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The irony of all this for me is that a liberal and open GSL would have probably mitigated the problems that 4E is now experiencing (at least with respect to this community). More than one vision of the D&D world, using the same mechanics, is and always was a good idea. I think WoTC is...

I think it is unwise to assume that business is somehow conducted scientifically, and that all decisions are based on data or are rational. Whilst many business' may think this about themselves, I think the truth is that this is rarely the case (Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, etc are some recent...

Finally fixed the link problem. You can see a small area of the dungeon here YouShare - Free File Hosting V1.5 - Sleeping City of the Old Ones I would appreciate any more comments of ideas anyone has.

SHARK; TOTAL WIN my friend, to borrow a phrase from yourself. I only wish I could give you some XP; but the system won't let me yet! I shall certainly be using some of these Sir! As for this link problem, I am going to have to find a website to put this map up on rather than linking to the...

Thanks Mustrum; you are always helpful and insightful. How did you like the map of the city? Does it inspire thoughts of adventure? Any problems with it? I have set the game up so that, although there is a master intellect running the city, most of the time, it is quiescient and does not...

I think that D&D is a game with a number of different phases and as a DM, I tend to handle each phase differently with respect to detail and mechanics. In 3.5E, for example, the first phase is when the PCs are under 3rd-4th level. At this point, cash is usually very short and the PCs are...

Wait a minute; Necromancer is just in limbo, not dead. I am sure that "news of Necromancer's demise has been greatly exaggerated". Besides, if it ever did go down, there is always the chance for reanimation with a name such as this company enjoys!

Wow; just static so far! Does this mean that people have never played in this type of dungeon or just that it is not an attractive idea?

Hi Stormborn, I made them up out of whole cloth, as I tend to do for all my flavourful magic items. I base the abilities on a detailed knowledge of what magic items in general from the DMG, MIC and other sources can do and how they work. The only dangerous magic item on the above list is...

Your Umbral hoard! 1) Shadowsteel, a +1 magical dagger made of black-glass that can be used to steal the shadow of any living being under 10HD on a successful attack (SR v Will negates). Once their shadow is stolen, the creature is bound to do one service for the wielder but no longer casts...

Hi Shark! Great post as ever. For me, religion in D&D is the most underdeveloped thing because a new religion sets up a barrier to new players yet is probably the single most important element in a rich campaign. I find that the only way to use religion effectively is to introduce it slowly...

I am putting together a campaign, initially for 4E, to try the system out and to explore some ideas I have been obsessed with for many years, but which would have worked less well in 3.5E (but see later). For a map of the first part of this dungeon (unfinished) see YouShare - Free File...

I am creating a 4E campaign based around the idea of an "endless urban sprawl", created by Old Ones. I am going with the idea of a sentient city where the whole city is a vast, and self regulating magical construct, though the setting itself will have elements of low magic and simulation once...

It looks awesome! Which of the locations designed by EN Worlders made it into the final Ragos?

Good Times! When do we get to see it? Are you planning to release the extra Ragos stuff as a PDF since I subscribe to WotBS but don't have the cash to get the hardback at present?

I love UM and always have, but have only recently got the chance to go in and actually use it...........as a PC. I agree that the 3.5E version is no comparison to the AD&D version, but that is what our DM is taking us through, and let me tell you even this version is good, especially if you...

Ragos! Yea-hey! I wanna see that map.

The problem with 4E HP is not that they are more abstract than HP in other editions, it is that we now have another abstract system built on top of HP; healing surges. So we now have TWO layers of abstraction between the game and the world it is trying to model. A further abstraction of...

I also think the definition of the dreaded RR-word has expanded. In my first days as a roleplayer, using the MERP system, we recognised a railroad when we saw one. I think it was when, in one game, Gandalf started directing us with a few well placed lightning bolts, that I knew things had...

I was DMing a low level 3.5E game in Ptolus last year. My daughter was playing a wizard, her first try at playing a spellcaster. Anyway, the party were in the sewers, hunting for rat-men when three burst around the corner. My daughter's character cranks off a sleep spell and hits the the rat...