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I've done the former -- they're working their own angle, and have been adapting to the PCs actions -- but I haven't done a good job of ensuring that the proper clues are being left along the way. Looking back, now I see I had the organization as an ecosystem, but the clues were static. Oops...

Awesome, thank you everyone! I do now wish I'd asked this before I began running this part of the adventure, rather than 2/3 of the way through it. Eep. I have some catching up to do! (and I am so saving this thread to disk such that I can refer to it if there's a next time... ) I may be at...

I’m looking for advice on a campaign I’m currently running, specifically on ways and methods of letting the PCs discover the name, nature and location of the mafia/guild that is running the whole kingdom from the shadows. The simplified backstory is as thus: Ten years ago a kingdom-wide...

Hey all, In an adventure I'll be running the big bads are planning some nasty planar mojo by building several temples that feature arcane designs in a special material embedded in the temple floor. What I'm looking for are those designs, something larger and more 'random' than the typical...

Alright, awesome, thank you all. :) I'll let him cast it in the morning and go nuts all day, keeping the same penalties as the ritual and also using Saagel's 'prep time' requirement of a few mins. This'll make him quite happy, it duplicates much of the functionality he had with wildshape in...

True that... though my question isn't so much can they dismiss the ritual early, it is if they step off the eagles (even to hit an inn for lunch) can they then re-summon the eagles? The ritual is specific as to what happens if you get into combat (the eagles drop you off, leave, and come back...

Hi all, The Eagle's Flight ritual states a) that the duration is 12 hours and b) if an eagle is hit by an attack, it descends to a solid surface to drop off the creature it carries, then flies away. Eagles who have flown away during combat can be called back as a standard action outside combat...

As it turns out, it seems I cannot PM. So I sent it via the email link instead... not_me

Indeed! Perfect, exactly what I'm looking for. I'm PMing you to start the brainstorming... Hmmm, that's a good outline, and that's an intersting bit at the end! -thinks more about how that would work out- not_me

Yeah, that sounds like it would work very well (in fact, that is much as how _Heroes of Battle_ runs it)... kinda like, well, pretty much most war movies, where the battle is going on in the background, and the main characters are a) being focussed on and b) do crazy cool things that turn the...

Perhaps... it is a fairly old module, that is for sure (and from what I've gathered over the years not a very well known one either). But if anyone has any ideas even from the brief descriptions given here, please jump in! :) This is sort of where I was leaning, though knowing my group I...

Goodday to all! Recently I have run my gaming group through the old-school AD&D modules of H1 (Bloodstone Village) and H2 (the Mines of Bloodstone). It is now time to prepare module H3 (The Bloodstone Wars) and... well, I'm stuck! Here's the rundown about my stuckness: Module H3 is basically...

Some great thoughts in here, thanks everyone! An update: The DM is being very generous and has crafted a class that looks like this: good BAB, d8 HD, monkish skills and skill points, no armor, no shield, simple and martial weapons, combat expertise bonus feat, INT mod plus a bonus following...

In a campaign to start up soon I have a a flowing-style polearm-wielding light fighter type, using a Guan Do-like weapon (more in the northern Shaolin style than the Hung Gar style of fighting), and who is unarmored. Think fluid movement and fighting motions accross the battlefield, using skill...

Cool, thanks everyone. I think I can mine some fun encounters out of this (no pun intended, of course, no, really!). Olgar -- I'm not sure if my players wouldn't kill me if I tried this... not_me