Recent content by Numlock

Dice. I'm using 2 d4's and 1 d8 as magic power crystals. The PC's can use them once a day for a power surge (for any d20 roll, add the 'magic' die, once a day). This gives a very nice link between the story and the mechanics.

You could also throw in some 'Hangover'. When he gets to a certain point in the story, you hand him a pre-printed piece of paper with a memory on it. This does mean he'll be chasing his own movements of the day before instead of chasing his mother-in-law directly, but I could see it work. Did...

Or use some kind of swarm rules

I could imagine that this is your opinion, but since when is this a fact? In my campaigns PC's have always had respect for law and property, and stealing has always been a last resort. Killing to acquire an item has been a absolute no-go in more than one situation. Anyhow, the total anarchy...

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I hate 'helpful' people on this forum who will give the same advice in every 'I have a problem with a player' thread. "Tell them to stop, then boot them.", even if OP has clearly stated he isn't going to boot the player. Sometimes people will try to solve problems, not just avoid people who...

Tell them that the are ruining the game for themselves and should stop being so childish. If they continue give them Time-outs, just like little children deserve. Have another player control his character. Continue giving longer Time-outs if they continue this behaviour. P.S. How old are they?

Yes, you can really find that many dead people. My town/city has an surface of 5.5 x 5.5 km (~3 x ~3 miles) and 100.000 inhabitants. At the infamous turning point (50% is zombies) there would be 50.000 zombies on 9 square miles or about 5.000 zombies/sqr mile. The problem then is that zombies...

What I always notice when GMing for one player is that a party comes up with creative solutions faster and better than a single player. This is of course no surprise, more players = more crazy ideas, but it is something to keep in mind. When I was playing a mystery type game with my girlfriend I...

My solution for your problem is keeping it simple and known. Everyone knows Vikings, samurai, pirates. Using clichés works really well, because your players (not characters) know these clichés and can act accordingly. Of course replicating Pirates of the Caribbean is also boring, so you should...

Well, a rule of thumb to prevent TPK is that characters should not die only because of bad rolls. As GM it's your responsibility to make sure of that, and keep it somewhat logical and realistic at the same time. Fudging your bad guys dice rolls, adjusting your DC's down, letting the cavalry...

Well, this depends on your combat system. If your combat system is simple, like one attack a turn, no difference in weapon speeds and durabilities, no different types of damage, no differences in parrying, etc. then I could live with Morrus' list above. If using a system that incorporates any...

I'm not saying the paladin should be punished if he killed this vampire, just because they are both good. This is a fundamental problem with the DnD alignment system, which I will not elaborate on further, so not to hijack this thread, but the choice should be made on a character level and not...

Great way of doing this. I really like to see some people here who are willing to try things out, and figuring out what pleases (no pun intended) their players the most. I have the feeling a lot of DM's on this forum who will just kick a player if they want something else than the DM's railroad...

Why? Why should his players have the meta-information that vampires could be good? If this DM want to have a good aligned vampire, he should. He doesn't have to, and shouldn't tell his players that vampires could be good, and instead have the actions of the vampire NPC show that she is good...