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It's your world, so whatever fits with the logic of the world is fine (I want to make that my first point). To my mind, a settlement like that can only occur on a natural and very lucrative trade route (as others have posted) or if some group with many resources has decided that the...

Although I realize that we don't have anything like a scientific sample, it would be interesting to see if there are any patterns relating personality type to playstyle. For example, I tend to DM almost exclusively, and prefer story-driven campaigns to combat. I am currently classed as INFP...

Introverted (I) 79% Extraverted (E) 21% Intuitive (N) 86% Sensing (S) 14% Feeling (F) 70% Thinking (T) 30% Perceiving (P) 86% Judging (J) 14% I've taken versions of this test several times, and these are the most pronounced results I've ever had. Usually, I am fairly evenly balanced on the I/E...

I like this class. I think its main use would be in multiclass combination with fighters to create a kind of spellsword class. If that intuition is correct, then you might measure its power against some of the variant classes that try to fill that archetype.

If ranks are based on intelligence score, does your chart imply that everyone with average intelligence speaks with an accent? i'm not so sure I would limit mastery of a particular dialect (say, the high diplomatese of the court) with intelligence. I think amost anyone can master so,ething...

As always, a fascinating assortment. The debates over the hypothetical writing reminded me of some of the final sections of Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, where the narrator finds some c urious marks in a rock face that could be random, or could be pronouncing Biblical judgment, or...

In my campaign, there is no common tongue. I've altered language rules to have two "levels" of language proficiency: basic (functional, but stumblingly or with a heavy accent, and subtle concepts may be lost--one skill rank) and fluent (complete mastery--two skill ranks). Everyone with average...

For my current campaign, I actually supplied characters with somewhat skeletal pre-created backgrounds. I did this because we don't get to meet very often, and I wanted to have a fairly specific story line and "jump right in" with reasons for these characters to trust one another. I supplied...

I don't know about no dictionary definitions, but here in the Southeastern United States barbeque has a very specific (and regionally variable) meaning. I can still taste the profound disappointment I experienced in Rockford IL when I was invited to a barbeque, then served kielbasa and...

Our group (a reprise of the same group we had as teenagers) tries to get together once a month, but that is a challenge considering we live in three different metropolitan areas and several of us have young children. We have not had a session since December. Most of that is my fault; I'm the...

Although no players have gone there (yet), there are golems guarding a library located in the middle of what is now a desolate waste. They are absolutely motionless until a book is removed; they then track the book unerringly over any distance until the thief is killed, then they return the book...

IMC dragons are more than just "involved in politics"--several are worshipped as quasi-gods. Trying to take on a dragon is the equivalent of trying to conquer a nation. Dragons, aside from their fearsome individual powers, attract many individuals who derive their power from the implied threat...

I actually like this class, and use one like it (the scholar) as my base high-magic class. I don't see a mention of skill points, but you might give the class an increase in skill points as well as a few communication skills (appraise, bluff, diplomacy, perform (oration/argument/sermon, etc.)...

I would applaud ways to make intuit direction more useful. I'm not sure that checking room by room is quite the right mechanic. You might make it "fork by fork"--that is, for every time there is a significant choice of direction, the DC for remembering the entire route is slightly increased...

Wonderful cosmology! I've been working on a writing-centered creation story. I may have to steal some elements from yours. This is a wonderful and provocative story. I especially like how your structure incorporates several dynamic hooks that can grow with the characters.

As always, I appreciate the links. They are always thought provoking. I'm still not sure the SA map couldn't be coincidence, but it is fascinating. One subject I don't know much about is trade in pre-Columbian South America.

An alternative that increases complexity yet again (and so may not be what you want). I use a VP/WP system to minimize the need for clerics and as a power source for an alternate magic system. I like the critical applied to wound points system that others describe as lethal (it keeps the...

Although I hate to continue a thread hijack and don't want to veer too far into politics, I would like to make one observation: The problem with the Second Amendment as currently written is that it is an poorly constructed sentence. The first bit ("well-regulated militia") and the second bit...

The religion and culture that lurk in the background here seem rather interesting. I look forward to reading more.

After having wrestled with thise idea for quite a while (currently on my third iteration of magic rules), I concluded that you can't have everything your asking for through current mechanics, for the reasons that others have given. I've opted to change the power level of magic somewhat...