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I don't think this is some fever dream - I've had the same experience. Having a leader seems to increase the grind. My 4E experience has been with small (2-3 player) groups, so we're always missing a role, and I have to tailor encounters somewhat for the group. When the group had a leader...

So far I've yet to have a player in any of my groups intentionally create a character that was (mechanically) ineffective. I highlight intentionally because we have a few players who are new to RPGs or just don't have brains wired for tactics, and without serious handholding would have...

Man, I really wish those living spells were in this months Dungeon - my players are going into the Mournland next week.

I've been hemming and hawing over this recently myself. Low level 3/3.5E has the granularity that is necessary for player progression, but I would hate to DM it again. I just don't want to run a system without completely self-contained monster entries. 4E would certainly be the easiest to...

I'm an evolutionary biologist, but it doesn't cross over to my fantasy gaming at all, except maybe as inspiration. I like mythology to play a heavy hand in my settings - the different races really were created by their gods in the not-too distant past (10,000 years or less). In one campaign...

I'm plotting up a new campaign with a heavy Western vibe too. Right now I'm looking at running it as a West Marches style sandbox game using WFRP3, but that might change. I took a trip to the American south-west last summer and was really inspired by the terrain and the flora. The incredible...

I do pretty much the exact same as Hjorimir, but with mine organized first by Level and then Role. It makes it tougher to find three different kinds of Orc, but makes it a bit easier to construct mixed encounters when I want to worry about roles. If I know that the players are going to be...

One thing to keep in mind is that there are only about 3-5 more adventures left until Scales of War finishes (I'm not sure how many installments it was supposed to cover, but they're up to part 16 and level 25 as of last month). Unless they start a new adventure path, thats an extra 30-40 pages...

I've never really fallen prey to the whole dice fetishization/superstition thing. I picked up a few bulk bags of opaque primary coloured dice a few years ago and have been fine with that ever since.

The Warforged Titan was updated to 4E in Monster Manual 2.

Hobgoblins - they don't really have a good 'hook' as far as I can tell.

Prime Beast Strike doesn't make much sense - what ranger would be eligible for this feat? Beast Master rangers lose the Prime Shot feature, and as far as I can tell there isn't a way to regain it through a feat. The only way to take this feat would be to be a Hybrid Ranger who used Hybrid...

I'd just like to add some positive comments on the set. I already had two copies of DT4 and a number of poster maps/cardstock tiles, so I wasn't really hungering for any more open fields. (though I'd love to be able to pick up another copy or two of DT4) I picked up 3 copies of this set (and...

I store by theme. I have around 3-4 copies of each set since Ruins of the Wild, so it would be pretty cumbersome otherwise. The tiles are in IKEA boxes by general theme (Dungeon, Dire Tombs, City, Wilderness, Caves). Within these boxes, I have the tiles in Ziploc bags based on type. So...

Most of the PPs require a specific class feature, but not Sharpshooter, making it excellent for a Beastmaster Archer.

I've built (but not played yet) a Half-Elf Storm Sorceror (House Lyrandar PP) for an upcoming Eberron campaign. I took the Wizard Power Storm Pillar as my Dilletante ability. It doesn't have an attack roll, so I don't have to worry about my low Int, and all of my feats that modify my...

With regards to what the death/absence of Melora might entail: If Melora is an overriding force keeping the primal spirits in check, it would be fitting to have her absence create great imbalances in nature. I'd run with this showing as too much growth rather than death; more akin to invasive...

Would it be possible for Community Supporters to have the ability to turn off the newly introduced ads that appear horizontally in between posts in threads? Fewer ads was the major draw for me to get a CSA, and these in-line ads are far more intrusive than the header and sidebar ads I can...

Ben Robbins has a few more pictures over on his blog: ars ludi » Shippensburg Archives

I think the product that fulfills this niche best is one that has been around for 30 years or so - the published campaign setting. A well written campaign setting can give you the overarching plots, themes, and villains that your PCs will be facing. It should also detail a number of places you...