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My problem with this is that it sucks to be a player when this situation is reversed: "You are standing there talking to the guy. He pulls out a sword and...crits you, you take 25 damage. I guess you die." "Wait, I just stood there and watched him pull out a sword and stab me and I didn't...

I know that the 2e Realmspace book talked about the sanctum that Elminster has on another planet in Realmspace where he has a permanent portal to the "real world" in the 1880s, I believe. He apparently makes trips there and has made a friend who regularly gives him "German Beer" which he finds...

Most of the tables ARE booked before the con begins, but there are DMs set aside to be sure they can handle a couple of tables worth of Generics and very few people get turned away. From what I understand, however, that there simply isn't enough people who show up with Generics on the fly to...

Except that Baldman delivered exactly what they had promised. They said that they'd give the same DM for the whole weekend as well as 6 person tables and a dedicated area for the All-Access Pass people. They delivered that. They made vague statements about trying to find some interesting...

I wasn't there, but from what I hear, yes. They got their dedicated DMs and games at All-Access Pass tables had only 6 players instead of 7 at every other table. I was told that although there was an area dedicated to All-Access tables, it wasn't roped off with velvet ropes like it was last...

One of my pet peeves is initiative being rolled when there is no combat. I dislike when the DM turns to me and says "It's your turn. What do you do?" and my response is "Why would I do anything out of the ordinary. I don't see any enemies, there is no combat taking place." It completely...

Of course the exact price will depend on your location. But using US Amazon and Steam prices they are giving away a $32.70 book(sent to you before it is out in stores) and a $40.00 video game. Last year using Amazon prices they gave away 2 $28.00 books. One was out a couple of months early...

Not that I entirely disagree with you, but the real problem is that for the last couple of years the All-Access Pass was a big mystery prize. Baldman have said "You'll get your own DM for the whole weekend who is personally chosen by Dave Christ for their DMing skill, you'll get an area...

p. 164: "You determine which spells you know and can prepare for each class individually as if you were a single-classed member of that class. If you are a ranger 4/wizard 3, for example, you know three 1st level ranger spells based on your levels in the ranger class." "If you have more than...

The one thing I've noticed from these cards that I'm not sure was said before is that this confirms that the "Rage of Demons" is actually a disease of some sort that manifests itself onto people and makes them act more like the Demon Lords. Which is interesting.

I hadn't heard that they had said that. Interesting. Though it's kind of telling that all the D&D seminars at GenCon I've ever seen were scheduled in 50 person rooms. Though, I have to agree with what DEFCON 1 says up above. People have better things to do than attend panels on "The Future...

I'm in between on this one. I've never seen one of their seminars have limited attendance. But then again I never went to panels other than their announcement panels which were always packed with a line of people who wanted to get in. I didn't go to things like the "Future of the Forgotten...

Honestly, I have no idea where this "No one went to the Seminars" thing came from other than wild guessing.

From everything they've been saying lately, I'm not entirely surprised. They've said their focus is on multimedia experiences and growing the BRAND of D&D rather than the GAME of D&D. To me that has always translated to "We need to keep the game in publication in order to say 'We're the D&D...

The thing is, I'm fairly certain there is a lot of communication happening between the 4. The AL staff decide what adventures will be run at GenCon and assign writers to write them and have them done in time for the Con. They send the list to Baldman months in advance in time for Baldman to...

The specials are normally extremely combat heavy. Their purpose for the longest time was to represent large battles that took place or extremely difficult missions against extremely dangerous foes. Last year we fought against a Dragon and its army while each table took on missions to destroy...

I wasn't there. I just read some posts over on the WOTC boards where someone was saying their DM was nearly an hour and a half behind because he showed up late and also didn't hear the announcement to continue on to the next part of the adventure and when the lights turned off they just decided...

I agree that this should be made clearer. It's kind of always been like this. It appears that Baldman just kind of assumes that when someone looks at the event description and sees that the game is Adventurer's League that they'll know what that means or they'll look up the rules for...

In order to volunteer just go to the Baldman Games website. They have an open call a couple of months before the con, which they'll often make a post here announcing along with announcing on their twitter feed. Then you just go to their website and fill out a form asking to help and saying how...

Dave does not like to do "on the fly" organizing. I don't blame him. Once you start along that path, it can cause a LOT of problems. He allocates the DMs he has to events before the Con even starts. Which means that there will be X number of DMs dedicated to running the Intro Adventures...