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I ran The Grey Citadel a few years ago: check out my Session Logs here. Though I haven't managed to run Tomb of Abysthor yet, it looks pretty good. Again, check out some of the logs on the Necro Forums for some good ideas on running the adventure. Really, I haven't read a bad adventure from...

The reason for the region map being on a hex grid is discussed here on mearls' blog. Sounds like he's Old School at heart B-)

Thing is, the book as written is just a means of saving a DM from creating his own sandbox. A clever DM can engage the PC's by having stuff happen - kobolds raiding a caravan, dragon seen flying over the city, guilds vying for power. Just because the setting is described doesn't mean that the...

TheNecromancer Games module The Lost City of Barakus is a great sandbox module for levels 1-5. There are lots of plot hooks which you can grab, then find out you have bitten off more than you can chew! For example, In fact, a number of the Necromancer modules for 3.0E and 3.5E include...

Gate Pass is a great city - it's long and narrow and rests in the middle of a rift in a mountain range. It's one of the most unusual fantasy cities I've seen, and is tremendously well-done. Plus module 1 takes place whilst the city is under assault from enemy forces (aerial dragon-fights...

If you can, get hold of a copy of the Dungeons and Dragons Rules Cyclopedia. That's a compilation rule-set for the Basic D&D Game. There's some stuff there which might work well in 4e (Mass Combat and Weapon Mastery, for example) which haven't really been moved out into the 3.xe or 4e rules...

OK: so the guys who wrote Doctor Who in the 1970's had nothing on you when it comes to closing an episode on a cliffhanger... More soon, please!

They are just about to hit L3, and are completing an extension of their first mission (find out why those Gobllins have started raiding us) in a Castle filled with orcs, ogres and cross-breeds. After that, they get sent to Chendl, where they will find military indifference, human cultists of...

Furyondy militia discover growing cancer of Orcus cult: don't forget Iuz!

I know they always say "Leave them wanting more..." but this! Grrr!:rant:

Whilst offering support for War of the Burning Sky and the Necromodules suggested by catsclaw227 (all of which are more than worth your time), I might also suggest Castle Whiterock from Goodman Games. It's a mega-dungeon crawl, in a series of levels under the eponymous castle, and should take...

As a DM, I love the idea of AP's, and am trying to write my own as we go along right now. There will be links - some soft - between adventures, with opportunities for the players to do other things if they want at certain points in the arc. I'd love to run The Age of Worms but don't know if my...

Earlier in the week, I checked on the HeroForge Repository and found a holding page for their Hosting Site. This is a shame, as there were some useful tools on the 3.5 page (MonsterForge, TownForge, etc.). They used to have some mirror sites, does anyone know if these are still in operation...

I was at GenConUK in Manchester when 3e came out. One of the RPGA playtesters was talking about it and commented that the character class/ spell list idea had been lifted right out of RoleMaster. Couldn't argue with that idea, either.

I'd mention the Al-Qadim setting again, along with the City of Delights Boxed Set which came along with it, providing a lovely setting with which to adventure. For Shadowrun, there's also the Germany sourcebook, produced by German fans, worthy of inclusion in the list. Finally, I'd shout...

So when's the stag night and are we all invited? ;) Congratulations to Russell & Sharon - enjoy the wedding, and here's hoping you have a happy marriage afterwards.

If you check my blog (link in sig), there's a spreadsheet in one of the posts there which generates all the numbers for the Quick NPC System based on the CR being used to create him/ her/ it. As a bonus, it includes abbreviated stats for 1hp minions with various "roles" again running right off...

I've just started writing a set of adventures. Apart from using HeroForge and MonsterForge extensively to quickly generate NPC's and nasty monsters (Fiendish Medium Scorpion anyone?) I have started pasting the magic-users' spell statistics onto my write-ups (courtesy of d20 SRD engines) to...

We played a campaign under RQ3 about 18 months ago. Another DM started running it, then I took over after he had to drop out (officially due to workload, but in reality due to player conflict). After a while, the % system starts to grate. Skills can only be raised if you use them - which might...

There's some good stuff in this 'ere Journal, and I especially liked the continuous combat in the Kenku/ Neogi lair (there's a set-up to try in 3.5E and see what happens :devil:) Yeah, and we haven't got to that yet, either... :.-(