Recent content by RhysG

Pandora. I suppose I like the whole 'origin of troubles' thing.

Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukkah/Wonderful Kwanzaa/Uplifting Holiday, everybody!

Once I used a square of notebook paper labeled, in ink, "Hi! I'm a dragon!".

Thanks, Phil! E-mail sent, and have a happy holiday:)

I've tried this before. It has a good chance of working out great, but it depends on the group. I think the main thing to consider is how much you're going to allow the players' two characters to 'share' various things--i.e. knowledge, items, or outlook--particularly if the party splits into...

1. I've always liked psionics, going back to original AD&D, but my current group are all fairly newer gamers, so were leery of psionics. In order to introduce them to the XPH material, I allowed a variant of the 'gestalt characters' from UA, with the idea that they had to pick a psionic class...

Didn't Glassteel first appear in AD&D Player's Handbook, or am I wrong (and unintentionally making you feel older, glyfair)?

I think that the "rating" of the game being run should reflect the group in question. If everyone is an adult, then a "rated R" game could be appropriate, if all are comfortable with it. However, if there are children involved--say, 12-year-olds, or any minors, really--sexuality/adult...

Personally, I love being a player and DM, but have found myself as DM pretty much most of the time, due to the rest of the group's lack of desire to run anything more than a couple sessions. This is fine, as I've had so many years of DMing experience--and the players tend to like my games quite...