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Excellent! Thanks. I'll be trying this out this week.

Newbie, your review video was most helpful, thanks. (SIDETOPIC): *LOVED* your short, DM-help mini cast. Incredibly helpful and looking for many more, ASAP!

Starship Troopers Floorplans -- I never see anyone mention these. I got these after hearing them recommended by the icosahedraphelia podcast. They're really, really useful and only cost about $7 for a set of eight landscape battle maps - snow, water, dirt, swamp, woods, etc. Has anyone else...

Brilliant! I'd love to see this in action. Only slightly related: after all my classes have built a few levels, I'm going to have a Sat extravaganza where I'll attempt building a 3D arena and put them all in there together, along with various teams of monsters, and either do a free-for-all or...

I'm pretty glad I went 4e with my first group that included my son. I want to give him the full, newest experience and hope that will provide even more gaming opportunities for him in the future. Generally, I like it a lot. After starting this thread, however, I'm postponing starting my three...

This Dragonkin podcast has six episodes, and I listened to them all yesterday - quick, easy listen. I actually enjoyed some of his other podcasts more (best was the first episode) that included interviews with kids about their gaming experiences. This podcast interview with the teacher wasn't...

Thanks for this. I've downloaded all 8 podcasts they have and will give it a listen and will let you know my thoughts on this thread (might take a week or so). I actually almost went with Savage Worlds off of recommendations here when I started DM'ing my first group. However, I have so many...

I'm not working it into my curriculum, per se. Rather, it's a free-for-all ESL opportunity. You can teach English and a student can study, but they learn through using. The best way to have a student use English is to have them talk/listen regarding something they care about. In this way...

I've heard people mention from time to time the possibility of using D&D in the classroom but haven't heard about any direct experience. Has anyone done this? How did it go? I mention this because I am using D&D in four different ESL (English as a Second Language) classes of 1-3 students...

um... OK, this pic does look a lot cooler and more useful. I do think the stairs are nice, for sure. For me, I prefer all or none. I think it would be hard to use 3D in most/all of the features, and so I prefer none. The individual pieces here look alright, but I think the total uses, at...

hmmm... count me as unimpressed. I'll stick to the 2D tiles.

I don't have DDI so the article is blocked... and I'm not asking for a complete rundown, but do you have more examples? I like the concept a lot. So far I've given out about 10 magic items in my campaign, and all but two of them have been created by me to give them more wonder (I've tried not...

That's very true and I've also wondered why this is. The Newbie DM is going to do about a 30 minute podcast along with The Chatty DM and another blogger from Critical Hit - 10 minute segments each. Good idea. The Newbie DM will also add his short additional podcasts as well. I, too, would...

Great concept - I'll give it a try listen.

I highly recommend a few: icosahedraphelia - 4e live play with great stroy/DM The Tome Show - sounds dry at first, but the information is first rated - usually 4e Fear the Boot - informative, often funny, probably the most popular RPG podcast on the net and deserving.

What is the stated reason for the ransom? Who is being held? What is the stated reason the gov would be willing to pay the ransom? If the PC's can detect the magic, the BBE would be able to do so as well, I would think. Regardless, maybe not an explosion, but rather a magic *something* --...

A "20" means that they are missed -- a defensive save. A "1" means that they've been crit hit. I'll give the attackers the standard +11, plus their attack/advantage bonuses. They PC's will have to roll defensively to see if they can top that attack score. So rolling a "20" would be a crit...

Not sure if you were referencing my last post or the OP, but I'll bite regardless: First of all, we didn't quite get to the rooftop crossbow assassin ambush on the PC's last night. That'll happen tonight. I'll post back with PC feedback. Roll a "1", and not only is the PC hit, and I'll...

Can't help you here, sorry, but love what you are doing! It is needed.

I think I'll use a version of this -- not normally, but on occasion when defense is the key. For example, when they are being attacked with rain of arrows, or perhaps they are surrounded by a horde of minions, or they trigger a trap room of arrows, or a huge tentacle monster attacks, etc. On...