Peer reviews for volume 2 of Open Game Table were completed just over a week ago. We ended up with about 90 nominations that received less than the requisite 2 reviews. The OGTv2 editorial board (Jonathan Jacobs, Berin Kinsman, Ben McFarland, Tony Law, and myself) spent last week trying to narrow that down, and we [...]

This is the 26th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I beefed up the goblins and added some twig blights in the study to make combat even worth it.
Encounter 26: Nature’s Lore
Encounter Level 3 (775 XP)
Overview
The PCs traverse the underpass and find themselves at the end of a long corridor facing two [...]

The taproom of the Friendly Arm Inn bustled with life. The smells of warm food reminded me of how hungry I was. I marched toward the bar counter at the rear of the room, catching snippets of conversation as I passed by patrons seated at the tables. There seemed to be plenty of worry about [...]

This is the 25th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. Now that I have access to more content through DDI, I’m making a greater effort to replace some of the spell scrolls included in the original treasure with official alchemical formulas or rituals that are either exact translations, or produce similar results.
Encounter [...]

The announcement from Wizards of the Coast that they were canceling the PH Heroes line of miniatures, and had a new “vision” for their D&D minis, prompted me to share my strategy were I product manager. In the spirit of full disclosure, however, I have to admit that I’m planning to move from minis to [...]

This is the 24th encounter in my 4E conversion of The Sunless Citadel. I created the bugbear gardener, a 2nd level skirmisher for this encounter. The encounter is a +3 above the maximum level a PC should attain in this module, making it a hard encounter, technically speaking. However, I’ve staggered the enemies into [...]