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I'm no expert on World of Warcraft, I played the game for two or three month because of my love for the setting and the strategy games, but it did not grab me. I noticed a lot of positive reactions to the cataclysm expansion on both video game sites and RPG blogs though. It seems to me, that...

I love DMing in the Forgotten Realms but my campaigns, independent of game system are usually based on an idea, a theme from elsewhere. Either another system or another game world or something else. This something needs to be 'deep' enough for me to plunder it for ideas for month, otherwise I...

What are the most inspiring rpg books you read in recent years? The ones that made you run or want to run a D&D campaign? Most of my inspiration comes from D&D books, not all though. 3 years ago, I got my hands on Against the Giants. It inspired a whole campaign. No conversion, rather a...

Title says it. How do you determine items available in a shop? Do you have a list for each shop? Do you roll a dice for each item after the players asked for it? Is everything available the players might want to buy? Or are a couple of sources 'common' and available while everything else is...

I like to use classic traps in my adventures. Things like pits, arrow traps etc. but so far they never seemed to really fit into the game. Do you now any examples of cool 4e encounters using these kinds of traps? (I have the HPE Series and an insider sub, anywhere in there would be great as an...

I currently got some time as a player (yeah, first time since 4e release) and while I love it, I want to start designing a dungeon. Or rather, filling one with monsters. Are there any great dungeon maps I could use? I would love to be able to print the whole thing out and just use it as map...

I recently had another look at the Worlds&Monsters preview book for 4e, which I really like, and began to wonder. While I thought the points of light setting seems perfect while playing 3e it does not really fit my experience with 4e. Random encounters do not seem to have much of an impact, as...

I recently sat back and analysed the campaigns I ran during the last couple of years with my current gaming group. I noticed, that I do not use Dragons much. They are sometimes used as semi random encounters or helpers, but never as the true masterminds or threats. I guess that is, because I...

Fatigue Effects Fatigue Effects are similar to diseases. They can be used as negative effects to help simulate travel and exploration wear on the group. The group acquires fatigue effects as a result of failed skill challenges and individuals can suffer them after certain conditions in combat...

Combat in our group tends to go into a drag after a couple of rounds, especially once the group composition shifted to a more defensive approach (more leader/controller, defender seem to dish out quite some damage) More often than not, I simply declare the fight to be over. I do that after it...

Has anyone created pre 4e Style Elementals (you know, small to huge Fire, Earth, Water etc.) elementals? DMing Revenge of the Giants enhanced by Monuments of the Ancients quickly made me loath the new mixed elements + 2 buzzwords creatures, as I ran out of way to describe them without sounding...

I have been very reluctant to buy any third party stuff for 4e. I was waiting for new Necromancer Games stuff, as their modules and the Tome of Horrors actually added more to my 3e DMing than any of Wizards books. I like the "old school" style, though I have no nostalgic memories about it. To...

I'm currently researching houserules to add to our 4e gaming. after having played this game for 1.5 years without changing much, I think there are several things I would like to change. In 3e we had an exciting rule for the acquisition of action points. Spending money on other things than...

What are your favourite 1st level adventures? (Or higher level, I am looking for a nice campaign starter...) I have done the Village of Hommlet formula to death and am looking for some inspiration :)

I am seriously considering the 4e Update of WotBS as my next campaign. I usually run rather "old school inspired" games, but it is getting old. I even lost my excitement for Revenge of the Giants. So... have you used the Burning Sky Saga or parts of it? Is it worth it? Well, I guess 50$ is not...

My current Heroic Tier campaign is about to end. Only 2 of the 5 characters of will stay in the group, the other 3 players have decided to make new PCs. I plan to run Trollhaunt Warren, The Demon Queens Enclave and Revenge of the Giants plus extras (I plan to shorten the dungeons) We play in...

I love DMing 4e, but there is two things getting in my way because they tend to suck up time I would rather spend otherwise. XP, because they tend to force a certain speed of advancement. No problem not using them, though. And treasure. Getting 4 useful items to my players each level feels...

Until recently, I did not really care about Graz'zt. After the release of his 4e stats I started reading some lore about him (The Dragon 360 article and BoVD stuff), and he started to grow on me. I like the (4e) idea of him being an ex-archdevil, as i think he would have some of the devils of...

Titel says it. I think an "Adventure" prefix would be nice for threats about creating and converting adventures.

My heroic tier campaign is up and running well. I planned it to finish with the PCs hitting 11th level, and it looks like we might get there by the end of the year. I offered my players to change characters after that point is reached, some of them will take that opportunity, others will not...