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Give him a funny look.

Beyond the various character reward ideas, don't forget to reward the players. Turn their characters into the stuff of legends. Towns, Cities, maybe even Kingdoms named after them. Orders, Societies, Colleges, etc. named after them as appropriate. The greatest bards of this new world all...

Perhaps the "drunken fop" is in fact the head (or simply a member) of Lord John's spy network. Drunks become immediate targets for info-hungry PCs, and they'll likely let some things slip to him, figuring he'll forget everything by the morning. Just a thought.

Exactly, Quickbeam. I love recurring characters. And baddies with vendettas are among the best. Or, if you wanted, you could have him engage in a new action that we developed in our game: Cry Like a Little Girl - Full round action which provokes an attack of opportunity.

Very true. Being a bit of a Renaissnace-o-phile, I've had the opportunity to learn to turn a person's qualities on them. (getting into dialect and proper grammar mode) "Were thy nose not of such great stature, then surely the sun would have burned away your lips, leaving me a contented man...

So let's throw out our favorite insults, medieval-style. I'll start with some half-orc put-downs. (Please keep in mind that I choose half-orcs cuz they're easy. You may flavor your insults to taste.) "Hey Grak, does 'half-orc' mean you're half as smart as an orc?" "How many half-orcs does...

An elementalist. Pick your element. Sorcerer/Elemental Savant. Various elemental spells with Energy Substitution provides a way to drop your element on enemies in many forms and shapes. Plus you still have some versatility with your non-opposed elements. Fill out the rest of your slots with...

Sounds like Roderick Blunt, an old character of mine. What level are you starting at? Anywho, my thoughts. Start him as a Rogue, mostly for the skill points. You want to stay heavy on the physicals (Climb, Balance, Jump, Tumble, etc.) as well as be solid on Spot, Listen, Bluff, Diplomacy...

If it's not broken....

I start anywhere between 1st and 5th, depending on the type of campaign it's going to be and how long I expect it to last. That doesn't count things like one-shots and mini-campaigns (like my two-month summer game), of course. Those can be whatever.

I hate killing players, too. But this one time, this one guy, man, he just irked me. Never showed up on time. Min-maxed like a super-munchkin. Never shut up. Always stole focus. Punched my girlfriend in the clavicle. Ate my ferrets after roasting them on my burning sofa. So I had to kill...

Several years ago, I banned my players from using clear dice or dice that were the color of my carpeting. It doesn't come up much now, but I occasionally secretly check what they're using just to make sure.

Hey there, I was in a similar situation when my girlfriend wanted to join my game. Here's some thoughts from my experience. All of the gamers in the group I DM and in the group I play in are friends outside of gaming. Sounds like you and your group are the same way. But to be safe, I...

First of all, who cares. Myers is a comedian. He makes fun of things for a living. It's his job. And he was ON all through the two hour interview. Secondly, gamers are NOT nerds. They're geeks. S'there. Thirdly, geeks are cool. It's unfortunate that the majority of the world doesn't...

I'm not going to go into amazing detail. To me, it's more about filling certain roles, not about a specific class with specific stats, skills, and feats. 1. A big whoop-ass fighter type, one who can bring the smack. 2. A straight-up arcane caster. 3. A straight-up divine caster. 4. A...

Aaron the Moor is the bad guy in Titus Andronicus, probably Willie the Shake's goriest and most disturbing (on a visceral level) play. Check out the recent adaptation starring Anthony Hopkins as the mislead Titus. Very artsy, but very slick.

Top villains, hey? Literary: Flagg (in all his various incarnations Immacolata from Clive Barker's Weaveworld (I think that was her name) Aaron the Moor Moriarty TV: The Romulans Film: Keyser Soze Bricktop (not so much a "villain", but a great bad guy) In Roleplaying: Azin, this bastard of...

Spoken a great many times by a friend of mine (and if you knew him, you'd really understand): "It's not peer pressure. It's just your turn." :D

A duck walks into a bar and looks to the bartender. "Do you have any raisins?", he asks. The bartender looks to the duck and says, "No, we don't have any raisins." The duck leaves. The next day, the duck comes in a gain. He goes to the bartender. "Do you have any raisins?", he asks. The...

So the BAB and save progression kicks in as soon as you hit 21st CHARACTER level. But the progression of special abilities and spells continues as per the normal class unless you go beyond the normal 20th level for that CLASS? Looking at the write-ups of the epic FR characters in the ELH...