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The primary difference is that Open Grave is clearly focused on being a source for DMs. Libris Mortis had 60 or so pages dedicated to undead monster classes and undead centered PC options, prestige classes, spells and magic items. Open Grave doesn't have any of that. It has a set of nine...

Obviously, it's unclear exactly how they will implement the changes to the cosmology, but I personally find it unlikely that 4e Eberron will be losing the planar conjunctions. After all, two of the planes they are specifically merging (Thelanis/Feywild, Dolurrh/Shadowfell) already have a very...

Because even if they do rename the 13 planes of Eberron to correspond to those familiar to reader of the Manual of the Planes, it leaves untouched those elements of Eberron that have been the primary focus of the campaign guide and all Eberron supplements? I own the Eberron Campaign Guide...

Actually, from the cities that have been detailed for the Feywild so far, there's practically an anticorrelation between the World and the Feywild. It seems the major cities of the Feywild they've described overlap with wilderness areas in the World and the cities of the World are often...

Looking over the Eberron Campaign Guide, most of the 13 planes will likely be placed into the Astral Sea or Elemental Chaos. Thelanis really *is* the Feywild. Dal Quor as the Plane of Dreams and Xoriat as the Far Realm are pretty obvious. The latter two planes haven't been detailed in 4e, so...

We should also not act as though the only announcements the designers have made has involved changes to the campaign. The writers have also said a number of times that there are no plans to rework Eberron or introduce a FR style cataclysm. They were considering advancing the timeline a few...

If they are keeping the planes already mentioned in the original Eberron Campaign Guide and simply placing them within the "big planes" of the 4e cosmology, I can't get too worked up over the whole thing. As noted before, it's not like the Eberron planes were detailed to any significant degree...

It should be noted that the Blood War is referenced in the 4e Manual of the Planes as a conflict between demons and devils that is currently in a sullen truce. It is also given an official motivation which, personally, I find more compelling than the previous explanations for the Blood War...

Obviously, nothing ever *needs* to be altered. The cosmology of 4e differs from the default of 1e-3e for pretty specific and reasonably transparent design goals. 1) Create a more open cosmology that allows for the easy addition of new planes and regions. This is the reason the Great Wheel...

I disagree that the 4e cosmology is simplified relative to the Great Wheel cosmology. It is much less stratified, predefined and ordered, but every one of the planes of the Great Wheel can be placed easily in the Astral Sea, Elemental Chaos, Shadowfell, Feywild or World. In fact, since there's...

I think in the case of a combat heavy campaign with 3-4 encounters per day the 3e wizard during the levels from 4-12 is pretty much even with the other classes in effectiveness. In combat, while wizards can be very effective, spell resistance and immunities can often fizzle the arcane might...

Don't forget that 4e wizards have four cantrips, each of which can be used instantly at will. Prestidigitation is so broadly defined that it can cover damn near many kind of "weird little magic" that the wizard wishes to use. Could you name some of the "fun" spells you think the wizard would...

Presumably, the nightmares V experiences on having to helplessly stand around while invisible and watching the soldiers being brutally slaughtered are the reason why V has refused any trancing. And part of the reason that V is clearly going insane.

You can find many of the Ray Winninger Dungeoncraft articles here: Ray Winninger's "Dungeoncraft" Essays Take a look at "Let's Take It From The Top" near the end. It discusses creating a Lost World. Not sure if that's what you're looking for, though. If not, could you give more details?

It's actually quite a tricky proposition. Every 4e wizard has access to magic that has no limit to daily use, both at will and per encounter. The typical mid-to-high level 3e wizard can have access to spellbooks filled with many spells from all the sources that years core and sourcebooks have...

I strongly suspect any DM using the Greenwood Hells article is going to have more trouble dealing with the changes introduced during 2e than 4e, for example the deposing of Tiamat, Geryon and Moloch from their positions as archdevils, as well as turning Avernus into a eternal battlefield for the...

I don't understand. What about 4e cosmology would require any kind of shoehorning of this material? I've read Greenwood's article on the Hells many times and I don't see any reason you couldn't simply use darn near all the descriptive text in it wholesale. I think the identity of some of the...

It's not my favorite archetype, either. But it *is* a popular one. I'd just as soon have players be able to scratch that itch then let it fester.

I believe that Union had several design flaws. Despite the extraplanar location, Union has features that are disturbingly like any standard town or city, just altered in stats so as to be Epic. The most infamous being an entire society of Epic Union Sentinels (town guards). Epic characters...

I've been playing since 1979 or so and have many fond memories of the boxed sets, 1e, 2e, 3e and 3.5e. I've been playing for the past 10 years or so with a group of older gamers, most with experience back to at least 2e. During the release of 3e, a couple of our Old Guard hated it with a...