Recent content by Elrond Half Elven

I thinl the trick is to be consistant. Either describe everything in detail or don't. If your not consistant then players will think the masterwork longsword, which you just described in detailed, is far superior to the longsword+1 (or +1 longsword ;) ) that they received last session. This...

It really depends on your players actions so far, i.e. how they have handled similar situations before (if there has been any). If the player has killed every last goblin (or allowed them to be killed, even after surrendering) the obviously that paladin is a warrior, crusaiding against every...

Actually we have a certain player who *should* only be allowed to talk about the game, he is a decent enough guy (or else we wouldn't be playing with him) but every so often his mind will gravitate towards the gutter and his input into the conversation will go like wise. Once in the gutter...

Hello I know that this question is addressed in many issues of dungeon, RPGtips, and various source books, but what i'm interested in is how you actually start crafting your campaign before the players even think of picking up any dice. I imagine that the responses (if any) will be wide...

I don't think there should be any hard and fast rules about PVP and XP, each situation should be looked at by the DM and awarded (or penalised) according. I grew up with 2nd Edition, and I've included individual XP awards in 3E/3.5 before. In this situation I wouldn't award XP for the fight, but...