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I halfway used the WoL system once. Running Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, a player found the Sunsword. He had no desire to unlock those penalties. It forever remained a +1 weapon. Does that even count? I think they both involve too many penalties and needlessly complicate the system. How...

Ah, a special case to allow the weapon guy to have a better chance. This is pretty confusing and just further reminds me why I don't do initiative modifiers. Also, I didn't see that in the DMG. Are you sure it's in those pages?

I'm not sure how good your chance of disrupting a spell is. Spell casting times are equal to the spell level, but weapon speed factors are usually higher. For example, long sword has a speed factor of 5. The fighter is going to be at an initiative disadvantage until high level spells. How did...

When I play 3e/4e, everyone declares their actions on their turn. When I play 1e, everyone declares their actions at the start of the round. I like it. It changes things up a bit. It is also more friendly for things like simultaneous actions since more DM fiat is needed. If I remember correctly...

I've never been big on campaign settings, but I thought Eberron was great. I like how different it is from your standard Greyhawk/FR fantasy. The lower levels at which characters become meaningful in the world was a welcome change. All the different areas of the world are good as well. You could...

20% sale rule seems to me to be an attempt at forcing the characters to use whatever they find as in 1e/2e. 3e's 50% sale rule was always enough of an incentive for me to use what I found, while still getting enough gp for crap. I don't think there would be noteworthy balance issues if you...

The one thing I can't believe that module writes still haven't picked up on is separating out the room information under different headings. The typical room block has one or more paragraphs containing all the information, and does not lend itself to easy searching. I'd like to see something...

Oops. My mistake. Argument still stands though. All free actions can not be performed at any time. These particular ones can. The above is true and I don't always like it. But, it doesn't have anything to do with improved grab. 3e core action types couldn't be taken when it wasn't your turn...

You can definitely use improved grab off an AoO when it's not your turn. The improved grab language states, "It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action." See "It can", it does not state "it can if it has a free action". In this case I think the intent is clear. frankthedm, do you...

Those spells last 1 hour/level which is all day long in most cases. The case where you're not covered is if you're doing some kind of overland travel and dealing with random encounters every few hours. That case typically doesn't come up enough to warrant buying the rod.

Ah but 1e does not assume you do 3d6 in order. As someone mentioned upthread, 1e has a bunch of stat rolling methods that all make sure you get some awesome stats. 3d6 in order is not one of them. From the 1e DMG: I read that as Gary telling me to make sure my stats rock. I'm all for reduced...

There some new ideas here. Some of which I think are pretty cool. My thoughts: So you will make stats do even less, then expect people to be happy with having lower stats? That doesn't work. You'd have to redo all the rest of the balance to account for low stat mods. Not bad. Though str giving...

The easiest ones are Paladin of Freedom / Paladin of Slaughter alternate classes in Unearthed Arcana. With those you can be CG or CE.

Don't forget the all important cloak of resistance. Ring of protection and amulet of natural armor are less important since you probably won't have enough AC to avoid hits anyway. Metamagic rods won't come until later. The only ones I consider worthwhile are the quicken and empower rods, both of...

Wow, where to begin? 1e Saves: Keep em. The categories could be better, but the save being based on your character is great. It keeps the ridiculous power of spells in check at higher levels. Ditching this was just one of 3e's steps towards caster dominance. Initiative: Just have each side...

Gotta go with Druid and Wizard. Pretty much the undisputed two best classes in 3e. Cleric and wizard would also be good because of the cleric's tanking ability, but the druid's animal companion will be really useful in a small party. Have to strongly disagree with rogue. The rogue can't take...

Really depends on how you read into "threatened or distracted". In some cases I would argue that if something dangerous happens on a failure, you are being distracted and therefore can't take 10.

You could roll on that table in the 3e DMG. Is there something similar in the 4e DMG? Otherwise, just start flipping through the monster manual, something will come to you.

Guess I'll keep it going. I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City: Great Concept, great execution. One of my all time favorites. Cool concept, exciting encounters, and lots of room to add your own stuff. At the end it even gives you some awesome ideas on how to expand the adventure. Oh and thats all...

I'm not a 4e adopter or fan, but I may have to get this. The original tomb was fantastic, but I was only lukewarm on the 2e Return adventure. Here's hoping the Ari and the rest of the staff nailed it. Truth. Tomb of Horrors is my favorite module, and I've always been looking for something that...