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First, for the objectives - I try to keep this very fluid, i.e. my timeline cannot be static. Thus, when the PC's take on a new quest, or after a severe beating, I need to re-do objectives. If the Big-bad lost his dragon cohort in a battle with the PC's, maybe his objective changes to...

I'll throw my hat into the ring on this. Here are the 5 things I must do for each session. 1. Determine location - There are two things I need for the game to feel awesome; one is location. I figure out what the overall scene will be like (weather, terrain, location, etc...). Sometimes this...

Last night's encounter was awesome. I had fewer players this week due to some flu in the area, but the fight was still quite epic. It started out simply enough, with the sorcerer attempting to speak with the imp. The dragonborn, however, has a hatred for devil-kin and struck out at it right...

I'll chime in on my thoughts on D&D encounters thus far: I'm running one table at our FLGS and a player in my group runs the other. I have had a 90% turnout at my table all 3 weeks, where he's had about a 60% (since Wednesday a number couldn't make it, but said they'd show up next week). As...

I've used them a number of times since receiving the DMGII. I really like the idea, and the implementation works great. If you use the Monster Builder, it's easy to build a simple statblock for them, which I use to print off and give to the player who is most connected to the companion...

What an outrage!! Goliaths are so much better than Genasi. Hell, the name's even better. I demand a recount!

Yeah, while useful for many, I just make stuff up. I have never had a player ask for information on how to build a ship, castle, etc... in any game I've run in my 11 years of gaming, so I'd probably not get much use out of this sort of book. I'd probably read it, though.. I'm a sucker for minutae.

By the time our game started, no more updates came out. The party never fell near the stinky water. __ The map was about 10 squares wide and 20 squares long, roughly. It was put together using images of dungeon-tiles, making it easy to build your own rather quickly. Like I said above, we...

No, they provide a number of pregens, but anyone can make a 1st level character. You even get bonus points if you use the Character builder.

I ran a game at our FLGS. Mostly new players and everyone had a blast. My wife even played her FIRST EVER game of D&D (or any RPG, for that matter) and, in a shock to herself, really enjoyed it. Most of my party ended up being ranged (archer, wizard, sorcerer, cleric,) with two melee...

You can already get that...but it will cost you much more than 35.00. I have all but the original and the fiery one, so I probably don't need this. Though I might just go in with another guy in my group and split them.

I am DM; I carry my EeePC netbook and my DM trays (some snap together craft bins I got at Target), one has the player's characters, dm screen, pens, and alea tools markers in it. The next has each encounter's minis separately bagged in sandwich bags. The last has the maps and dungeon tiles I...

Currently, we're gaming at a long-time friend of mine's house. He has another group that he runs games for and, as such, has a very nice gaming space with a large table and plenty of room. Prior to that, we were gaming at my place or another player's. Both times played on the rather large...

Same as the above guys; I've been running games for years, and I keep a copy by my bed to just read and ponder over ideas. It gets more dedicated time than any other D&D book I own. I've used many ideas from it and keep going back to mine for more.

Color me fuschia with excitement! I've been wanting to play a warlock for an upcoming character, and all of this looks great! I'm all smiles.

[Cleveland voice] That's just naaasty.[/Cleveland voice] And awesome.

You should check out the 3.5 Kenzer book Gnomes&Kobolds. It talks a great deal on them, including them being hermaphrodites. Written by Wiggy Wade Williams, it's one of their better books.

My current campaign is full of this. Outside some magical beasts, there are few traditional monsters in my world. If they do exist, they're repurposed in some way. Yuan-ti: My first on the list, and the most important in my world. Long ago, the snake-worshipping Beysibians (humans...

As a side note, the D&D4e combat tracker tool can import both Character files and monster files (From CB and MT, respectively), allowing you to track initiative, damage, healing, effects, and power usage (including auto-rolling recharge effects for monsters). It also calculates xp for you, along...

I, too, am a fan of race-refluff. In my world, I've refluffed all of them. Elves are no-longer pointy-eared long-lived tree people. They are a race of gypsie humans who have an unnatural affinity for nature. Few trust them as it is believed they ally with the fey spirits. Dwarves are the...