Recent content by CTD

The generic gamer is married??? :D

Dude, what's wrong with your brother? :D

Nice cards. I used 3x5 cards with names and initiative numbers religiously, until I discovered DM's Familiar. It's a program for Windows and requires a computer, so it's not for everyone, but it easily replaced my dependance on the cards, and gave me access to a lot of information and tools...

DM's are in short order. Quality DM's are even more reclusive. Players are much more abundant. Which puts the power in the hands of the DM's. DM a game that you like. The players will come around, and if they don't, you won't have wasted your time on a campaign that you hate (which ruins the...

Advice from the married man who has children: Hem and haw a bit. Go back and forth on your name or her name. Then "give in" and let her choice win. Both are good names, incidentally, so it's not a losing situation. Then call dibs on naming the second child (should it ever come) since she got...

Metro transit is your friend. Honestly. I'm leaving the area so I'm no good to you now, but I have had people take the train out of the city to make a regular game. We just picked them up at the local station. Relatively short ride, and you get to the games outside of Chicago...

By the definitions set out in the core books (and there are just three of them) alignments are not some philosophical discourse, they are tangible and have direct effects and meaning in everyday life. Which is precisely why you can detect them. Or build swoards that harm people of specific...

I'm not a hater, but I don't buy Dragon anymore either. I haven't since shortly after the release of 3E. It just didn't offer me anything. Not that it went bad, but my needs were not being met. Instead of a point by point listing of things (much of what is said above) I'll try to sum it up into...

Was it really necessary to scold after I'd noted the mistake and admitted it?

Unknown Player is reporting that Dave has passed. :( [EDIT] DOH1 Reading comprehension issue. I normally don't gaffe like that. Ah well. UP is making a tribute to him, because he can, not because Dave is gone. Thank goodness it was merely the sand still in my eyes this morning... The Article...

Cannon, official, and even core get abused a lot as descriptors. I've always held that the "core" product is the main three rulebooks that you (supposedly) can't live without. DMG, PHB, and MM. Anything beyond those three is extra flavor to sprinkle into a game, no matter who publishes it. I...

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It's good to see lots of info backing me up. :P Olgar, that was a nice look at the other side of recruiting. I learned a phrase in Army Basic Training: "Don't thank me, thank your recruiter!" The Drills would say that anytime someone thanked them for something. Pretty funny. The power in a...

Stop. Immediately. Consider the following: Do not trust your recruiter, or assume they will do anything in your best interest. They will tell you all kinds of things, but they have no ability to actually grant you anything. When you are good to go, you will be sent to a processing center, one...

Cleric. No questions about it. Imagine having the power to heal people and/or bring them back from the dead... if I could take one thing from D&D and make it real, I'd go for that. Being a wizard would be much cooler, but the real world impact of a fireball would be insignificant compared to...