Recent content by Keith Birkner

I get aggravated by players not taking the time to look for traps, curses, puzzles and thier solutions. Even when I ask a player"are you sure that you want to pull on that chain hanging from the dungeon ceiling" they don't take the hint. Then they complain when thier character dies because they...

I agree that inexperienced players gravitate toward playing wizards. I always suggest that a first time player, try playing a fighter or barbarian as thier first character because spell casting is a strategic proccess that requires lots of planning, preparation, and reading through spell...

I first started playing D&D in 1985, as a boy scout in California. We would play in the evenings at campouts. There were often rumors, newspaper reports, and news stories about D&D being satanic but the media didn't matter much to me or my friends at the time. I should note that during this time...