Been ruminating - I never need my 4e DMG during a 4e game. It has some useful advice, but really nothing I would want to use at-table, in-play. By contrast my 1e DMG has lots of useful stuff, in dissasociated subsystems that seem easy to plug into a 4e game - random encounter tables (a big lack in 4e), random terrain, construction & siege rules, followers, hireling rules, NPC wage costs (which need a bit of editing and conversion to 10 sp= 1 gp, but are a useful starting point), detailed-but-eccentric NPC personality tables, dice based slot machine emulators, rules for getting lost - all kind of weird and wonderful stuff, stuff I might actually use in play. Heck, I might even use the random treasure and magic item tables, they're certainly a lot more fun than doling out treasure parcels! I'd have to keep an eye on the vorpal swords and artifacts, but that shouldn't be too hard.
I was wondering if anyone else does this? Am I crazy?
I was wondering if anyone else does this? Am I crazy?