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I've got the opportunity run a D&D campaign for a new group, and I'm trying to determine if it's a good idea or not. My brain's not been at its best these past few months, but this might be just the thing to kick-start it again. On the other hand, running for seven people is sort of pushing my...

I picked up the poster today that shows the upcoming Dungeons of Dread expansion for D&D miniatures. Most of what I saw was perfectly fine; not too many pieces that I feel a need for, and isn't that Orc Raider with the axe a rework of an early gnoll mini? Nevermind that. Then I saw the Grick...

As I find myself leaning more and more towards the "encounter based" way of thinking, I've been taking another look at the Recharge Magic variant from Unearthed Arcana. In theory, I really like it. In practice, though, things could be a very different story. Has anyone hereabout employed this...

What happened to the Sign In/My Account link on the front page? It seems to have vanished entirely.... Or is this another problem with running IE?

This is really bizarre.... Windows XP, running the latest version of Internet Explorer, and I'm having a problem with EnWorld...and only ENWorld. Specifically, every time I open a new page, the computer also tries to open Adobe Acrobat, only to tell me that I can't view DF files with this...

I'll start things off, I suppose, and hope that those slackers that I game with will step up to the plate.... First, the eponymous Burne, or at least the stats thereof.... The Magnificent Burne Lawful/Chaotic Neutral Male Human Marshal 1/ Alchemist 9 Attributes Str: 11 (+0) Dex: 14 (+2)...

Based entirely upon an off-hand comment made in a thread on a different board entirely, I've had this image floating (literally, even!) in my head for a week now. Time to do something with it. Imagine, if you would, a hot-air balloon. Nice and simple, yes? Now, scale it up a bit. Instead of...

Idle musings, occasioned by a long walk on a very hot day.... Is it really necessary to have alignment restrictions on character classes? At all? I find it difficult to see that any of the current restrictions are really called for, and that they do anything more than eliminate some...

Having discovered the joys of Resiliant Sphere in our games of late, I found msyelf wondering about verstaile spells. Resiliant Sphere can be used in a lot of ways, see. Imprison a foe, block a door, protect yourself or an ally while healing, give yourself some time to think and/or cast spells...

An Introduction to CITY: --excerpted from "Talking Shi'att : Talmad Shi'atts Simple Man's History", University of Narayan Press, Monopolis Standard Year 285. Once upon a time, a mighty empire ruled a thousand cities across the world. Modern archeologists agree that's a tad hyperbolic. A more...

Is a dedicated throwing knife (as opposed to the general purpose dagger) statted up as a weapon somwhere? I have vague memories of seeing them somewhere as giving a minor plus when thrown, and coresponding penalty when used in melee, but can't remember where I read this. Or what the damage...

Looking for a bit of help here.... Just about to kick off a new game, and I've got a character all rolled up. I'm aiming to make this guy an *effective* knife fighter, so the origingal plan wais for him to go for Invisible Blade as soon as practical. Looking at things again, however, I'm...

I'm a goodly way from needing to worry about this, but I've been a'wondering: Experienced DMs! How do you keep high-level combats (say, 12th level and up) interesting, dangerous, and...um...non-tedious? The sheer amount of dice rolling involved would seem to almost inevitably bog the game...

I like making unique magic items. Far more interesting, in my opinion, than the standard stuff...and besides, it's fun. Being relatively new to 3.5, though, I find myself with a question or two. This particular item is actually two separate things: a sword and a ring. The ring is the...

So, GMs: How do you get ready for a new campaign? How much prep work do you do, and what KIND of prep work is it? Do you plan out adventures in every detail, or do you like to improvise things as the game moves along? How much setting information, if any, do you give the players if you're...

Arright, then. I'm working on getting a Gamma World game up and running, and I've run into a wee tiny bit of a stumbling block. Psi. What's GW without telepathic mutants, eh? Not Gamma World at all, really, in my opinion. But I don't much care for the psi rules in the Gamma World book. Nor...

So, I'm wondering: anyone have any experience with playing 3.0 or 3.5 with a hex grid, rather than the typical square one? I've a slight preference for the latter, but I'm wondering if there any rule peculiarities that might mess things up in actual play. There's always something, or so it...

Just wanted to get some thoughts on something.... I'm gearing up to run Gamma World in another month or so. Rules and background are a synthesis of Omega, Gamma, and Darwin's Worlds. Early on, I want to let the PCs stumble across a bit of Ancient technology. Nothing too significant, but...

I've been looking over _Arcana Unearthed_ over the past few days, and I've seen a lot of stuff that I quite like -- along with, admittedly, some stuff that didn't appeal to me at all. One of the interesting bits was the idea of "racial levels" for PC races, and it's gotten me thinking about...

Looking for a bit of advice here.... I'm in a 3.0 game right now, playing a Rogue/Fighter who's focused on being the "Face Man". Maxed out Bluff, Diplomacy, and suchlike, to the point of having a +16 Bluff at 6th level. Fun character to play, and somewhat effective even though he's an abject...