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The game I'm currently running. It was ended by a horrid TPK over a year ago. We started up another game and forgot about it. About six months ago, we were thinking about what to play next, when it was suggested we come back to the Rankan campaign. I set the timeline 30 years into the future...

The seattle area is full of Uncles Game stores in their malls. I frequent the one in the South Center Mall. I know they're also in Crossroads, the one in Auburn IIRC, and there's another one, but I'm not familiar with where we were (was visiting my sister).

No one at my table uses a pregen. They're only used when someone shows up and decides they want to play, but haven't put anything together.

I couldn't really say whether or not they're "harder or easier" to play. The combats never seemed that challenging, but I have killed 2 people and had 1 tpk in the last 7 weeks. Some encounters are over fairly quickly and others seem to kick the utter crap out of the players. Give it a try...

A breakdown of my group: Player 1: Friend for over twenty years, began playing D&D together, have been in eachother's weedings (was directly responsible for him meeting his now wife, as she was friends with my wife) Player 2: Friend for over twenty years, began playing D&D together. We fell...

I've DM'd every week thus far and I can say that, while tough, when you've got 4-5 players (and covering each of the roles, save for controller) the party should be able to survive most of them. I've only had one TPK, against the . There were only four players and they were missing their...

Since he said he's not leaving 3.5, I'll bet it's the dragonwrought kobold (war of the Dragon Queen minis has one.) Think it came out of the Races of Dragon book, IIRC.

For Rohm, my exiled paladin-turned-fighter, Nathan Fillion. For Nym, my half-drow/half-high elf rogue - It'd be easy to say Luke Goss. His portrayals of Nomak and Nuada fit the dark, messed up character. And for Quinn, my human rogue, Probably Mark Wahlburg. Broody, quick to anger, and not...

I bought an 11 inch netbook to put behind my DM screen for running encounters. Using the 4eD&DCM tracker, I can handle much more complex encounters than I previously could. Also, thanks to the Adventure tools and Character builder, I have access to everyone's characters and all the monsters...

Vidar, level 1 Human, Ranger Build: Archer Ranger Fighting Style: Archer Fighting Style Ranger: Prime Shot Background: Followed a Cult (+2 to Stealth) Was raised by a family in service to a vampire cabal. Vidar was trained to infiltrate and lure children out of towns to keep the public...

I would advise using the alternative "inherent" bonus system. Players get bonuses to attack, damage, AC, and defenses throughout the game at specific levels. As such, you don't need magic items. Then, when players reach the +bonus equal to the requirement of a special quality armor, they can...

While I don't disagree, Olaf, I want to do this. Without a group of players, I'm not a DM. I appreciate that these guys make time out of their week to show up, bring food and dice, and get online to post/blog about the session in recap. It's my way of saying thank you to these guys. In my...

Heh, Beer is used to celebrate pretty much everything. With the fine selection of microbrews available in the Yakima Valley, (We've got a number of brewerys and a couple specialty shops devoted to beers) we drink a lot :) As to the number; it's not a lot in the grand scheme of D&D, but a bit...

Yeah! That would be cool! I have a perfect emblem to use!

Also, Kenzerco put out three mini-series of D&D comics based in Greyhawk. I'm interested in these, so long as they're not just graphic novels of their novel line (that's not a bad thing, but if I've already read the book, why read a picturey version?) I wouldn't be opposed to mini-series...

Yeah, I've been running it since the beginning. We took about a six month hiatus after a nasty TPK, then picked back up with the children of many of the characters after a 30 year time progression. I think they should thank me, too... :D

I am nine sessions away from our 50th session in my current campaign. Most of the players have been in this game since session 1, and a few have been present at every session. I feel that some sort of token of appreciation should be offered up as both a congratulations and thank you to the...

Well, what do you have to eat to come up with a post like that?

To expand on Weem's point-of-view response, I like to goad. Avenger: Man, I'm low on HP, but if I AP I could charge the big-guy and maybe take him down. Cleric: But you'll take an OA from the drow in front of you. Just wait for healing. DM: WAIT?!?! You are a servant of Bahamut; his mighty...

Very good advice, Weem. I very much agree. I've played in games where the DM had a great story, and awesome encounters, but wasn't really selling the awesome. As such, while fun, it wasn't memorable. I try to instill the same excitement I have when planning and prepping to the table while...