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Yes. Yes it does. I loved the Dune series, particularly the first three books, and there's a lot of similar visual and cultural and factional themes between them. Hell of a hook.

Now that's bushido compatible. Last time I played Rokugan it was d10 L5R and we cut ourselves out of an oni no tsubaru, so....I like it! *scuttles off to get Iron Heroes and see if he can wedge it into his homebrew rules somehow*

This might not work for everybody, but one of my cures for PC design writer's block is to hit Elfwood or DeviantArt, typically a tour from staff or just plinking through the "random" button, until a drawing comes up that says "Give me 3.x stats!". I'll get to work on it, and sometimes a...

Well, there are a couple little things my players would come to recognize as "parts of an adventure I wrote", the most common gimmick is the Baron & Baroness Orccrusher, frontier nobles with a remote manorhouse who will invariably invite the PC's in for dinner, lull them with music, and attempt...

In answer to the OP: Not a lantern archon's chance in Nessus would I allow it, and I'd give them three options. Either everybody forgets they just said that and in future they involve the GM in the game, I pack up my notes and let them tell each other the rest of the adventure (since they don't...

Dear PW, I will address your concerns as listed. Done! It shall now be "Gold Playing" (for the accumulation of the same) vs "Silver Playing" (as per the phrase, "silver-tongued devil". Busted it is! Unpowered! Done! "Flavor text vs Mechanics". I agree, but does anyone still do this? See...

To a degree, it depends on how much you want to adhere to the rules as written. If you're hoping to adhere to the combat rules as written, then I think "bonuses for description" is going to be your best bet. A few skill checks to make sure the maneuver works - sometimes the jump is short, or a...

Errrrm....define. IRL? Too controversial. Just in Greyhawk? FR? All official campaign settings? All published campaign settings? Counting only those named, or including hypothetical demon lords never described? Consider that the Abyss is infinite, and even if "most" layers are uncontrolled...

ATTN: Mr. Claus We have your wife. If you want to see her again, you will bring us the following: - A regular, cohesive gaming group not propped up by its collective disfunction. - Actually, any gaming group at all not composed of utter social misfits (see RPG.net Creepiest Gamer thread for...

Well, I'll say up front I prefer random rolls to point buy; then again, I prefer not gaming to point-buy, especially as written. That said, we've used a few methods to generate characters: In 2nd Ed, one of our players devised a chart with the number of dice one could roll to determine each...

Consider the gauntlet picked up. I've always thought this was a great idea, and who doesn't want to have Phyrexian Ghouls stalking the darker parts of their world? I'll browse the WotC for cards worth converting, see what I can do.

Actually, I think I got that Defense mechanic from one of your posts, Aus. I was eyeing various approaches, stumbled across that post, and said to myself "Well, that's simple and elegant. Yoinked!". Hadn't considered a bonus 2 skill points per level, but I do believe in giving characters 2 ranks...

It really depends on the setting, for me. I could never play d20 for modern or future settings, a task I far prefer the Interlock system - and more specifically, the CP2020 version thereof - for. That said, if I were to rework the d20 rules to create my ideal version of D&D, well, it would come...

It really depends on the origins of that low Charisma; is he socially awkward? Arrogant? Disfigured from birth? Socially timid? Mind you, not everybody asks that kind of imformation about low-Cha characters, so YMMV obviously. I find once I know that, I can tweak an NPC's reaction to a low...

At character creation, they can pick most of their wealth total, though a certain amount of wealth I'll still assign them. PCs find all kinds of things in their travels. During the campaign, treasure hoards and enemy equipment are -largely- random, but I'll always select a few items that...

Hmmmm. It's hard to say because I love 'pure' multiclass builds - two core classes, no PrCs. My wild elf druid/barbarian was great fun to play, high-level rogue/sorcerers are dangerous, and I always missed not getting to explore my soul-knife/monk concept. If I had to pick just one, though...

To rehash the one that's always stood out in my head, courtesy of the Lythande anthology: "You defiler of virgin goats." There's something extra awful in suggesting such a...preference. As far as things that have appeared at my own tables... "Tell me where you were whelped, as I'll not defile...

Alright, hopefully I've attributed that quote correctly and I've correctly determined what you're saying. I'll start by saying I like this system, I like it quite a bit, and I may in fact decide to use it myself. I'm not sure it's better or worse than the mechanics as written as far as new DM's...

Or, potentially, some people prefer to be given something bordering on the benefit of the doubt. This is not "rolling through a stop sign" vs. "perfect road procedure"; this is the cop walking up as you put the keys in the ignition, shining his flashlight in your eyes, and asking "You're gonna...

Well, that's a new tack for them, certainly. I'll tackle this in a minute... Hmmm. I quite like the shift in clerics from cure to domain spells for spontaneous casting; it both sheds a sacred cow and gives clerics additional flavor. The change to sorcerers makes sense for the elemental...