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There's really not enough information given to formulate a good answer. Since he's a new player, though, I'm more inclined to ask him to just play with one of the standard races until everybody gets a chance to know him (and likewise he gets to know everyone else). Everyone brings certain...

I've only experienced this once in a 2E game that I played a long time ago. The DM had a pet NPC who traveled around with the party who was at least 3 or 4 levels higher than we were, not to mention just a complete jerk. (In the name of "role playing" ... he was supposed to be a jerk). After a...

Oh, I get the point. I just disagree with it.

Maybe I'm going against the grain here, but gods are ... well ... gods. In my campaigns, gods don't lose fights. For starters, he should be able to summon arbitrary numbers of ultra-powerful servants as a free action. Let's say every round he summons a "high priest of Vecna" or 5, just as a...

I like to come up with a simple idea that defines the character, and then add details to the concept. Once I have a solid concept, I start thinking class and race. Then I go back and create a more complete background, which includes some kind of family life. I'm personally frown upon the "has...

Ah ... Mallus beat me to the post. We'll be starting a new Dragonstar campaign, which is a 3.0 game, although we're going to modify some thing so it will be a 3.x game. This gaming group has a 3.5 going scheduled around the other DMs life, so that's 2 games, but I guess that isn't what you asked.

I'm not even sure Risk and Axis and Allies count as war games, so much as games about war.

Hmmm ... 33 looks an no comments. I can only conclude that it's boring .... :-/

I'm kicking around some ideas for a homebrew campaign that will likely be 3.x. Here's some notes for everyone to look at. Feel free to offer comments, or ask questions. I'm hoping somebody will post something to help me get my brain going. :D No, I don't have names for all my races and...

Funny. I read this as pie fighting in the planes. I was picturing demons hurling whipped cream pies at one another.

My thought was that maybe the trolls make off with a few really power/nasty/evil/bad artifacts that the happened to be in the shop. Sure, the PCs save the shop, but the last few trolls see that they are beaten and just grab a few things and make a run for it. Then you can run a follow-up...

One of the people I DM with uses has created a character background document which contains a lot of questions designed to focus character creation. Questions include things such as "What were your parents professions?" or "Who was your best childhood friend?" It's not exactly integrating...

I toyed with creating a Animist class for my campaign. My goal was to create approximately 8 spells of each spell level that were "spirit" related, and then flush out the spell list with existing spells. The new spells were supposed to be "spirit" related, which in practice turned into an...

I read a copy of the PHB and wasn't excited enough to make a purchase.

Bulfinch's Mythology is a classical reference: Amazon.com: Bulfinch's Mythology (Modern Library Classics): Thomas Bulfinch, Alberto Manguel: Books As is Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Amazon.com: Mythology: Edith Hamilton: Books

Bulfinch's Mythology is a classical reference: Amazon.com: Bulfinch's Mythology (Modern Library Classics): Thomas Bulfinch, Alberto Manguel: Books As is Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Amazon.com: Mythology: Edith Hamilton: Books

This reminds me of Runequest or the CRPG Wizardy (6,7, and 8) where each time you use a skill, there is a chance that the skill advances on its own, regardless of level. So, for example, you character might have a "sword skill". Each time he used his sword there would be a chance that his sword...

I have no problems with players creating characters of "opposite" gender, or for any sort of gender - such as asexual or non-sexual, in the case of, say, robots or some fantasy race that doesn't have a clear gender. As for myself, I wouldn't play such a PC because I dont' think I could stay "in...

When I'm developing new races, I try to identify some distinguishing trait and build upon it. For example, I created a race of creatures that were a kind of "rodent-man". They were furry, with long teeth that continued to grow throughout their lifetime. The two traits I concentrated on were...

Depending on the campaign, I will ignore alignment altogether. Quality characters (in books and movies, as well as D&D) typically have several, often contradicting, personality traits that make them tick. As such, it can be hard to peg down a character as a particular alignment. I would...