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Has happened twice in games I've run/played in. The first time the PC's found a secret underground complex under Baldur's Gate; after clearing it of bad guys they basically bought it and set up a tavern, which let me start to introduce thieves guild adventures; interestingly they got very upset...

What people have said here is quite valid, so I won't repeat the fact. Due to the nature of the system, though, there is the problem of having elite forces without a great deal of unit-training in this era. Understand; a Knight trained from age 7 to age 21 in his primary occupation; killing...

I've always felt that D+D suits the renaissance more than it does Medieval tropes. 1. There's more ability to change class. 2. The weapons and armour are late renaissance. Plate armour and rapiers at the same time? 3. The general thinking of D+D is more 'enlightened' than Medieval stuff. While...

The only issue I have with it is it does not allow the swashbuckler to get any extra damage, which is something they do very poorly at best. I dislike the precise attack as well, but what I thought might be good would be an ability to do full damage per level per day, much like the weapon...

Valgoth the Invincible. Ftr3/Paladin15/Divine Chamption of (Lawful Good)10. A very traditional knightly type, Valgoth isn't the most intelligent of people. He's good natured, somewhat naive, but stubborn as a post. He tends to act before he thinks, which is almost always, and hes one of those...

The most powerful class I ever played was a Diviner gnome wizard with spell focus in Necromancy. I dropped Evocation because of it's suckyness. He was good, too. Fear, Scare, Summon creepy monsters, detecting stuff and so on. Confusing people with illusions was even better; its about being...

I've been tossing up running a starcraft game with T20 for ages. There isn't an issue with having different races. You just need to understand that Zerg are aliens and unless they are like Kerrigan or Duran are entirely unplayable. Protoss are either unplayable or at least a +5 EL creatures...

I must agree with Queen Dopplepopolis. when I indoctrinated my missus into the cult of gaming, she wasn't new to fantasy tropes but was new to D+D ones. Making her roleplay was difficult with a group of loud, laughing men around anyway. Let the girl be useful; easy stuff without too many...

I'd make him a 3/3 Rogue Barbarian, with less of an intense rage outlook and more of a "I'm fighting now, must overcome sun-stroke for a little while." Strength 12, Dex 15, Con 13 (Used to be 16, but he contracted syphilis), Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 13. (Not that many characters in the movie even...

Man of Will is ridiculous. I allowed it once for a woman who broke out of the social mold she was forced in to - the game stopped shortly after that, but not because of that class. It is an awesome beyond words class. Jeez! What you may allow, if you have Swashbuckling Adventures anyway is a...

Pretty simple to add interaction. People talk before they fight; only a psychopath would prefer to attack a well-prepared party of adventurers than bargain his way out.. People surrender before they die. People shosimw mercy before they kill. Political intrigue is simple. Just add PC's to any...

Railroading. GM: You start in the city of Alder. One day, you and your friends are sitting in a tavern when a wizard shows up and he says here is a map. You follow the road and.. there is a random encounter! What do you do? (Fight.) You continue following the trail until you hit the dungeon...

Often my PC's have several weapons, but the longsword is rare to be the prime one. By far the most common is the greatsword, the war-axe, or the maul. My PC's don't need no stinkin' AC!

Hey guys. I'm just wondering - is there any reason at all to trip in True 20? It seems to give no decent bonus to the tripper; the fellow will be up again before you can get the bonus, and unless I'm blind theres no Improved Trip - trip and get a free attack or anything. Am I blind, or did...

The issue I personally have with Witchfire is basically that there isn't much of the Iron Kingdoms in them. Spoilers - The feel I had of the IK setting is basically how the Five Fingers describes itself. There's three plots. Political intrigue, Dark magic/horror, and crime. What IK does...

Not so much on the gunpowder. More on the dark magic, darker cults, and strange steam powered machines being the lifeblood of trade nowadays. The only big problem I had with it was that bullets were up to 5 gold each, and guns were exotic. It's a simple house rule to change that, however. I...

It's been mentioned, but Atlas Games Splintered Peace is a very interesting module; I picked it up for ten bucks from the second hand store, and it is an excellent way to incorporate depth into games. I've been meaning to run it for some time. Not for everyone, but certainly for people who...

My geeky girlfriend got to watch us play one day. Three odd years later, she makes jokes like "Arrgh! Will save!" and is putting together her first game for a group of other girls. (I'm so proud! She's even telling me to bugger off when I try to create her game for her!) While few, the girls...

I play with my SO and do my very best to treat everyone equally. I once had a snippy comment from a player, however; he's one of the 'steal the show' types (More a DM than player. I've noticed most DM's are like this.), and was playing a 1920's copper in a Cthulu game. My SO was playing gentry...

Speedchess for me. I enjoy tactical challenges, and I enjoy PC plans. But combat is in itself fast. My group can spend up to an hour planning a heist and three minutes doing it. Only one of my players complains at my speed combat, but thats because he wants to describe every muscle movement...