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    Chris Pramas and his thoughts on GSL

    Chris Pramas posted a new blog item today regarding Green Ronin's future plans and his take on the revised GSL. (Not sure if this topic has appeared in some other thread.) Ex-Teenage Rebel I thought it was well considered, well stated, and made perfect sense. I'd much rather see GR focus on...
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    WH40k Rogue Trader

    I noticed that Fantasy Flight Games has put up some info about their next Warhammer 40k RPG -- Rogue Trader, a companion to Dark Heresy. Here is the link for those interested: Fantasy Flight Games [Rogue Trader] - Leading publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games.
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    UPDATE: New Drizzt vid & Sword Fighting blog

    Extremely well done! The tremendous amount of preparation and work behind this just boggles my mind -- you and your crew's efforts are apparent, and impressive.
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    Compendium Update! And not just data either!

    I'll second (and third) that motion!
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    Marking Ring Standard

    I don't know that there is a standard so much, although red seems the default color for the "bloodied" condition. After that, it seems like the colors used are whatever each group agrees upon. My group uses colored pipe cleaners (bent into rings) for marking, conditions, bloodied, etc., and...
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    DDI Subscribers: Are you satisfied with your subscription?

    Extremely satisfied. The Compendium and the Bonus Tools make DDI a "must-have" for a DM; the Character Builder is the best of its kind ever. The content in DUNGEON and DRAGON is useful, timely, and well done. I know the price for DDI will be going up soon, now that the CB has gone live; it...
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    Quintessential Wizard 4e -- Anyone have it?

    Could I entice you to offer some examples? I purchased the book, but haven't focused on the powers yet and whether they are worth introducing into a campaign. I already had the sneaking suspicion that some of the powers were likely too good. However, since I haven't been a 4e player yet (DM...
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    Have you bought the Deluxe Players Handbook?

    My deluxe version of the PHB arrived yesterday. It indeed has the updated text from the errata. I haven't had time yet to compare it to the standard PHB. I got it from Barnes & Nobles with my member discount and a 20% coupon, so with tax it came to $42. At $75 a copy, I couldn't bring myself...
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    Author variety in Dragon/Dungeon

    I find myself in the same boat. I submitted 30 queries over the course of 3 weeks. More than 90 days have elapsed, with no word on any of them. Although I followed the currently posted submission guidelines, during a recent WotC D&D podcast, Chris Youngs discussed submitting to the...
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    Just played my 7th 4E game

    Fascinating. This is pretty close to my group's experiences, also. After the third game, some players started asking other players for which new power the group thought would come in the most handy.
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    Maps in published settings

    Agreed. In my gaming room, we have an enlarged, color print of the Ptolus city map -- 8 feet long by 6 feet tall. Even at that size, the detail is stupendous.
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    That's it; I am done buying minis'!

    I know what you mean. I stopped buying very many miniatures when the price for just one booster pack went up to $14.99 and tax...At one time, buying a case or two was not that expensive a proposition. Now, it gets expensive fast, even buying by the case. I have a pretty hefty collection...
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    Advice on Being a Good Player

    Amen indeed...
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    Trap stat block formatting tool

    Along the lines of the monster stat block formatting tool (http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233357), I have put together a MS Word template for creating trap stat blocks, formatted in the 4e style. If you want to create a new trap, enter the data in the Excel data sheet. Then...
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    D&D 4E 4e monster formatting tool

    First, a note: I use Mac MS Word 2004; the specifics might vary for XP or other versions... After you've entered monster data into the Excel data sheet (one row per monster): Open the MS Word document you want to use (either the simple monster version, or the complex version). Turn on Word's...
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    D&D 4E 4e monster formatting tool

    Just FYI, I added the revised, corrected Excel data sheet, so the ability bonuses now include 1/2 the monster's level.
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    D&D 4E 4e monster formatting tool

    Just realized the Excel data sheet contains an error in the calculating fields for Ability bonuses...I forgot to add in 1/2 the monster's level to the total bonus. I hope to upload a corrected version a bit later...
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    D&D 4E 4e monster formatting tool

    Not sure if this will prove beneficial or useful to anyone, but we shall see... I have created a tool to take user-entered monster data and format it into the monster stat block style. I have found this saves me time, as I like having the standardized stat blocks for when I DM. There are two...
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    Thanks to Rob, Andy, James, Stephen and Mike

    Agreed -- congrats and many thanks for a fantastic game. Before the announcement last August, I had already reached the point where D&D was no longer fun for me to DM any more. I loved getting together with my friends, but prepping and running the mechanical details of the game were no...
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