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I think that your reply has helped me to see that perhaps I was /am being too rigid in trying to sort out and apply the rules. I really agree with what you just said and I think I will go ahead and use the older Magic Missile. This has just been a great deal for me to absorb after having been...

That would be my thread and I have had a very similar experience to yours. The final encounter of the Ghost Tower downloadable was very tough and I did fudge some rolls to help my son. Very tough indeed!

I suspected as much. This is part of what I was trying figure out and ask about. From what you are saying and the way it looks to me, 4E core and Essentials are not cross compatible. I'm I wrong about that?

I will download and check it out!

Thank you very much! That has helped very much to clarify it for me. I thought that was where the number came from but was not 100% sure. Thank you again to all of you for such thoughtful and helpful replies. I would tend to agree that making the characters by "hand" really does help cement...

Well I went out and bought the DM Kit, the Monster Vault, Hero's Of The Forgotten Kingdoms, and the Dungeon Masters Guide I. The Essentials stuff is nicely done though I must say that I still prefer hardback books. So I sat down with my son on Wednesday evening and proceeded to create some new...

What an excellent post! I really appreciate how much thought must have went into it and the amount of inofrmation you provided! I belong to not a few forums on several dispitrate subjects on the web. This one has so far been one of my most pleasent & useful ones to vist. Thank you all again!

No doubt a very compelling reason to use the online versions. I thought that the Essentials books were taking care of most of the changes an errata?

Nifft, That is an interesting take on it. I have no problem with technology ... I actually work in IT. But, I am also quite "old school" in that I really like my hardcopy. I can see me using the online tools but I can also see me having some version of the books. Also, since I live in a fairly...

jbear ... Thank you very much! That is very kind of you. My thanks to all of you for all the great information!

Ok, that pretty much makes sense. Your players can map on paper and then encounters are set up on tiles or maps. I can see how that works.

Once again, thank you all for so much advice! I am rather Old School! I would not mind to use the CB but I would be fine using pen & paper too. Sounds like I will be going with the Essentials line. Though I used to love the nice hardback books. I have another different question that I was just...

That sounds like it would have been a nightmare!

Sounds like everyone is pretty much in favor of going with Essentials first. I was wondering about the Dungeon Master's Kit ... whether to get it or get the core DM books with everything else being from Essentials.

Well, I know how we both are and I am sure we both would end up complaining about the lack of options. So perhaps we do acquire both the core books and Essentials. Perhaps Essentials first followed shortly by the core. I will say that so much has changed in 20 years! I mean 3 PHBs?

Thank you all for such thoughtful replies. My son is 12 almost 13 and he seems to be grasping it all fairly well. So, if I just go with the Essentials, we wouldn't be missing anything? I had also considered that it might be best to grab them both ...

Hello to all. Just a simple question. I started playing D&D in 1978. I am just now returning to it after a 20 year absence. My youngest son expressed interest so I became interested again. I have spent some time reading and researching so I feel like I have some idea of what is what. I grabbed...