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Calimshan is also home to slavery/gladatorial combats.

(points politely to Elves of Evermeet, Elven High Magic, and Elven Ceremonial casting) At least for the FR...

Oh, how great a day it is indeed, when I pull up the forums and see a SHARK post at the top. Well met, again, my good man. Excellent analysis, as always. Extending that analysis into the fantasy worlds we game in, in the Forgotten Realms, which my campaigns have called home for the last 20...

Primary points of border conflict in the realms: Moonsea (zhents) v. Dalelands Hordelands (mongols) v. Rasehemen Thay (Red Wizards) v. Aglarond/Rashemen Unther (Dragon Queen) v. Chessenta/Mulhorond Vassa (Witch King) v. Damara Tethyr (Civil War) v. Tethyr Menzoberranzan (Drow) v. Silver Marches...

The Storm King Cloud Giant Sorcerer, a forgtten age, a giant king, the last of his line. He is grizzled, old, frail and bearded. His near ghostly image will haunt the proceedings. His entourage will include a variety of other giants of different types, as well as the most legendary and mighty...

(Raises Hand) :uhoh: I ran a D&D campaign, which turned into an epic campaign up until the wheels completely fell off, which was about 30 - 31 level.

A good set of rules would need to deal with the following issues: 1) Managing the versimilitude of most D&D campaigns 2) Providing new things to work for that would be desired 3) Building a balanced character development system They do a fair job of issue 1, and a fair job with issue 2, and...

I have flirted with this a couple of times and there are parts of it that I love, and part that drive me crazy. I love that some abilties and powers simply don't match up when converted to Hero, which actually helped the game in my opinion. An example I remember off the top of my head was...

That could work. It's for a high level module I'm developing set very deep below the earth. I started with burrowing, but upon reflection I'd love to have earthglide.

Very nice. Any other thoughts. Earthglide through non-magical means would be preferable.

Are there any dragons with earthglide out there? WotC source preferable...

Any news from anyone that attended the GAMA trade show? It was thought there would be some big announcements this year. Anyone hear about how the "competitor" trade show went?

Absolutely! Welcome to the club. I like to call it the "come on 4th edition, isn't it about time?" club! Here's what I've done, and it works great: 1) All buffs - do not stack, become a bonus to Attack, Damage, AC, Fort, Ref, Will, +HP/LVL The bonus is equal to the spell level from 1st to 4th...

This part of the interview struck a chord with me as a manager. It seems pretty clear that WOTC knew this was coming, and they knew it would suck (meaning the community reaction). So I'm picturing planning meeting after planning meeting where someone like Scott says, "You know, someone's got...

Assuming the basic facts you've listed, I would predict: MORE free online content - marketing costs reduced, expenses cut, enhance gameplay for players with new tools, enhance gameplay with better DM'ing tools PDF's won't be the primary tool for distribution. For this to work, they need people...

What do you mean by Alpha Strike MerricB? My limited exposure to psionics in my last campaign was a really excellent one. They employed an excellent "magic-like" system, without all the broken "sacred cows" and the "overchannelling" and spell point dumps I thought add a very cool variation...

Vancian Magic System - perhaps the ultimate sacred cow Dungeons and Dragons was written to be a game for characters to play from level 1 to approximately level 13. It has grown to be from level 1 - 20, but really starts to fundamentally break down after 12th level. The issue in part, is due...

Ryan, Thanks as always for the insights and the quick response. Always interesting. I liked your "chess" analogy. Mark draws some similiar conclusions here: http://www.creativemountaingames.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6

Quote: I think that there’s a transition looming for tabletop RPGs, where computers become hybridized with the pen & paper environment. I’ve believed that for a long, long time. D&D in particular is a tabletop game that stretches the envelope of what most people can cope with in terms of...

Morrus, As always, many thanks to you. This whole thing kind of reminds me when TSR went belly up, except there's a HUGE community and we have each other this time. Questions: 1. Dungeons and Dragons is a brand. A brand is a brand because it holds value. Dragon's recent circulation has...