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Eric Noah wrote 4th Ed back when they were still designing 3.0 :)

It depends on what you throw at them. If it's humanoid PCs (which I am assuming don't possess more wealth than the PCs), not much really is needed. It's monsters that you have to worry about, usually the ones with insane hp for their level, a ridiculously high DR that can't be overcome by the...

For the shrunken boulders, a permanent wind wall would do. Also discourages small flying creatures, small projectiles (arrows), etc. You might also want to check out Stronghold Builder's Guidebook. It was released in 3.0 but some of the material there is easily adaptable (and has some tips)...

Again, one of my fears is that it's in the context of the Savage Tide and if the previous adventure paths (Shackled City, Age of Worms) are any indication, it's a pretty tough adventure. Greater Invisibiltiy I can do away with. It's an extra edge but it's not in the territory of "we've got no...

I just remembered from Unearthed Arcana the variant rule about players rolling all the dice and you can probably reverse it although it's more work for you as GM: Don't let the player roll the d20. Treat it as a 10. And then subtract 10 AC from the monsters you're using and you as a DM roll the...

What, no pimping Iron Heroes? Although I think Balance wouldn't necessarily become obsolete (unless everyone in the party is flying). And Leap Attack needs Jump. :)

What's great about Babylon 5 is that they had "trap doors" -- situations wherein if the actor had to leave the show for some reason or another, they could easily be written out of the story and replaced with "minimal negative impact to the story" (quoting Wikipedia). Just in case, you know...

Actually the correct term would be to re-design the character sheet but Kae'Yoss gets what I mean. The current character sheet (back of the PHB) is optimized to be "filled out". The new NPC stat block for me is optimized to "read what the creature does quickly" (which is what the GM needs to...

Reinvent the character sheet. See http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060929a

I think some of our issue here isn't necessarily removing them per se, but removing them in the context of The Savage Tide adventure path. Teleport is moot at the early levels but based from the previous adventure paths, come high levels, you might need to travel in a hurry. Same goes with...

Greater Any Spell. They can get celerity. Divine Metamagic covers the Quicken of Clerics.

I think it also depends on the players. I mean an overaching plot only matters if the characters are there to begin and end it. It's also a delayed gratification thing... hold off now for a greater reward later. Unfortunately, overarching plots need to be good. You could be stuck in a campaign...

I think the nice thing about D&D games is that you can set it up as you want. There doesn't need to be just one plot (in a session) -- you could have two plots going on at the same time, one self-contained plot to end the session with a bang, and an overaching plot to end the campaign with a...

I think it was pointed out in another thread -- how many GMs set it up so that Wizard character lose their spellbook (whether temporariy or permanently)? Because that's the only time Spell Mastery is going to be useful, aside from meeting prestige class prerequisites. Or we can even take a poll...

I forgot where I read it but you can "randomly" populate a dungeon by shuffling the monster cards then dealing them. Instant random generator (although some sorting needs to be done unless your 20th-level party suddenly faces CR 3 monsters and vice versa).

Spell Mastery yes. Eschew Materials not so much.

I usually buy one book a month from them (which is getting harder and harder when your local distributor isn't distributing them) which is a big investment on my part becomes it comes around to $40 a book and I used to earn $200 a month.

Uh, what Piratecat said.

It's by gaming group. All the players might want to buy PHB's for all I know. Or it might even be a big gaming group (a dozen players?). But when you throw in DDM and Dungeon Tiles into the mix it's an acquirable amount.

Searing Spell (Metamagic) from Sandstorm. Occupies one slot higher but double damage against those with the cold subtype (or simply fire vulnerability), ignores fire resistance, and half damage to those with fire immunity (fire subtype still takes no damage), applies only to spells with the fire...