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While that's true, the PDFs generated via this method are 5-10MB in size, whereas the PDFs generated by using a PDF printer to generate a PDF from the old Character Builder were under 1MB in size. The upshot is that emailing character sheets around is a bit of a pain with the online CB as...

While there are definitely good ideas here, I have some trouble with the notion of them as "commandments." They're thoroughly infused with your take on what "epic" means, which is most clearly visible in the frequent references to video games and anime. But as this thread has shown, not everyone...

My girlfriend ran this for our three-player party about a month ago, knowing full well that two of the three players were huge Lovecraft fans. She didn't initially realize that the story was exactly the same, but it was totally fine with us -- knowing exactly what was going on right from the...

I tried this out on the weekend and I'm totally hooked. Love the interface, love having multiple virtual "desktops" to work with, and love the automatic formatting of things like monster powers. Nice work. :)

When I first started hearing about the range of rates RPG writers get for their work, I was about as surprised as you -- I've been published a couple of times in an online gaming magazine, and they paid $0.25 a word. But it does seem to be largely due to the size of the market. Even with the...

My girlfriend ran Kingspire for our small group last year. It was a pretty interesting module, and a lot of fun. I actually wish we'd explored it a bit more thoroughly instead of plowing straight into the heart of the matter -- the way we did things, we ended up finding out about the major plot...

My Swordmage|Warden hybrid plays exactly as tiornys describes. In order to use my aegis of ensnarement effect on an enemy, I have to have specifically marked them with my aegis, not via the Warden mechanic. On the flip side, I can use Warden enforcement mechanics against anyone I mark...

3E is not an incredibly accurate reflection of reality, but it's a fairly detailed framework for simulating what life is like in a heroic fantasy world given parameters like Vancian magic. The consolidation of skills discussed a few pages back is a good example. Climb and Swim used to be...

That makes a lot of sense. I've always done my PbP round by round, but it means that combat can take as much as a month to resolve. I'm going to keep your suggestion in mind for the future! Either way, though, you're definitely in for the long haul with PbP. I do find that elongated game...

If issues with the company were enough to make me switch systems, I would still likely not switch to Pathfinder. I wouldn't turn down an opportunity to play it, but I'm not interested in creating that opportunity myself. If I do migrate away from 4E it will probably be to a different system...

I was apprehensive about Essentials, but I also thought the Power splatbooks were coming a bit too quickly early in 4E's life cycle. I didn't really think that publication frequency for crunch was sustainable. I stopped buying splatbooks after the first (Arcane Power for me) and instead...

For my PITA hybrid defender, I went with a human ensnaring Swordmage|Warden. He's the stickiest defender I've seen in play. I can keep my aegis on one enemy, mark another adjacent enemy for free, and I have powers that let me add a third mark for a turn if needed. We hit level 6 recently. For...

I love this idea. I'll be a lot more comfortable using larger enemy settlements or even army detachments in my games now.

The necromancer and nethermancer have been revealed by Wizards already in their 2011 product preview on the main D&D site. Both are wizard builds and they seem to be Essentiallized. The blackguard is a paladin build.

I have four: Gloom: a tiefling Rogue|Warlock hybrid multiclassed into Assassin. Level 5. His patron is the Blood Oak from the Underdark sourcebook (fey pact, but with an entity of the feydark rather than the feywild). He has a bit of an eladrin inferiority complex, so he takes teleport powers...

My last 4E group was all newbies, so when the first skill challenge came up, I explained the mechanics to them explicitly. Other than that, I generally don't announce them, although if someone asks, I'm certainly open about it. On their way back from routing the hapless Skull Kicker kobolds of...

I think that's true in a lot of Canadian provinces, but when I mention it to my American friends, none of them have any idea what I'm talking about when I say "common law." (I live in Ontario too, right on the Canada-US border.)

In d20, I use True Sorcery, the system Green Ronin adapted from their Black Company Campaign Setting. It's very flexible, but it's really freaking complicated. The upshot is that I only resort to designing a caster NPC with arcanist class levels when I have no other option. So I guess I...

I'd say do all three. Have him make a revenant wizard, artificer, or other arcane class. Have him take the Death's Blessing feat, which in addition to other perks means he is no longer considered a living creature. Then have him get and use the Lich Transformation ritual at level 14. Then have...

There's always Dark Sun. You could be a ruthless, stealthy cannibal.