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I think electrum is gold mixed with silver. Pretty much usless as a weapon.

"Quick Martha, grab the youngins an' run fer the hills! It's rainin' draguns!!!" This sounds like a good start because: 1) Kobolds rock! 2) Elves are schmucks, and killing elves is fun! I would give the humans darkvision, since they have lived underground with Dwarves for the last 600 years...

"I wonder what circumstances the designers anticipated this spell being used" Oh, that's easy: Munin's Girdle of Castration. It's all the rage with Inn keepers daughters! Munin

Boy oh boy You're chasings symptoms, my friend, not problems. The problem is your players are morons. In reality, any assassins guild worth its salt should be able to dispose of that collection of idiots with no trouble. If thru sheer luck they do survive the guild, the protector in the...

Have the barbarian and the monk play hacky-sack with the grig :)

If I can put two and two together, it sounds like magic items would be pretty rare in this setting. At least within the upper races community, there would be few people creating magic items, and I can't imagine the remaining arcane casters handing them out like candy. The adventurers could...

This is how I do it, but I'm an evil gm! Think about this: unless you hand-crafted each magic item for the rest of your party, they have had to use whatever you gave them, right? So why should these two newcomers get to pick and choose whatever they want? It doesn't sound fair to me. I set a...

Go here. Science scares me sometimes. Just when I thought that the male sex couldn't get any more useless, they go off and grow our main organ in a test tube.

"Armistice" from Dungeon magazine. Not sure of the issue, but you can look it up on Dreamthief's site. It features icy adventures in the great outdoors, and plenty of Werewolves!

Somtimes the simplest solution is the best. In my campaign, there is NO resurrection of any type, so this problem was of special concern to me. The solution was simple. At the start of every game session the players get one hero point. They can use the point to re-roll any one roll, even...

A few weeks ago, a wonderfully imaginative person came up with the idea of a world where whoever dies is resurrected the next morning. I couldn't find the thread, so I can't give the poster credit for his post, but you know who you are. Anyway, another person suggested that the reason the souls...

Thanks for all the tips, guys. I'll be going with a modified version of Kenjibs idea for my next game. Corinth, the problem I have with point buy is that it sets the wrong tone for the game. A characters entire life is determined by the whims of the dice. Nothing tells a player that better...

I'm looking for interesting character generation methods. I don't care for the point-buy system - it's too bland, but I don't want to fall back on the old 'roll 3d6 and assign the stat's method'. Any ideas?

Why do I always feel like I am the dissenting opinion? I loved the MoTW until I played in a game where our Druid took the 'shifter' prestige class. Talk about the most unbalanced class I've ever had the displeasure of playing with. Just imagine handing your player the MM and letting him shift...

Obviously you've never tried to 'grapple' a cat IRL!

I've found that most things can be fixed 'in game'. Take Rhino hide armor for example. Just tell your players that if they want rhino hide, they gotta find a rhino willing to part with it. Just finding the beast would be an adventure in itself, and no, I would not let them buy such an exotic...

Since it's August, try this: Soak it like you said, then leave it out in the sun to dry. Make sure it's a nice, hot day and you'll get a good result. The map will be fragile, but it will look good.

Thanks for the tips, guys. Keep ?em coming! I really like the idea of having an evil traveler or group of travelers pursuing the party, much like Alea from the QL series. One thing I?d like to point out is that the demons consume every living thing on the planets they invade. Nothing remains...

This is a tough question, one that I am struggling with as I was picked to run Middle-Earth in my group. As far as story goes, I'm going with something that will probably get me branded a heretic. I'm going with an alternate world type of thing. The quest of the Fellowship started from...

I would start by looking at the over-all direction of the campaign. If there is an ultimate goal that you want the Paladin to achieve, you can give the dragon a similar goal. Maybe the two could agree to work together to overcome a common foe that is too powerful for the dragon to overcome by...