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In a GURPS 'Zombie' game I was running, one of the characters naturally assumed all of the doors in an antique shop were locked. He charged through one of the doors and fell down 3 flights of stairs. Bloody and crippled at the bottom, he was a quick kill for another PC at the bottom who mistook...

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Up until I moved to Maryland a year ago, my group and I typically had regular "day-and-a-half" sessions back to back every weekend. As a DM, it was certainly exhausting, but I look back at it fondly now. I'd love to have a group like that again who could afford such a time commitment.

Something about the vagueness surrounding Tharizdun makes that seem that much more mysterious and evil.

I vary it - some events are time-sensitive while others aren't. Having NPC villains with time-sensitive goals allows me to create a continuity and introduce new problems and changes in the world - whether or not the PCs involve themselves in a particular quest or not. I also like the idea that...

Why not put all of the aforementioned (except for Astrology) under Knowledge: Science? Astrology could fit under Religion or even Arcana.

I find it helpful to develop the motivations of my major NPCs, along with a basic timeframe of when their goals will be achieved. That way, the PCs can involve themselves in any way they like, and I can "wing it" with the NPCs' reactions based on their motivations. And if the PCs dot follow much...

I find myself to be in roughly the same position as the OP. I've been reading these forums for awhile, and this thread has gotten me passionate enough to post. I have frequented several gaming stores near my hometown, and have watched as many of them have closed their doors. I have a great...