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eBay worked fine for me. I hunted eBay for over a year. Always looking for large lots, otherwise it takes way too long. Every now and then huge lots appear (at least they did) with complete ranges of modules for example (scored the entire Dragonlance module series in one go, the entire CM, M...

Hmm... living in the Netherlands, with FLGS far and few between, my FLGS are Paizo.com and Amazon.com...

Is there any sight when a new version of the Big Shiny will become available?

I admit I did not read the entire thread, so maybe someone already jumped on this, but there is a seriously good idea in here. Make it clear that someone had been banned. Somehow add some tag to the sig / avatar area of someone, showing this person has been banned, how often, and for how severe...

Well, Spelljammer was not really a setting as such. I would like to see it given the treatment of a one-shot book like the Ghostwalk thingy.

I would definately NOT split the group. The buddy idea is a good one, but managing two seperate groups on top of coaching the newbs will IMHO not be a good idea.

When teaching first timers, handing out pre-generated PC's is a good idea. This way, you avoid the whole discussion about who wants to be what and party balance (who gets to be the cleric etc.), as well as shopping (the PC's already have basics of equipment, you may include some 'strange' items...

We never really used the weapon type / armor type tables. We DO track consumables during the adventure farily diligently, but assume everything gets refilled to the 'standard' level given on the PC's character sheet when in civilization. This means a PC sheet shows 20 or 40 arrows. The overall...

The only stuff that sells at premium prices is Planescape material, and a select few modules (the H series (Bloodstone), the old darkmoor series (DA modules such as city of the Gods) and the more obscure M series (for the Master's set of Basic DnD) and the Deities and Demigods with the 'lost...

Well, if magical (and other items) get stolen, destroyed etc. from time to time anyway, it is not so strange when this method is used to get rid of too powerful items. If it is only sporadically done, it may cause problems. In my campaigns, the items of PC's also have to save or be destroyed...

Depends a bit on what you want the PC's to do. Some thoughts: If you want the PC's to act as a sort of special ops squad, taking out enemy leaders and their own 'special forces', then there should be several worthy adversaries depending upon level, I am thinking levels 3/4 for the ideas: - take...

Well... the main question is, do you want to have the PC's stumble upon something or not? Might as well use the island and put stuff on there that acts as a hook back to the original storyline...

Well, back in the good old days of high-school foolery and 1st edition ADnD, we had a group of characters rise to levels in the thousands. This was mainly due to the rule of 1GP=1XP. After a while (levels in the 30s or so), it became so easy in our campaign (or you could say, our DM was too...

When faced with a lack of players, I usually let the players have one or two henchmen each, usually two, as they are of lower level and sometimes meet with redshirt syndrome...

And I think that no dragon will be satisfied with a mere 1/2 inch mattress. They'll need a serious pile to make a nice bedding for such a large body, so I'd say youre looking at around 2 million coins (need not all be gold naturally).

In a sci-fi game, I once actually turned it around. Portals could be used for goods, but the tech was not good enough to transport living organisms (they'd turn up dead on the other end). Maybe the portals (even if powered by magic) work the same. Thus, the portals can be used to support trade...

Well, to take another road, maybe travel between cities / PoL is done underground. Maybe the creatures above ground are more numerous and nasty then the underdark, and adventurers escort small caravans (goods transported using portable holes etc.) underground. Another may be water. Maybe the...

Ah. I nearly forgot. As in the real world, the fastest way to lose money: taxes! The PC's, being 'fighting' types could have duty to serve the local lord. This duty can be bought off (was also done in the real world). The treasure PC's gain will be taxed upon returning to civilized lands upon...

Well, with 'low magic', in my games this implies that magic is a lot rarer then 'normal', hence also a lot more expensive. So spending money on magic items eats up resources very rapidly. Also, with limited levels (E6), I would also limit treasure. One thing I usually do in low magic / grittier...

Well, they would blame it on 4 E, under 3.5, we had no stinkin environmental problems...