Recent content by SurfMonkey01

I thought about Dark Sun, but I'm a big fan of Eberron, and I just saw more possibilities there... Anyways, I'm thinking upper ends of Heroic Tier, probably a solo to 2- person campaign to start, with the possibility of more players being added later...

I was looking at my copy of Stephen King's "The Gunslinger" the other day. It has one of the best opening lines I've ever read, and I started thinking about how to make a game from that one line. I thought it would make a good fit for Eberron, and I ended up with the line you read in the...

I want to run the new Gamma World in a semi long-term capacity. It's just a little too silly for my liking as written. I'd like to make it a little more subtle, make the humor more dark than silly. And I want to have a scary-ass version of Dracula with a castle on the moon. Any other suggestions...

My group and I are getting ready to undertake a Dresden Files game. We haven't met for chargen yet, but I know some of e broad basics, and want to design an antagonist that will stand out some. I know the game is going to be set in Cleveland, and that they are going to make modified fantasy...

I mentioned in another thread I was looking to combine Tomb of Horrors and Revenge of the Giants. On the Wizards site, they have all the maps from RotG. Does anyone know if they will do this with ToH? Do you have any other way to make these maps? Most are so small, I can't even tell what...

I signed up for DnD Rewards over the weekend... Will I still get the adventure, or is it off to Ebay for me?

As the title says, I'm considering joining together the Revenge of the Giants and Tomb of Horrors adventures. I'm curious if anyone thinks this will work... Level-wise, they line up okay... Tomb is levels 10-22 and episodic, while Revenge is levels 12-17. Plus, both involve Aczerak (did I...

I've been checking out the Kingmaker AP, and I think it looks awesome.... However, my group is picking up some new gamers, and 4e is easier for them than Pathfinder (no flamewars please, I'm not stating that as overall fact, just fact for my group) So my question is, just how hard do you...

I've been wanting to run an Eberron for a long time... In the last few days, a handful of threads I've read here have inspired me, and I dusted off an old idea for good measure. Here is what I'm looking at... The party is a small group (3, maybe 4 people) that is a Vlad Taltos-esque criminal...

I'm planning on running a SW SAGA edition campaign for my group soon. What I'm looking at doing is kind of a generational campaign. Not "generational" in the idea that "each character is related to another," although that is an option if they desire. Instead, more the idea of a story that flows...

~~~~ Well, here's the general idea -- I'm using the city of Fallcrest from the DMG. The Lord Warden's wife approaches the party, saying that her husband has apparently been kidnapped. She doesn't want to alarm anyone, so that rules out using normal investigative channels. After they...

Okay, taking suggestions into mind, I've re-worked E2 to be a trap encounter instead. So, here's what it looks like now: E2: Trap encounter - level 2 1 False-floor pit (100 xp) 1 Elite Pendulum scythes (350 xp) 450 xp total The more noticeable pit trap is located at the entrance of the room...

I'm writing a small adventure for my group for play on Sunday, and I'm not sure I'm doing the encounters right. The first time we played, I just used the adventure from the back of the DMG. This time I'm writing my own, and I wanted to make sure I'm doing these right. Would anyone mind checking...

I thought D&D for Dummies was crap, but I gave this one a quick flipthru in the store and it looked surprising decent. My question, before I plunk down the cash, is: is it actually decent, or were appearances deceiving? What's the verdict on this one?

She's the shifter woman from the lightning rail plot -- I accidentally typed changeling instead of shifter. It's been fixed. I never said she LET him. Offer a deal involving great power, and then double-cross them at your earliest convenience, that's what my evil wizards always say... The...