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Further, standard Dark Sun isn't "no magic items"... it's "fewer magic items". The DM guidance is to hand out 2 less magic item treasure packets per level, if you're using static enhancement bonuses. It also recommends that you replace some of those magic item packets with "boons" of an...

I get the point (and it's a fair one - 4e PCs have more HP than previous versions), but an owlbear is probably not a good example. An owlbear is an elite 8th level brute in 4e. Using the Monster Vault stats for a bog-standard owlbear... It uses double attack (at-will power) to hit twice, for...

It's not about atheism or agnosticism. For me, it's how it's portrayed. The CRPG Neverwinter Nights 2, and other Forgotten Realms literature, make it fairly clear that the Wall of Souls is a form of suffering and torment. Certainly, it's impossible (or difficult) to deny the existence of gods...

To offer some detail on this: There are three Axis & Allies randomized collectible miniatures games produced by Hasbro. The core A&A collectibles game (usually called A&A Land to differentiate it from the other two) is possibly nearing the end of release. There have been 10 or so sets released...

4e cosmology is whatever you want it to be... just like 3e and 2e cosmology. Maybe the astral islands are a form of purgatory for those who "almost" believed in their preferred deity, or had some fairly major transgressions. They are given a glimpse of what they might have had, and made to...

True. However, your original post asked how other groups were doing it, and for "DM Ruling" advice. That's how we're doing it in our group - there's a consistent mechanism for all other companion creatures, so why not use it? It makes things very simple. No issues with mount/dismount, clarity...

Generally speaking, the rules for "other creatures" (companions, summons, mounts, etc) is that your PC may use one of his/her actions to give the "other creature" an action. Exceptions are usually specified. So, to go through your examples... 1) The unmounted steed generally doesn't do...

It's not called the Book of Tasteful-and-Politically-Correct Darkness, guys... :p

Mega Pyton vs Gatoroid was a classic! If they can get both Debbie Gibson and Tiffany back for the Book of Vile Darkness movie, then I am sold. Picture this: Tiffany is red-headed Fierna, Lord of Hell's Fourth Plane! Debbie Gibson is Glasya, daughter of Asmodeus! Watch in awe as the terrible...

Tough question. Here's what I voted, and why... Settings I didn't choose: Mystara/Hollow World/Red Steel (all Mystara, really): Sadly, there is nothing that WotC could put out that wouldn't be seen as a disappointment by the Mystara grognards. The Mystara Gazzeteers are hundreds (thousands?)...

What I'd like to see: Rules for vile elixirs (or drugs, if you will). Mechanically, I like potions and elixirs... and there just aren't enough of them. Apart from the 4 "healing" potions in the PH, and the section in Adventurer's Vault, there are few consumable potions in the game. I'd like to...

The current version. Fun, fast and thematic. Random character generation that still guarantees that every character played can be useful and cool. High production values: great art, excellent poster maps, concise and very readable rules. Keeps what is good about 4e D&D (some semblence of...

BECMI: I have both played and DM'ed characters that went from 1-to-36. In fact, from 1-to-Temporal 5 (low ranking deities in the Immortals rules). They were the minority, though. We burned through literally hundreds of characters to see a grand total of 4 PCs reach those levels. 1e/2e: No, but...

I'm currently playing in a fortnightly Nentir Vale game, and am enjoying it. Some of the things that I've particularly liked: The lack of established "lore" for the setting. There isn't 25 years of built-up history (e.g. Forgotten Realms), or a dozen splatbooks (e.g. Eberron). It's really up...

Not bumbed. I have several thousand DDM figures, and my problem is rapidly becoming storage rather than quantity or variety. For those lacking sufficient figures at the moment, there is a huge secondary market (incl. massive quantity and variety of all the basic figures you need). Also...

#75 - First part of Ed Greenwood's iconic take on the Nine Hells (still influencing every description of this plane and its politics even after 20 years), a very good module (Can Seapoint be Saved), and the first installment of the classic Snarfquest comic. Honorable mentions to the following...

From my perspective... MM3 and Monster Vault are two of the best "monster manuals" I've bought for any edition, period. Dark Sun Campaign Setting and Creature Catalogue were fantastic. They had me hooked on a setting in which I had no previous interest. The entire concept of Essentials...

I've been massively impressed with the Gamma World re-release. It's streamlined 4e (somewhere between "classic" D&D and the new Essentials release). For anyone not familiar with some of the mechanical changes from 4e D&D... Character Creation is semi-random. Roll randomly for origins (two)...

Scale, and predictable revenue. Pokemon, Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh cards are sold by the tanker-load. You can do massive runs and be guaranteed of a return (within a certain range; some sets may turn out to be more popular than others). Also, you can spread the fixed cost of the artwork, tools, etc...

DDM hasn't been a very profitable line for some time. The minis have been getting more and more expensive as production costs go up, people demand better quality (and for anyone who claims that quality has gone down - go look at the 1st Harbinger set, and then compare to the most recent set)...