Recent content by Warren Okuma

You always have to know what the house rules are. Seriously. I've heard of campaigns where nobody has any magic, to changing the hit dice, to E6. It is essential that you know the houserules.

Questions: 1) Are you using any houserules? 2) What CR is the opponents and what level is the party? 3) Do the characters have level appropriate treasure?

I like. You might want to run multiple events at once. Fire breaks out during the repair, while the cargo opens up and spews kill bots. Assassin starts shooting and a bomb goes active.

Different styles. Some styles tell you to look for an opening, and amateurs circle to psyche themselves up. Others styles rely on aggression, such as berserkers and Krav Maga practitioners tend not circle. Not everybody circles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga

Now to put one set of encounters together... Mimic (chest), Stun jelly (wall), Lurker above (ceiling), Trapper (floor).

Sure Dannyalcatraz. I just talked to my cousin. It seems that he built a compression ignition engine. Weird. Sorry about the confusion. I told you he wasn't too smart. Air when it gets compressed gets hot. http://www.firepiston.com/...

You guys are over thinking this. Just drain his levels. Awww, you wild shape at 5th level? Gee, you gotta wait four more levels. Ahahahaha!

Nah, some monsters can go shopping or know people, or horse trade. Yes, some monsters are reclusive hermits, but not all. Low magic games, you limit your options on how to challenge the PC's. At high levels it will severely hurt the DM, depending on the PC's builds. Average to High magic...

Most mines I toured have two backup generators. All you need to do is make biodiesel or alcohol. It's there as a safety feature. I think it is mandated by law or the unions. They have two back up generators, so they can keep mining during power failures because closing a mine during a power...

The the question is in some campaigns wrong. It's why are the Goblins picking on the Elves... and it's because they can.

And make sure your goblins use cover, ranged weapons, and caltrops.

4E - Why do elves pick on goblins? Because they are not one of the popular races and are physically unattractive to the Elves.

What alignment are the bad guys? That generally governs what they are going to do to the druid.

Pick. Walk. There are tons of small "uneconomical" deposits of coal all over the place, which the major industrial concerns ignore. Salvage solar panels or wind turbines from country homes and get those air pumps to work. Or generators and distil alcohol. Or make a steam engine. And if you...

Any high wisdom monster plus monk's belt.