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Thanks to both of you for the help and apologies for not making myself clear at the outset. I believe I have everything worked out now.

I have played this game with my wife at the same table several times and all I can say is "I wish!"

I am finding this thread fascinating as I, like so many others, assumed that Essentials was a "dumbed down" version of 4E. I assumed that there were compatibility issues and so never bothered to look any further. It seems that a great many people have tried the two together and have found it...

and suddenly all I can think is "Willard?"

Ogre Mage (and all it's various incarnations) Nasty attacks, they can escape easily (so you are never done with them unless you actually land a killing blow) and because of their ability to take other forms you don't know one is amoung you until they decide you should know. And from a purely...

While I couldn't agree more with this statement this is also at the root of what worries me most about a new series. In the case of BSG the new and reimagined characters and story was phenomenal (until the last few episodes --- but that is probably for a different thread). It had been a long...

cool topic.... First and most importantly do not touch another player's dice. If you forget your dice (and yes it has happened) there is a bin of "community" dice you can dip into for the night (expect poor results). Food is communal. We start on time. If a player is missing, then the...

Council of Wyrms is sorta like disco --- I didn't really like it the first time and it should never, ever happen again!

There have been several really good ideas to help you with your problem but I think one thing has been missed. It isn't just your responsibility to make the game fun. Much of the responsibility lies with the players. This isn't a competition. It is not the DMs job to defeat the party...

Ranger --- I have always had a weakness for the quick and deadly types. I have to admit though, I would really like to give Barbarian a good run with my next game. I think it could be a lot of fun to play something that relies on a straight forward approach to things -- sort of the George Nada...

I did cancel the payment of copper through paypal (I assume this is what you mean) so it is just a matter of waiting for it to run its course and then the silver will show up. Thanks

I upgraded about 3 weeks ago (paypal on July 31) and have not yet had my membership changed. If this is simply a case of things take time (what with GenCon and computer issues) then that's cool, but if something is amiss with the way I did things I would appreciate hearing back on that. Thnaks...

accept the fact that I wan't tough enough on them and then try to finish the job properly ;)

First off let me say how impressed I am with the quality of both Burning Skies and Zeitgeist. I currently run two campaigns (one is weekly and the other is every two weeks) and both of these look like the answer to my prayers as I like to run a campaign with a good story/plot that has enough...

What I do for shelves that need to support a heavy load is add a nosing to the front or screwed on underneath just back of the front edge. An 1 1/2" by 3/4" piece of solid lumber is usually adequate. The downside is it does eat up a bit of the space between shelves but the life of the shelf...

I like that idea -- gonna have to give it a try. Any chance you could share the "chart of fun effects"?

yeah I have to agree with the general concensus here -- the show was on the bubble for me until that episode -- definitely going to give it the season now to see how things develop.

Gemmell is definitey one of my favourites -- there are two other novels about Waylander -- both were better than Waylander itself. His psuedo-historicals aren't bad --- but my personal favourites are "Morningstar" and then stepping out of the fantasy realm a bit into the post-apocalyptic are...

I find it interesting that there are a fair number of people who mention that as much as they want to like Dark Sun it just doesn't work for them. I am in complete agreement. I wanted to like Dark Sun the first time it came around and I wanted to it to work this time and to be fair it comes...

So far (and I will admit I haven't DMed or played past around 15th level) I have seen no need to cap levels. In older editions (and I have played pretty much all of them over the last 35 years) a level cap seemed to me to be necessary as the game devolved into an endless battle of super powers...