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Thanks again for all of your responses. Hannibal King, how in the world did the barbarian get turned into a minotaur? I suppose you could have a lot of fun with a baleful polymorph trap. It sounds like you guys had an excellent run in Undermountain...I'm guessing that this party will emerge a...

I've actually done this same sort of thing myself, though I've worked primarily with guilds and I've only now started moving to communities. If you'd like, I can send you an email of my word document on guilds.

Greetings everyone! I recently had a group of characters in my online campaign decide to enter Undermountain for a "short excursion". They were in Waterdeep on other business and by happenstance chose to stay at the Yawning Portal. Since many of their characters were from lands far removed...

I voted for fey, without a doubt. Though the Monster Manual has a trend toward portraying them as mere tricksters and pranksters, the fey can occupy a wide variety of roles. Raven Crowking has an excellent thread on faeries which shows how they can be used to great effect in a campaign. I...

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For those of you who may be interested, I would once again recommend visiting Raven Crowking's faerie encounters thread, as I am posting up my own material for the Plane of Faerie there as well.

I run a vast amount of status quo encounters, as I like to emphasize the setting in my game. This can create some unusual situations, but overall it's worked pretty well. I don't ever send the players on a quest that they can't handle, but a few characters have died after wandering off into a...

It sounds like a good idea to me. I would think they'd need some means of resting. If I recall correctly, Planescape: Torment had a little box that you could carry around and open up to sleep in. You might try something along those lines. I'm getting ready to send some high level characters...

The Hare's Portal II In my campaign, the characters split up upon reaching the isle in the Sea of Moving Ice and two cohorts (acquired by the Leadership feat) went off to scout. Cain, a mist elf druid, and Kahlan, a weretiger ranger, along with Cain's megaraptor animal companion, actually...

I use a ton of Dragon articles in my game. As I read each issue I put interesting articles into a Word file that I keep on my computer, where I have a sort of reference index typed up. I also enter a lot of the magical items into the eTools database, and then it's much easier to remember to...

Thanks DMH, I'm glad to see that it's out now.

Scepter of the Hare This weathered rod is crafted out of hazel. It bears few distinguishing marks, but in the hands of Mistear, it may cast baleful polymorph upon anything it touches. It serves as a quarterstaff +5 of small size. (I didn't give a price on this object as it may randomly...

Boots of the Hare These heavy boots are lined with beautiful white fur, and they greatly resemble the large hind feet of a snowshoe hare. The footwear possesses a minor quirk – the wearer’s tracks appear to be those of the aforementioned snowshoe hare, though this effect is not readily...

The Hare's Portal I Without further ado, allow me to begin. This story arc begins on an island in Faerûn's Sea of Moving Ice, near a ring of standing stones. The standing stones are the first of the Portals of the Frozen Wastes (see here). The stones are guarded by Thurghom, who cherishes...

Thanks for the suggestions, Raven. I've been doing some research and that turned up precisely what I was after. If it's okay by you, I'll post the work I do on my encounters and share my ideas in this thread. I'm not very familiar with forum etiquette, so if I should post it elsewhere, let me...

Hey, RSKennan, have you heard any word on when the Complete Guide to Fey will be released?

Well, I've been working out the story arc, and I decided that the sinkhole would serve as a Portal to the Land of Faerie under the proper conditions. The hare/trickster faerie is a sort of faerie guardian of the gateway - he was bound there long ago because he was dangerous. He tells the...

Thanks, Raven - those are some excellent ideas. I'll flesh out the trickster aspect of the rabbit and give him a more nefarious edge, which will allow for a great deal of roleplaying. I'll let you know how things develop, it ought to prove an interesting encounter.

Yeah, it was definitely an exotic encounter. My elven rogue with a very low wisdom went right after the coins and was caught by the aballin - the party barely managed to get it off of him by use of a spell called "corruption". I've used them a few times since then and they've always been...

That's an excellent story arc, Raven, you have an excellent gift for tying various plot themes together. I must admit, I've been rather inspired by your work (especially the new article), so I have decided to include a powerful fey creature in my own campaign. I'm running a Forgotten Realms...