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"Gundren's horses," Vottr mutters to Eddicus quietly and then moves in the direction of the saddlebags, keeping a wary on the the suspicious area previously noted. By Moradin's Forge, I'll grind the bones o' any fool what's harmed me uncle, he swears to himself.

Me too.

I've used his generators for every edition, including Pathfinder. Saves a lot of time.

The more they use their powers, the more their sorcerous bloodline manifests and the better they get at tapping into the magical energies of the universe ("the Weave" if you're in Forgotten Realms"). Ongoing use of magic just kindles their power to keep growing. They are doing by instinct what...

I just found a great deal on a near mint copy of the original gray boxed set on Ebay and I think I'm going back to that in terms of general geography and flavor. The only thing I may keep is the destruction of Mulhorand and Unther to explain the presence of dragonborn on Faerun. Maztica is...

True story.

I don't think veteran gamers need a setting book, but it would be nice. Even in the context of an Adventure Path, having some concept of the larger setting helps with ideas about roleplaying. How does each race and class fit into the setting? Any recent or major historical events that...

Vottr rests his maul back over one shoulder and slowly draws a handaxe from his belt with he free hand. "Death Horses...? Do ya mean dead horses?" He says loudly. "Maybe they're fresh enough to butcher up with me axe here. You ever et horse meat before? Pretty tasty. Just what is a...

"Aye." Vottr says grimly, squares his shoulders, gets a good two-handed grip on his weapon, and starts to move up. He takes a step then pauses and says "Be a good lot and keep me covered," before proceeding. Wisdom (Perception) (1d20+3=20)

You could station a small garrison of Mintran soldiers in town that the character might run into. Or have one camped along the road somewhere. Use it as an opportunity to get some minor help or a safe place to rest and recover.

One could also argue that a fantasy adventure slapped with the D&D logo and scripted with D&D lingo isn't enough to get people gaming because it portrays the characters but not the players. When you just see the characters you may not be having any different an experience than watching Lord of...

Vottr: "Guess I'll take point again. Let's go."

Hasbro's efforts at turning its other properties into movies leaves me doubtful we'll get anything better than we saw with the last effort at a feature D&D movie. The G.I. Joe films were horrendous. The Transformer films, while better, were still essentially special effects bonanzas with...

I often feel like I am DMing for monkeys. :-) This also begs the question: If you gave a million monkeys a million copies of the Core Rules, given enough time would one eventually produce the Tomb of Horrors?

Sounds like a Pact of the Great Old One warlock. Visually, those could be dragon scales and the red backdrop suggests fire so he could be a Draconic bloodline sorcerer. Build him using the PC rules or use one of the spell-casting NPCs and reflavor.

Most of the mental skills can be considered "always on" and treated as passive checks if the DM needs to determine if you naturally notice or recognize something. Passive perception to notice someone hiding in the corner, passive arcana to recognize out of the corner of your eye that the...

I saw the stater set on the shelf in the boardgames section at Target this weekend. But until Walmart will carry it, the big box route only has traction in urban/suburban areas. Smaller towns don't get Targets, just Wally World.

I think an free pdf that is Dungeon Master 101 is a good idea, as is a tutorial adventure with side adds that helps both new players and DMs learn the basics. I am GMing my group for Star Wars: EotE and the starter set adventure was just that. It gave a series of encounters, staring with a...

What kind of format were you thinking of? Play by post, email, virtual table? EDIT: Sorry - misread your post. It looks like your looking to join a game, not run one.

The halfling cleric I detailed above was the result of randomly rolling stats, race, background, personality traits, ideal, bond, flaw, and a trinket from the table at the end of the equipment chapter and then creating a narrative that fit them all together. Here's a sampling of some less...