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I've been thinking about maybe starting a game with a buddy of mine as a second GM, I've heard of such a thing being done, but know little about the ''how'' of the whole deal. I wondered what you guys had as far as experience goes in the field of co-gming, if you can give any tips on how to do...

Well, if you have any legendary organizations in your campaign, make legends about their founders. In my own Heroic Orchestra, High Lord of the Golden Brigade Gaius Brandt was rumored to be able to level buildings with a sword stroke. It's fairly easy to follow the class stereotypes and push...

Hi y'all! I wanted some opinions on this idea I had for my very quite upcoming campaign. Tell me what you think. It starts with a setting of mine devised a year or so back, for my last 4E campaign ''The Heroic Orchestra''. The general idea behind it was a rather obvious Points of Light type...

You are right, the game's different. It'll feel alien. Initially, at least. The great thing about 4E is how easy it is to make memorable encounters. It is a DMs playground. The monster creation rules are delightful and it much easier to plan a battleground with more oomph to it (because players...

I would second Xendrik. I also remember a post on Penny-Arcade, rules for Westmarshe-like exploration, it's worth the look, I believe.

I've been using Chessex mats forever. I own 3 (2 large ones and a small one, too lazy to get the exact dimensions) and have been using them for... what... 5 years, maybe more? Chessex makes mats that will outlast most living beings, I swear.

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I've moved in with my girlfriend about 2 months back and she's always been very supportive of my hobby. She played a few sessions, and I'm sure she'll do so again in the future. All in all, this is a girl that supports the pseudo-religious significance of my saturday night's game. It's a...

Using a lot of minions is a good way to make players feel awesome, but I find the best way is to gear the battlefield to allow them to be awesome easier. I love having pits and deathtraps wherever I stick my PCs, because most of them will go far to push a bad guy down a cliff. Let them do so...

I like it a lot. Granted, I didn't actually see it run, yet, but I have a copy of the game somewhere and theoretically, it's very well designed. I have to agree with what others said, on top, I love how easy it is to create a character and create NPCs. That was my biggest beef with 3.X...

If you want something pulp-like, I suggest making it look like a private investigation company, as corporate as possible. Take the two leaders of the party and name it after them, IE : Lowell, Jance and associates, Adventurers for hire. If either of the leaders die, promptly erase the name...

Well, I remember, as a teenager, everytime I would watch a movie, I could not stop myself from assigning classes and alignements to every character. Sometimes, I still do... If I had a quarter everytime my girlfriend called me a dork for answering a question with a DnD reference, my...

No plans survives contact with the players. And you have to roll with it. To be perfectly honest, if you're players are not interested in the depth of a setting, then don't force them to. I've been running a homebrew setting, Heroic Orchestra, for a few campaigns and my way to get the players...

I really like the "Achievement tick" plan. I think it's a great idea and might not be too quick in the end, depending on what you consider an achievement, of course.

The Stone : It is unsure who created the Stone, or what exactly is it's purpose, but it as been lying around for centuries, repetitively stolen, lost, given and sold. This seemingly completely regular rock, mostly spherical of about 8 inches in diameter, is completely indestructable, and...

Six years might be pushing it a bit, for my taste, but then again, I'm not one to continue a game passed level 12-ish back in the d20 system. Although, yeah, giving away levels too quickly will make players appreciate their character less, essentially preventing them from truly mastering a...

I used to do the same back in... High school, I think. Gave levels to the players when I found it appropriate. Nowadays, I believe in the slower progression offered by experience points (when it comes to DnD and Pathfinder's suggested XP value, anyways). I have found that players enjoyed...