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Man, fighters kicks ass.

First I would start by buying them dinner. Maybe after the third date get them really drunk and stay at their house.

Hi, Shorty. Comb your beard lately?

Thought I'd post an update here. Well I started feeling a little bit better about about my 4ed d&d game. (Might be the prozac.) I started making my own npcs using a slightly modified version of the "Monster Generation" rules in the back of the DMG and it's led to some interesting ideas, though...

GM of the above game here. In my defense I merely presented an inn with an angry innkeeper and MY PLAYERS made the decision to burn it down. I'm unsure how to run a non-cliched warhammer game. Suggestions?

I really didn't want to make it sound like I was putting it on my players for things being the way they were. My complaining was just sort of a general sort of cry out against the established "method" we seem to have built. It's not like I blame my players for our combat-heavy games, it's what...

I love everything about the 40k setting. I love the Gothic style, the hostility of space, the scale, the scope and the desperation. I even don't mind that the game starts you off as acolytes of the Inquisition. That sets the stage for many adventures and gives the players good reason to go...

Thanks for the encouraging words. I think DM burnout might be the root of it all. Every week I find it harder and harder to come up with some new "adventure" that isn't a chain of combat encounters. My problem is I can't think of playing D&D any other way. Also I think it's affected the way...

I'm bored with it all. Go here. Fetch this thing. Kill this guy. It's all the same thing over and over. Whenever I watch a film or read a book it's always a lot more interesting. There are characters with personalities and character flaws. There is intrigue and betrayal. There is...

At the same time, though, I don't really think they're chances of succeeding are too terribly low. Take for example the typical D&D attack roll. You roll your attack vs a target number (AC score) to succeed. Say you're specialized on attacking in melee and you have a +15 to hit. In my...

This whole segment was surreal. I can't remember what we hoped to accomplish here.

I like how minions operate in combat, I mostly think of them as hazardous battlefield obstacles. but I think they're worth too much xp as it is. If I just want a straightforward fight with the players slaughtering a couple dozen guys then I can, but it seems they gain a disproportionate amount...

There aren't. When you defeat an enemy (drop below 1 hp) you have the option of subduing him rather than killing him.

I'm very partial to the Illithiad from 2E and the Book of Vile Darkness from 3E.

Agree with Kordeth. 4e isn't 3e, period. See if you can't get him to understand that he ought to read the three core books cover to cover like he would a completely new, unfamiliar system. Too much has changed to disregard core mechanics. I'm playing in a side-game once a week with another...

Oh sweet jesus, it WAS what you described! That's not right at all. It's fine if your DM feels story > rules, but when they completely disregard a core mechanic like that it can really mess up game balance. No, you are right. The DM should not be able to add class levels to monsters at all...

I do love the mechanics in 4e for what I feel the game is trying to accomplish. That being said here's what I want of: Horror, awful things, darkness, grimness and grittiness. Just like the Dark Ages really were.

Oh come on, not one of you nerds has played F.A.T.A.L?

Let me reemphasize - you do NOT add class LEVELS. Monsters work completely differently than player characters. When you add a class to a monster, you add it as a TEMPLATE. Which makes it elite, which makes it as effective as about two monsters rolled into one. Lets look at your example, I...

I would like you to tell me something. What is it like to have a campaign run this long? Is it seriously a single campaign you've been running for 27 years? In your opinion, when does a campaign start and when does it end? I think the longest campaign I've been a part of was about a year and...