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I think it's one of the best DMG's I've read; full of great ideas I haven't used before, new options and mechanics.... ...It will receive HEAVY use from me.

I'm betting they'll have an Adventure Tools feature that will allow you to custom create all the house-rules stuff, then export/import the xml file into the Character Builder. That way, the CB stays for character creation, and the Adventure Tools allows for customization. You read it here...

Completely open. The players know when we're "in" character and when not. They seamlessly move through both; something I think creates a flowing narrative. I wouldn't be very happy playing in a game where I couldn't provide advice to the fighter on where his mark should go, or that if the...

I haven't seen any on the three computers I have it installed on (Vista, Xp home, and XP pro machines)

I'm a huge Jones Soda fan, anyway, so this is like doubling up on teh cool.

Sweet! Ordered.

Red -> Bloodied White -> Slowed or weakened Light Gray -> Mark (specifically fighter, monster, bard, etc..) Light Green -> Ongoing poison/acid Orange -> Ongoing fire Dark Blue -> Negative effects to Defenses or Attacks Sky Blue -> Ongoing cold/vulnerability cold Light Brown -> Dazed Dark brown...

Oooh! He'd make a great Goliath! yoinked! I'm cool with repaints, personally. The only thing I want more of is Dragonborn. I actually have every dragonborn mini released, along with the draconians and half dragons, yet it's still a very, very small baggie in the box. Otherwise, I'm...

Weird. I haven't seen any issues with the builder, so far. Might take a second look.

For me, the conversation between master & apprentice in the first frame is the best of the whole comic. That is one fine component joke, and something a dastardly DM would pull.

I read through it at the behest of one of my friends and wasn't really impressed. He really wanted to adopt the aspect system into play for our 4e games, rather than using the action point setup. After two attempts at using it, I can safely say, I'm not a fan. For one, I feel the aspects end...

Hardcovers. I have no use for giant overland maps that only hang on walls and never get any actual use, and all the extra stuff only gets lost.

Art & Maps Gallery Here. It's an alphabetical list, so you have to find the book, then match the correct date (i.e., there's more than one MM2 in the list)

I'm with many of the above posters. I use the DDI for planning and preparation, but at the table, the books are my resource. I don't even turn on my laptop during games. It's just as easy to have certain books handy. My group currently all subscribes to DDi, and everyone has their own PHb...

I'll give you a great example. Call up your grandmother*. Now, spend the next hour trying to describe and explain how to setup VOIP.. Walk her through everything until it works. If your head back, mind, stress, tired, and calm doesn't hurt by the time you're done, well...you're awesome. I've...

Thank you, Mr. Myth. You summed up my thoughts clearer than I could. I, for one, love these and can't wait to put them to use. I see them as the opposite of skill challenges. Rituals/practices are used by players to do X with planning. Skill challenges are when players want to do X on the...

check out Gabe's falling encounter from Penny Arcade - Rightsizing epic. I had a purple-worm attack a castle during a queen's coronation, the resulting shockwaves from it erupting from the ground damaged the pillars holding the room together. The party could both fight the worm, or try and...

I don't, I have a .pdf that I found of generic cards. I just type the information onto the card and print it off for the player. We keep those cards for future use, so there's a nice stack of rituals in one binder, along with another nice stack of consumables in another.

I agree with the above, hand out ritual cards. Put all the relevant information on them, making it easier to look up. Also, think episodic TV. They always point out the obvious tool early in the episode and use it later on. Do the same. Give out a ritual at the end of this week's adventure...

Reaper has a slew of modern/sci-fi inspired pewter minis... Some of them would work great; they have both western and pulp adventure types that, with the right paint job, would be awesome. I'd mix in some star wars minis, as well. There's a lot of good ones that aren't "iconic".