will be able to choose...

For me, this issue comes down to two questions. First, who wants to play the wet-behind-the-ears proto-hero, the novice gamers (getting their first taste of D&D) or the veteran gamers who enjoy the challenge of bringing their character up from lowly beginnings? Second, should level 1 cater to...