Recent content by jmichels

One thing you can try is to have the message encased in something. Perhaps it is embedded in a crystal or maybe written on a piece of paper that is in between two pieces of glass that have been glued together. If the PCs try to pry the glass apart the message will be destroyed. In my...

I would like to see Order of the Stick comics for sure. It would be great if they were somehow related to the adventures in the magazine but that is no requirement. What I would really like to see is some NPCs fully stated out and ready to use. Give them motivations, backstory and...

About the only gods that I would need to see in a campaign are gods of evil. You always need that diety that the evil clerics worship. You can make it a malevolent force that seeks the destruction of the planet or wants to subjugate all mortals or something. On the good side I don't mind...

Yeah I agree with the other posters. The gunpowder weapons in the DMG are just slightly souped up crossbows with easier to transport ammo. You just have to watch out for the resist energy protected guy that throws around big barrels of gunpowder. Just make the authorities nosy when a person...

One thing you could try is to have an evil cult worshipping a god of decay living down there. They can have turn a section of tunnels or a pump station into a fortress and bribe (or infiltrate) the Sewermen's Guild to keep their presence quiet. They could also control some wererats that they...

Hmm here is an interesting idea. Have the PCs do some sort of thing to enter her mind in a dream or something. Maybe by entering the realm of dreams or some similar thing. Then they have to go in there and heal her shattered mind by going through a dream scape-like journey. Kind of like the...

I wouldn't even go back to your city. It's too dangerous! Go to the city on the map that the DM hasn't fleshed out yet. Or better yet just hang out in Arcadia with the Solars and such. That way if the BBEG comes looking for you have some back up against them. I guarantee the other players...

I agree with Coredump there is a big penalty to ranged combat if you are taking your 5' step in order to do it. The meleer can use his 5' step and blast away at you and simply do more damage to you. Or he can just sunder your Quiver of Ehlonna (or whatever you are carrying) that stores your 6'...

I agree with Karinsdad in it may be a good idea to just sabotage his campaign to give this guy his comeuppance. That "Cha 6 would make the town hate you" threat is something a grade school DM would come up with. Yeah, just pick every power that lets you stay alive and forget about helping...

Man, I would leave this game so fast it would make your head spin. But since it's the only game in town then here are my suggestions. I think you should ditch the Psion deal all together. I think he will get nerf batted at every opportunity. I have a feeling that down the line more...

Outstanding pictures. Too bad you folks couldn't put on some LARP gear down there. Those pictures would make some great visual aids for an Underdark adventure.

Hmm I had a problem with the PCs leveling too fast but I solved it with just making appropriate level encounters more sparse. So they still come across a Wyvern flying above the area the Teleported to but my ECL 14 party just smashes its face in. They then get either a really small amount of...

I would probably try to Contact Other Planes/Divination/Library Research to find out how to destroy the item. Then go on the quest in order to do so. Your DM may be pointing you folks in that direction. If you come up empty there. Go ahead and destroy the bag. At least the item is lost...

He said he was sorry so I would just let the whole thing drop. He knows what he did is wrong and would probably not do it again. Just cool down about the whole thing and move on. If you can't let it go or quit DMing over it then maybe you should do some soul searching on why this one incident...

This is a very interesting thread and here's my opinion. The reason why I only use the Planes sparingly goes back to 1st edition when I first started DMing. Back then the planes were presented as a high level playing field. IIRC the only reliable way to get there in those days was a Plane...