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Hi everyone! I'm making an 8th level halfling sorcerer for a PbP on these boards. I haven't played for a while, and I'm good with most aspects of character creation, but I need a little help with her spell selection. I've picked a list, but I'd really like some of you to have a look at it and...

Hello! I run a PHPBB message board with a reasonably stable number of active users. We have our own domain name: www.randomlingshouse.com. Usually we have great service and hardly any problems with speed or connection, but recently, things have got very bad. The site is slow-moving and the...

I'm currently running a two-player piratical-style game which is intended to feel "swashbuckling". Right now I'm feeling rather shaky about the game in general because I'm an inexperienced GM and seriously lack confidence in my abilities. The most major thing that's bothering me at the moment is...

I'm not going to make this a poll, because I'm not sure where all the answers might fall. We've had a number of threads recently about what you do and don't like in games, players, DMs, whatever... but I'm curious about something else. What skills are involved in an RPG - for players, and for...

Hmm, I really want to make a "fighter type" character, and I've gone some way towards doing that, though mostly it's through choosing the non-magic options in battle, picking the Warrior jobs, and buying big weapons and armour instead of pumping magical ability (assuming there are ways to pump...

S'mon, StalkingBlue, that means you! If you're reading this, STOP NOW! Right, got that out of the way. :) I'm starting a new, swashbuckling game with two players. They have really cool character concepts, both petty criminals with connections to the same local thieves' guild and some past...

Those of you who've seen a thread or two of mine might know that I'm trying to put together a swashbuckling campaign. I have a great setting and a lot of really cool ideas - but none of the rulsets I own or have access to really capture the "18th century pirates" flavour and feel that I want...

Just curious. It's one of the things I'm never entirely sure about in-game - I swear quite a bit in real life, but when my characters curse, it always gets me funny looks. On the other hand, one of my characters is an ex-military scout who's looking to rejoin the army in a commanding role, so...

My 12th level rogue has just picked up Leadership, and along with her ranger cohort she is negotiating taking over her liege's scout force. There are about 20 scouts available, mostly rangers, rogues, and ranger/rogues, running from 1st to 8th level. Ultimately, I want to create an unrivalled...

My upcoming Pirates game is going to be relatively rare-magic, and I'm looking for/trying to put together some spellcasting classes together for the game. There are probably going to be two basic classes with access to some magical ability - one is the Alchemist from Swashbuckling Adventures...

Hi everybody! I'm thinking of running a swashbuckling/pirates game in the nearish future and I'm looking for some ideas on house-rules to implement. When I'm done the game's probably going to look quite different from standard D&D - gunpowder, no full-progression spellcasting classes - so I'm...

I haven't DMed in ages. Last time I tried seriously to start a campaign, I was stuck in a group of idiots who couldn't deal with a female DM and liked to make life as difficult for their DM as possible. The campaign lasted all of three sessions, and since then I've run only combat-oriented...

OK, I know I'm going to sound dumb here... but I've heard quite a bit about both, and I'm not entirely sure which is which or even what they are. Is one a set of alternate rules for magic and stuff in d20 games, and one a campaign setting? Somebody help? :)

I've been gaming for two and a half years or so, and in that time, I've played a number of characters, and had a number of characters die. In general, I look at a character death as an opportunity to use one of my other interesting character concepts and get out my lucky (or not-so-lucky) 4d6...

I'm thinking of running a game (probably a PbP) in which all the PCs start out as a single class. I'm thinking rogues, because it's a flexible class that allows for a lot of differences between characters. Has anybody had any experiences running - or playing in - a game like this? Did it work...

All right, people, I'm looking for a little advice here. The default alignment for characters that I play is Neutral Good. I can't think of a single character I've played that (despite the alignment written on the character sheet) I haven't played as NG to a greater or lesser degree. And I'm...

Terraism, if you're reading this, STOP NOW. NOW. Thank you. Okay, I think he's gone. ;) I'm running a solo d20 Modern (over instant message no less) for my friend Terraism, and while I've got lots of ideas, I'm looking for some help piecing a few bits together, and some of...

First point of order: if you're in S'mon's Borderlands game and StalkingBlue's Midnight game - GET OUT! Go on, go! Okay, having got that out of the way: I'm following Delgar's example and putting together my new setting with the help of the Dungeoncraft articles, and posting my results on...

A strangely appropriate title for a thread started by a linguist. :D Edited to add a "Hive" tag. I haven't started one of these in soooo long!

Hi! I'm a female gamer who would love to meet up and game with other women in London. I'm currently brewing a girls-only play by post, but I'd love to have an all-female table game or two. The few opportunities I've had to game with other women have been fantastic and I'm very, very keen to...