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Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Shamefully, as a player I've done something like this before. The GM had pitched the setting to me rather than the plot he wanted to run in that setting, so when the time came to start the game, I had the Wrong Character. You know the type: doesn't have the...

"So, how about the brick?" - What you say when the PCs are trying to come up with a plan for more than ten minutes, and haven't managed to find a single one that someone hasn't shot down for one reason or another. Origin: a GURPS time-jumpers game, where the two superspy types and a Soviet...

Until this thread, it never even occurred to me that 'niche protection' was some kind of dirty word. ;) Maybe to be safe we should be talking about "character spotlights" or something along those lines: an area in which a character is really good, so the spotlight is on them when it's time to...

Yes. And also, in order to emulate the feel of the X-Men, you have to come at it from the angle of having a hidden refuge from the general populace, and hopefully a stealth fighter jet and some other cool tech-toys, plus an underground support network that keeps you insulated from the worst...

We play games in arcs; usually anything we're playing is being run with the idea that there will be an ending for it. When that ending is reached, we switch to a new game, which is usually in a different genre and uses a different system. It helps prevent GM burnout, and indulges our usual...

We never wrote any kind of charter up or discussed it formally, either in- or out-of-character. A lot of potential party friction gets eliminated in our group during character creation anyway, because we're all sharing background ideas and building the characters with the premise that we're all...

Perhaps this is because it is not actually the one weapon that their deity would prefer them to use. Their god may in fact have absolutely no preference for what weapons his clerics wield. As in, a war god may have his favorite longsword, and songs and stories and epic poems may be written and...

I was totally agreeing with you up until this part. The fact is, when something like this happens, you have to let the guy know what he's done that's making the game no fun for you. Don't pass the blame off on the setting: make it clear that it is the way he is running the setting that is...

Seriously, what could be more awesome than a flaming igloo? -- it's like you're from another planet or something, man ryan

Unfortunately, this was near the start of last year, and it looks like the original thread has been archived. Not having archive access, I can't send a link. Sorry. :( I keep my eyes open for similar threads there and on other forums, though, so I can use them as opportunities to post a link...

Well, see, the flip side of that is the assumption that a character who owns an item which is rare and valuable to some people would ever prefer to sell it for less than it's worth...and that this assumption is apparently used by a lot of people to justify always making the sale price of a magic...

Oh, so you'd eliminate the whole purpose of readied actions to interrupt spellcasting in the first place, huh? ;) BROKEN ARROWS A Cautionary Tale At last, the combat is joined! Al the Archer rolls for initiative and gets a whopping 23. He takes aim at Wally the Wizard (whose initiative...

It varies, obviously, depending on the setting and the style of game we're going for, but most of the time we gravitate to the same system: Cheap, commonly-used items like potions of cure light wounds are not particularly difficult to find. A decent-sized town might have anywhere from 3 to 10...

I was reading a thread full of funny RPG anecdotes on another forum (the Something Awful traditional games forum, in fact) and someone posted a link to what he said was one of the funniest, best-written ongoing campaign logs ever posted anywhere. I clicked the link, and before I'd finished...

Letting this thread slip to page 4 cannot hide it from BUMP JUSTICE! ...besides, I needed to update my "Favorites" link for the Liberators, anyway, what with the new server and all. It's been over a month since the last update: I wouldn't be surprised if the statistics for holiday depression...

In the pickup game we were playing last year, I was in the same spot you are: the rogue/fighter who was basically the only guy able to stand in the front line and protect the fragile spellcaster-types. It's not an easy gig, is it? But honestly, you're doing a fantastic job at this already. I...

I'm sure it's just a typo. They probably meant to say "The scout also excels in a dungeon environment, and she can find and disable traps, as well as any rogue." Meaning, of course, that scouts can find and disable traps, and find and disable any rogue that they might happen to run across, as...

...at least, that's how the sales pitch goes. Unfortunately, unless you can find a thimble with a hardness higher than steel, mithril, adamantium, a force wall, or whatever else you're trying to push it through, you're just going to jam that needle right through your hand. ;) -- remember...

And next, of course, you get mired in questions like how rare a particular weapon is (and therefore how likely you are to find a magical version of it in a random treasure haul), how expensive it is (though that only seems to matter in very low-level games), and how annoying or dorky its concept...

Good point. Though that's still a 7th-level spell slot that they have to dedicate to Forcecage until they cast it, or accept that they've just thrown away 1500gp. Not having to prepare Forcecage in advance and therefore not committing to spending that kind of money until you're actually...