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W00t! I am always glad that some people remember and appreciate that game. It's one of the games that convinced me that storytelling belonged in games. And I'm totally interested in those fan-made patches. Looks like it's time to dig up my copy and see if it runs on my laptop...

I can imagine the Sorcerer Kings thinking that the Free City will fall apart to anarchy and chaos at any moment. Not only would that make it easier to conquer, but it would provide great propaganda: "See how my rule provides order and peace, whereas freedom leads to anarchy and death. Embrace...

MarkB pretty much stated what I thought was frustrating with this ep/special. This series really needs a stronger explanation why the Doctor can or cannot change history, and I always like stories with a darker tone, but this one was really muddled.

Geez. My parents hated me playing D&D, so it was a hassle convincing them to make copies of character sheets. The moment we got our first computer (a 128K Macintosh!), I created character sheets with the Paint-ish program. But I had to print them on the sly so that my dad wouldn't get pissed...

This game has received mixed reactions with my group. Those who hate cooperative games don't like it. Those who like cooperative games like it. Your first game will probably take a long time, 2 to 3 hours as you get used to the game and components. However, once you get used to the flow of the...

I like the conditional minion idea. You could expand it to be the outcome of a Skill Challenge. If successful, one of the players auto-kills a minion, and they accomplish whatever goal they are aiming for. If they failed the Skill Challenge, one of the players strikes what they think is a...

If you had a recurring villain, you could have the players discover that the villain was a planewalker from Sigil, and end up chasing him or her into the city. You'd get an interesting dynamic where the players would feel that Sigil is the villain's home turf (and thus a little hostile), but...

For an additional academic reference, Carlos Castenada's "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way to Knowledge" has a passage where a rival shaman possesses the body of his mentor in order to scare/corrupt the author. The anthropological definition (with a lot of paraphrasing on my part) of a...

Even in the Pompeii episode, Donna's arc was to convince the Doctor to have some humanity by saving the seer's family. As for Torchwood, I'm of the opinion that it was a good sci-fi tragedy (and I like my tragedies), but at the expense of character likeability. If the only character I like in...

Shroomy - Would you be interested in taking some time to talk about the process in getting the adventure published? Like how much discussion you had with the editor(s), how long from pitch to draft to complete, etc. I'm one of those nerds who really enjoy the "behind the scenes" stuff. I...

That video made my day! And at first, I thought the guy in the news article was using a D&D hammer (ie. a prop), but then I stopped laughing when I realized it was a real hammer... :eek:

Yeah, I just realized why the Double Move entry exists the moment I hit "Submit". Now I have to convince my gaming group that they're playing 4e wrong. :p

I think what is tripping them up is the entry for Double Move. They concluded that if I wanted to take two Move actions, then I am taking the Double Move action. And if I am taking a Double Move action, they must be the same action. I'm wonder why even have an entry there codifying taking the...

My group got into a debate about double moves and such, and I wanted to see what the community says about it. I attempted to use a Move Action to Shift out of an enemy's reach and then substituted my Standard action into another Move action to Run out of the fight. However, people were...

What about "environmental" traps that both monsters and PCs can use against their enemies? I assume you wouldn't award XP for them...

I will echo other people and say all of the modules are good except for 'Deva Spark' which was not only cheesy, but did relegate the PCs into secondary characters. 'Doors to the Unknown' is interesting in that it has an incredible hook, but goes in a different direction that is almost a little...

The Dawning Star campaign setting might have some stuff you can mine for ideas. It has a Wild West/Firefly/Battlestar Galactica kind of cut off from civilization on an alien world kind of feel. Maybe not swashbuckly, but might be helpful.

The gaming stores in my area have very little occult books or materials. However, they usually have historical books on war (usually WWII) to complement their wargaming sections. I have always wondered if a game store could or should sell books on the mythology that feeds our D&D hobby. For...

So it looks like my DM is right by RAW, but it seems that the RAW is poorly written. My only concern is that this stacking aura + extra damage effectively took our Warden out of the fight, since she only had melee powers. The rest of us all had main or back-up ranged abilities. It definitely...

Do you mean +5 damage, WotC_Logan? The Ice Reaper ability is odd in that it doesn't mention a kind of attack. Skirmishers' Combat Advantage abilities always mention bonus damage from melee attacks, for example. Also, the Chillborn Zombie aura specifically says that their Auras stack with each...