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I bought a copy in Singapore so I'm surprised it can't be found in the States. My FLGS still has a copy if anyone wants to fly here! ;)

This is a fantastic idea. My players are rather lazy and expect me to generate their backstories after they describe the character concept... and I have facilitated that laziness. As per your title, perhaps it is time to break the habit. ;)

If your budget is a problem, yes, stick to the free stuff on Savage Heroes but otherwise I do recommend the toolkits but provide a little more information for your consideration: - World Builder: as the previous poster mentioned, it gives you 40+ new powers (aka spells); - Gear: magic items and...

Howdy, I'm working through similar issues at the moment as I convert a couple of FR campaigns over to Savage Worlds ("Savage Realms"). I would make the following general suggestions: - find a copy of the PDF Savage Beasts by Butch Curry for some d20 monster conversions to give you some ideas...

I'm not so sure about burning people out but there is a very real chance of turning people off. Look at what happened the last time the RPGA had an area of FR in 2E: Raven's Bluff. Need a priestess of Sune? Cool, name her after a pr0n actress. And there were numerous other "intrusions" that...

If I continue to play D&D I fully expect to keep playing 3.5E. It's not like 2E which I actively did not like: I do like 3.5E but am tired of the prep time etc.... What is more likely to happen is that our group will start playing Savage Worlds. We'll just use all of the 3.xE stuff for flavour...

The tanar'ri. Why are they immune to electricity? Also, in that they're immune and also their primary foes, the baatezu, don't have any resistance at all, why don't they make more use of electrical-based attacks? Then again, I think the tanar'ri in particular, and fiends in general, are...

I don't even use Eberron and I would be interested. ;)

The game side. As far as I am concerned, novels exist for two reasons, one good and one bad: 1. to ensure that FR remains profitable so that WotC continues to publish it; and 2. to annoy the heck out of me by playing in "my" game world. ;) My FR uses 3E's FRCS as a baseline and only those...

Have you ever looked at Savage Worlds?

I'm planning to avoid 4E for as long as possible and instead run the games I have been thinking about since 3E started. My plans for the next 18 or so months are as follows: 1. The Return of Bane A FR campaign set in the Dalelands in 1371 and 1372 DR with the return of Bane on Midwinter's...

Yep the balor is a crappy legacy monster. Tanar'ri are immune to electricity; baatezu have no resistance to it. Logic would dictate, even the logic of the chaotic abyss, that the balor would be a living storm of electricity. Its body flames would instead be a lightning storm. That way the balor...

This is what I do. Everyone gets the same XP but bonus action points (and, on extremely rare occasions, fate points) can be handed out for excellent play. My players don't bother with crafting their own items but, if they do decide to do so, I think I will go back to doing it 2E style using...

WotC needs to use the guys on their Character Optimisation boards to do the playtesting if they really want to find broken combinations. Those guys have a collective ability that I daresay is second-to-none.

Notwithstanding my previous post, I agree in part. Frankly, I am going back to 1371 and am ignoring everything from 3E, 3.5E and now 4E and redoing those years based on the campaigns I run. I will be surprised if anything that has ever been introduced via a novel will make the cut in my...

Go and buy Dawnforge from Fantasy Flight Games and start using paths now! ;)

IMO, warforged and changelings would actually suit parts of the Realms quite well. Warforged can be the legacy of old Raumathar while changelings just make sense as they are (and particularly in Waterdeep where they can be the spawn of the Unseen). I'm not 100% sure whether or not I will include...

I really don't like the format largely because I like to use published adventures for inspiration for my own games and the overwhelming amount of space "wasted" on each encounter means less space for what I really am interested in. Even when I run a published adventure I tend to change things...

It's not just a question of what to lose but what it needs. FR needs an introductory product that shows how to set a campaign there. Basically, something like a small adventure path set in a "un-novelled" region of the world. Throw in some history, some power groups etc... and show new DMs what...

I use the FRCS for 3E and most of the subsequent 3E and 3.5E products but I ignore the novels for the unholy pestilence that they are (although the standard of writing and writers has certainly improved in the past few years). I don't use the Silence of Lolth (seriously stupid... sorry I can't...