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Yes, that's something else that a lot of players don't realize -- books are EXPENSIVE! According to the RAW, a blank spellbook (whether the 100-page "home spellbook" variety or the 50-page "traveling spellbook") will cost 5,000 GP. It it's already got spells in it, that just adds that much...

We had one adventure where the DM had taken the time to write descriptions of all the fancy furnishings, etc. She was very surprised (and a little non-plussed) when the party started hauling out the furniture!

Everybody loves opening the chest and seeing that big pile of coins, gemstones, etc. But in a lot of medieval settings, that wasn't how business transactions were done, which means that wasn't necessarily what the BigBad got when he looted the poor hapless victims. When was the last time your...

Thank you. That has been a big gripe of mine for a long time. Presumably these places are (or were) in use by creatures who had to traverse these areas. If your common grunt soldier or 0-level servant has to go through that area as part of his regular duties, you can't have a diabolical trap...

Dragon Magazine had an NPC class called a Houri, which might be a basis for you to work from. I *think* it was in issue 13, but don't quote me on that.

If your DM will be nice enough to tell you, ask him what portion of the graph paper you should start your map on. Make your level of detail low enough that you don't slow down the game, but as high as you can within that limitation. As for labeling rooms... some rooms have descriptions that...

I know! And trying not to laugh himself silly listening to their n00b mistakes later! Of course, HomeGuard has to carefully screen its employees. It wouldn't do to have one of them walk off with all of the PC's gear, money, horses, etc. *LOVE* the sigline, btw. One of my favorite books!

Yes, I've been known to put various guilds out there, too -- Adventurer's Guild, Mage's Guild, Thief's Guild, Bard's Guild, etc. They can serve a lot of purposes, if you put them to good use.

Here's something I came up with to add a bit of 'color' to my campaign world. Not only does it give me ways to legitimately part the characters from their gold, but it also gives me more ways to give the PCs information, adventure hooks, etc. What do you do, to make your campaign world less...

Some of the items that I think would be in greater demand (curative potions, etc) are available from a larger number of sources. Let's face it, if there's money to be made, somebody will do it. The problem is that you never know who you're dealing with. Is Aaron the Amazing Alchemist *really*...

Hard vs soft is a matter of stealth (and presumably comfort) vs protection. As for high vs low, the only time I've seen that make anything other than a stylistic difference was when dealing with snakes -- low boots meant the snakes had a normal "to hit," high soft boots meant one level of...

Agreed, to a point. Part of the advantage of a fighter is that he can use any weapon, while other classes can't. So while I don't favor letting a monk just pick up any weapon and learn to use it, I'd have no problem with a particular monastic order that "traded off" permissible weapons. So...

Ability scores generation method? 4d6, re-roll 1's, assign as desired How are death and dying handled? I won't deliberately overwhelm them, but if they think they're immortal, they're in for a rude surprise. Dead is at -CON, not -10. What about raising the dead? Not commonly...

Gullstaff, Send me a set of specs for something you'd like, and I'll see what I can come up with for you. My gaming group used to be (late 80's through early/mid 90's) the ones running the tournament at the local con, and I still have most of those adventures. If one of those matches up with...

Looking for gamers around Memphis, TN who still like the old 2nd Ed AD&D. Any interest?

Agreed. I've never used them, never seen them used... never gamed with a DM who seemed inclined to put them into his world.

Love it! One of our other DMs did something similar at one point, throwing a mass of goblins against a group of Lvl 7-9 PCs. The goblins all had bows and slings, and weren't even trying to target specific PCs with them -- they just did mass firings into the crowd, seige-warfare style. These...

Since I don't draw very good maps, I tend to use real-world maps for my campaigns (2e AD&D). Some things carry over fairly directly (major cities got placed where they were for a reason, and most of those reasons still apply in a fantasy setting), some things get dropped, and others are carried...

In 2e, I think it was the Fighter's Handbook that talked about the pros and cons of being from an aristocratic family. On the one hand, you got positive reaction modifiers from lower and middle class NPCs. On the other hand, you were required to pay considerably more for everything, because...

Someone thought 1e rangers were gimped? Ye gods, they were TANKS! Especially if there were any "giant-class" monsters around!