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Huh. Weird, but, I want my good guys to be able to slaughter hordes of sapient opponents without raising any messy questions of morality. Go figure :)

Welcome Tyler! First, there is no "D&D lifestyle". People from all walks of life play the game, and it doesn't change who they are. It's like saying you play Monopoly. There's no real Monopoly lifestyle (at least, not that I know of)! Second, to roleplay your character, just think of your...

Sticking to the spirit of the OP, I have a few group rule deal breakers: Weekly sessions - My schedule doesn't allow me to commit this much time to the game. Heavy intoxication - I don't want to deal with drunken idiots, I was enough of one myself in college. Light drinking is fine by me. If...

I'm running my son and some of his friends through B2 - Keep on the Borderlands, converted on-the-fly to 3.5. I'm about to start running a group through either a melange of Under Illefarn, Idylls of the Rat King, and Caverns of Thracia, or the Freeport Trilogy. They will decided which fork in...

That actually seems like a good thing! And you still have the excitement as DM of not knowing where it is until they find it.

That so needs to go in a Douglas Adams book. :D

Maybe it's just me, but I think a "slight" disembowelment is still more than just a moderate wound :D. This sounds like it would be fun in an over-the-top sort of way for a one-shot.

My big three are Howard, Burroughs, and Tolkien, probably in that order. But there are so many great sources of inspiration it seems a shame to limit it to just three. I also have to give a shout out to LeGuin, Stephen R Donaldson, and Bradbury. And of course Lovecraft, and Shelley, and Poe.

I think delaying it is a great decision. This has all the hallmarks of someone who is so excited they just want to tackle it all, right now!! But a second failure would be disastrous after the first, and it's better for cooler heads to prevail to bring some planning and forethought into the...

Abyss 22 Acheron 20 Arborea/Olympus 24 Arcadia 20 The Nine Hells 19 Beastlands/Happy Hunting Grounds 18 Bytopia/Twin Paradises 10 Carceri/Tarterus 18 Elysium/Blessed Fields 24 Gehenna 18 Gray Waste/Hades 16 Limbo 6 Mechanus/Nirvana 4-2=2 Mount Celestia/Seven Heavens 8 Outlands/Concordant...

That's an interesting thought. I like your sales pitch and would like to hear more. :D

Don't take this the wrong way, but this really seems like it's just deflecting the onus of the CR system to the DM, rather than accepting that there might be some problems with the CR system. DM: "Man, that XYZ with CR 10 was a punk. Your party of 6th level characters wiped it out in two...

Ok, but what about the case where there is no mechanical benefit to a monster? What if I give an Ogre an Int of 14. Is that worth a CR increase? How should I quantify the differences in how the Ogre performs in an encounter? And why are we limiting this to a discussion of Int? If I...

Ok, I finished reading/skimming the spells, and my earlier praise wasn't enough. Some of the spells and abilities are truly inspired. The Hourglass cantrip, for example, is just awesome as it conveys the flavor of a time wizard while providing an interesting and actually useful effect. Good...

I have no idea what that Darkplane thing is. However, I checked out the Chronomancer at the link you provided, and I have to say I think it looks amazing. The chronal ability is incredibly cool.

So what is the difference between the tactics of an int 14 and an int 18? Is it quantifiable? Is it worth a +1 CR? I don't recall int affecting CR in the CAR guidelines, but I'm away from books right now. On a related note, if I, as an int 12 DM (I'm being generous here) don't use the right...

If it was recently uplifted, I would expect all of the uplifted land to be a desolate, stinking, swampy expanse with no major settlements to speak of. It doesn't seem that's the case, so color me unimpressed with the cataclysms.

As someone who has rolled many 1 HP wonders, I'm inclined to say yes.

Yeah, that's cool, and it's a lot like what I was thinking of. Traveling through the different zones brings with each its own set of challenges and obstacles, and journeys are differentiated by distance and the path you take. With this you can introduce meaningful choices such as taking the...

It's an interesting idea, but I feel like it reduces the vastness and mystery of Undermountain to a few generic dice rolls. There's no difference between trying to get to White Plume dungeon through Undermountain or through generic journey X. I think you could definitely do something like...