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I'm definitely in-between. It depends on what I'm inspired by when putting a campaign together. I've ran in the high of Forgotten Realms, and the lows of a homebrew with only martial classes. I've also ran games where magic items can be bought, but on a black market, or where dragons are...

A couple things I have found to be important. Power Cards with Attack/Damage listed on them - This speeds up combat more than just about anything. We had one player holding out on updating his cards; it took him 2-3 times longer to figure out attack and damage per turn. Why are the badguys...

QFT. Yes, it does. I was always more irritated wift losing my insurance benefits if I stopped paying, too. :) All jokey aside, I think it's a valid concern that we'd lose access to stuff. RPG's have never had a real subscription system in the past. You buy the book and it's yours for life...

I work for an EHR (electronic health record) that only functions while the subscription is active. I don't have an issue with that model.

In my current campaign, I made this an "option". Rather than requiring the players to sacrifice themselves, they were fed some cryptic information on the gate that the BBEG had opened. They believed they could defeat said BBEG then close the portal. When the fight started slipping (they...

Not too shabby looking. I can't wait to try it out. For me, the log-out extension is the best new feature, since I often use it while putting my sessions together at work (stupid work interruptions :) ) As far as an iphone app goes, I don't have any gamer friends who own an iphone (I know 3...

All but our barbarian are martial, in my campaign. It's a lot of fun.

Question: In the more recent adventures are the maps new or still just recycled from the DDM maps? I'm always trying to get my hands on any new maps.

The only thing I wish they had out was the Character Portrait Generator. I'd get a lot of mileage out of it. I can't promote it enough. It's the single-best tool I've ever received for RPG use and it only costs me $5/month.

Two things I've found very effective: 1. Sort the sets by type and size (i.e. any wilderness piece below 3x3 gets placed in the same bag). All 3x3 in the same bag, and up. It makes locating pieces much faster for myself. 2. Utilizing poster gum (That pseudo-sticky blue stuff that doesn't...

For me, it's the DDM line. I love the pewter minis, but they're just too expensive and I suck at painting. I've got a pile of pewters that I've either sort of painted or never painted at all.. :( With DDM I sacrifice a little quality for ease of use and extensive variety (though, admittedly...

Sounds pretty good. That should work pretty well for the both of them.

One thing I've found effective is trading values. I.e. If I don't play in competitive DDM, then my 3 orc champions are very, VERY, valuable. One orc champion traded on WotC's site gained me about 20 drow common and uncommons. Same goes for Dragons; how many red dragons does one need? Answer...

Not sure if this is the proper place.. In my current campaign, the heroes will learn of a ritual that binds a deity to a person (and their followers). This is the ritual that created the Yuan-Ti, Galeb Duhr, and Paladins, among others. The ritual will provide immortality and power so long as...

My interest in the Raven Queen is D&D has long given the death portfolio to evil gods (nerull, cyric, and the like) The Raven Queen has a mysterious element to her, along with being an unaligned deity holding power over death. with the increased focus on the shadowfell, it makes sense that...

As I said in the other; Raven Queen is my first choice (which by the poll, she's just about everyone's first choice), followed by Zehir. They're the primary deities in my ongoing campaign, and the Raven Queen is a very interesting new deity. I, personally, cant wait for more of these.

Raven Queen followed closely by Zehir. They're the two main protagonist (antagonist?) deities in my current homebrew campaign. I'd love more to steal (be inspired by) for the game. RQ seems very undefined and definitely one of the cooler introductions to the pantheon.

Ari...I think I want to bear your children. AWESOME article, in my opinion. This is exactly the kind of fluff I want from a deity description. I don't care how many hitpoints he has or what his nifty weapon is called. I want to know how to use him in my campaign, how the players should...

I know I should be irritated, but it's not like I ever used a fan-made character sheet, anyway.

Interesting on the Barbarian. In the article about playtest in December, they suggested the Barbarian would get a change to his AC, so as not to rely on heavier armors. Checking out his AC, he's got a 17 (1 from level, 4 from +1 hide armor, and +1 dex). That adds up to 16. It doesn't appear...