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My wife called it perfectly. During the Lois/Tess fight she said "this is going to be a better fight than Clark/Doomsday." And it wasn't even close. They've teased us on the fight for six or eight episodes and what was it? Three punches by Doomsday, then a flying tackle, big explosion, and a...

Pretty simply, putting any expectation on the players causes great DM FAIL. If I plan an encounter where I introduce a recurring character, they are guaranteed to kill him regardless of his advanced levels, contingency spells, or quickened teleports. Once they even captured one of the few...

Quick answer: Tome of Horrors (I, II, and III) Ultimate Toolbox I'm not sure I have a book five yet.

Good to hear. If I have any complaint it is that it is difficult to keep up on the changes they've made without monitoring the boards daily. It would have been nice for them to have a single page that they maintain just for changes so they are easy to find and insert. But, that is a very minor...

We don't know the final revisions, but there are all sorts of additions to the base rules and I'm sure a few tweaks to the feats and spells. After all, that was their goal, otherwise they would have no reason to do a whole book. I love the additions to the classes so far. I'm not sure about...

Best Line Ever? Casey: "What the Chuck?" Yeah, I dug the finale, although they have some work to do in the offseason teaching Zach L. some actual kung fu if they are going to try to make this work in Season 3 (if it happens). The fight scene was almost laughable with ZL being pretty awkward. I...

How are people using this book? As a game-prep aid or during the gaming sessions? I've used it for both so far, but had greater success using it as a game-prep resource, giving me additional ideas, flavor and subplots to throw in. I've also tried to use it in game for some survival food...

I more often have: Player: <rolls> "Yeah, I hit." Me: "It's the first attack of combat...how do you know?" Player: "Well, it's...<does math...more math> a 27. That had to hit." They sometimes don't want to do the math. We have one guy who is infamous for saying, "It's...alot. Really high."...

From what I've heard, they are working on 20 new episodes for next year, so it isn't canceled. As far as this episode goes... ...ok, they killed Nathan. Well done. That is the continuation of the pairing down of the cast that they needed. We need a new villain, though. I like Sylar, but he...

Yeah, ok, not the best sandwich place in the world, but buying a footlong tonight may help get Chuck renewed for a 3rd season. So, what do you say? Have a subway so we can continue to see hot a Austrailian woman find excuses to wear too tight clothes and fight with every female guest star, ok...

A friend and I got into a conversation about the point of a monster/npc and how we build it. He build npcs like he would a pc...as tough as possible. Notably max out the AC so they are impossible to hit, use Dex over Con, for instance. Better to not be hit than to have extra hit points. I...

Yes, he had serious pacing issues and I also agree that he made too much up as he went along, which caused some problems. The worst part for me was the endless focus on men vs women. His battle of the sexes almost takes over the books at times. Plus, like Lost, the main characters never talk...

I'm a bit disappointed that the healing spell worked on V. I expected her/him to scream in pain. :) Good strip. Belkar + Durkon + Elan never disappoints.

Dead honest. I had thought these 20-30 somethings were way too jaded and cynical to be hit that hard, but it worked. It's great to hear how it came together. I often plan my own adventures* the same way...with a single cool moment extrapolated out into a full adventure. *I've only run two...

Another vote for The Last Breath of Ashenport. I ran it as 3.5, not 4e, but it has only minimal dungeon crawl and a truly creepy feel. The last moments in that adventure was the one and only time I can remember my group being totally stunned silent. 30 seconds of no sound, finally broken by...

Pacing, to a large extent, will decide the quality of a session. If it drags on and on while one player is trying to figure out what spells to memorize in a day, the others will get bored. If they are taking too long in planning their attack, or arguing over some pointless fact*, force the...

I've only made it about 15 minutes in, but I'm shocked that it isn't half bad. Reasonable acting, no major scene chewing...so far better than most of the SciFi movies and better than either D&D movie. And elves with fangs? That gets a big "yes" from me.

That line should be on every advertisement for the book.

One of my players has an ego, which translates to all of his characters. Well, one day while passing through a village, a homeless boy starts to follow him and imitate his ways. The character takes a shine to this and adopts the boy, teaching him fighting styles, enrolling him in a school...

Well, the United States Postal Service is still holding my copy hostage, but I hope they get it to me in the next few days. I'd like to have it for my Friday night game. It is a terrible feeling being at the mercy of the Federal Government.