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For a first attempt, I'd do Keep on the Shadowfell. Browsing through it, I was at first unimpressed. But then when I saw how the old standbys like goblins and zombies worked in 4e, I got excited about it. There's also a lot of good advice in there on how to run it and keep it active and fun...

Hey Connorsrpg -- I tried to e-mail you using the address found on that page. I included all the Slaughtergarde info, pics, etc, but the e-mail bounced every time I tried to send it (this was about 2 months ago, as I recall). I tried two or three times -- bounce, bounce, bounce. [:(]

Basic > 1e > 2e > 3e > 4e The most fun I had was with Basic & 2e. 2e's many varied settings and supplements (though unprofitable for TSR) as well as their Core Rules tools for the PC, and their optional Skills & Powers rules, made 2e the most complete and flexible edition, to my mind, even if...

Wow. WOW. That is worth coming out of lurk mode and saying congrats for. Wow.

Yes.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

What was the consensus? I'm interested. But not interested enough to scroll through dozens of pages of it. (or a link to the relevant post)

Also... The DMG says to use the moderate DCs on pg 42 for skill challenges. At first level, that's DC 15. While it says at the bottom of that chart to add +5 for skill checks, I think the intent may have been that that footnote text was intended solely for isolated skill checks, not when...

Heh. Oh yeah. That's a good point. They're so little a part of my world, I forget to consider them. But yeah, that would certainly be problematic.

The way I understood skill challenges was that the DM designs the encounter using skills that the party has a reasonable chance of making. I'm pretty sure that's explicitly stated in the DMG. So if I were to design a skill challenge I expected the heroes to overcome, I'd set it up so that...

The new DDM is an excellent gateway. Its simplified rules work very, very close to the way combat works in the 4e RPG. Once you have a grasp on those, you have a very good feel of the mechanics; if the interest is there, it's a pretty smooth transition to the PHB classes.

Always enjoyed them to some extent, but never had enough to use them effectively until Steve Jackson's "Cardboard Heroes," which is great value for your dollar. We used these at the end of 2e to diagram certain situations, lay things out for everyone's understanding and as an aid to imagination...

The deal is, if you sign up for free shipping, you go last in the queue, no matter what. If you ordered in February like I did, and someone else orders June 1 with paid shipping, their order comes before the one with free shipping. It's an awful way to do things, but this is what they explained...

Looks like Buy.com currently has the better deal for all three individually. From this morning's order: SubTotal: $62.28 Shipping & Handling: $0 Tax: $0 TOTAL: $62.28

That sucks. In the case I was just referring to, the order I just canceled and reordered individually was a gift. What's strange is that I ordered mine Feb 21st and I ordered his Feb 22nd. Mine shipped yesterday, and his gets caught. GoodKingJayIII, here's what I would do in your position...

Guys, just cancel your order and re-order the books individually. It's the gift set with the slip case you're waiting on. Ordering individually will cost you maybe $5 more (like $62), but that's what you were paying when you ordered it the first time. There's little sense in waiting a month...

I think this was covered in an article. You can remove all magic items and just give players a static increase to their attacks/defenses like so: levels 1-5: +1 6-10: +2 11-15: +3 16-20: +4 21-25: +5 26-30: +6 Done. No magic items necessary. (adjust crits as Mustrum Ridcully advises below)...

I can't vote in the poll because I believe in all the choices to some degree. But DougMcCrae is right about fiction; it's generally not a good choice to kill off your protagonist unless there's a strong story reason for it, because if they perish, then they do not learn from their experience...

Does anyone know if Epic Destinies even made it into the core books? I spent some time searching through them at the store and couldn't find any trace of them. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4ex/20080512a

Ordered Feb 21st. Supposed to ship June 10. :(