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I want to vote on your poll, but I'm not sure which one to pick. When I come up with a character concept, who a character is and what they do are so closely tied together, I'm not sure I can say which comes first.

A few tips you might find useful: 1. Have the site be interesting. Give it a history. Give it secrets. 2. In the surface world (the nearby settlement, base of operation, whatever...) have places where the characters can interact with NPC's, especially to make friends and encounter enemies...

As others have suggested, you could always make knowledge of the weapons existence common to all the characters. You could make discovery of this knowledge part of the campaign. For example, increased encounters with undead, attacks by undead on towns, villagers, travelers, etc... could lead...

If you have a system, you could use Universal Adventures for the adventures, since you can customize and tailor everything to suit your needs. Perilous was designed for small groups. There are three adventure packs to support the game plus the adventure that comes with the system, and you can...

You could take a look at Perilous. The game is designed to be picked up and played by someone who never played an RPG before and to be played with minis. In fact, the core book and the majority of the adventures include mapboards so you can lay the adventures out in miniature. So, I think it...

1st Ed. DMG, Moldvay, Holmes, numerous classic adventures

A few other things to consider. Herbs, or other non-magical substances for healing, stat ups or other effects. There could also be non-magical alchemy or chemistry. Other materials to fashion objects, such as weapons and armor, out of. These materials could be higher quality alloys or exotic...

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Played or DM'd them all at on time or another. Don't forget the N's. Against the Cult of the Reptile God and Forest Oracle were fun.

Hi, I'm writing a story on the d20 System Logo/OGL/SRD for a college class which I'm doing some research for and I was wondering if anyone would care to contribute. I'm working off of two basic questions: As a fan, how did the d20 system affect your gaming (i.e. what did it mean to you)? If...

Thanks a bunch, everyone. The people on these boards are the best. Now to search out the missing map. Thanks again, Walter

Hi, Anyone have Greyhawk "From the Ashes" boxed set handy? What are the three poster maps? I yanked my boxed set out of storage the other day and there are only two poster maps in the box and according to the description on the back of the box there are supposed to the three. I can't...

B2 through B5 rock, although be careful with B4 (the Lost City) as it can quickly turn into a HUGE dungeon crawl. To give you an idea, I once was going to use it as the lead in to the D series with the PCs starting at 1st level. To get the most bang for your buck, try and snag B1-9 In Search...

I know what you mean. I started back in '81 at my older brother's house. I had no idea what was going on, but I had a heck of a good time. I was gaming with him and his friends, then I introduced the game via the blue book to some of my friends, and pretty soon we were all gaming together...

I apologize. I didn't get to read your original post because the boards were slow. So YOU are the reason your brother got into RPG's, and not the OGL at all. :D Just kidding. For the rest of your post--Absolutely. I'm working on a FRPG that I intend to publish and the only way I could do...

By your example, the OGL didn't bring someone new into the hobby, a game based on some books your brother liked got him into the hobby. The game could have been done using any system, and your brother would have still been interested. The d20 logo itself only means something to those who...

No, he's far from being out of touch. You have to consider that Gary and WotC are coming from two totally different points of view. The d20 STL is based on the belief that the most "popular" RPG is the best RPG. From reading his replies to those questions, its not much of an assumption to...

An isolated valley in the Kron Hills or Lortmils (sp?) might work if your characters are supposed to come from the immediate area. If not, maybe your journeying up from the Wild Coast. Your character could have been captured, taken from his homeland as a slave, and then escaped, possibly with...

1) to the extent that, no matter what the PC's come up with, the DM would "fudge" the encounter so that it didn't matter. 2) except that rather than railroad, he'd usually quit. This guy must have started at least a dozen campaigns, none of which lasted longer then 1 session. All because we...