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I think you pretty much nailed it. I've actually spent so many years running games, with no other DMs around who are capable of making anything last very long, that I haven't played D&D in years... I often lament that I don't entirely "get" what drives the players' devotion to gaming, because...

I've had players with this kinda "character ADD" before... one in particular leaps to mind, and he has actual ADD, so I guess that makes sense. I think this is a very cool idea, and I'm the kind of DM who would be happy to implement this kind of scheme under most circumstances. It could...

Congratulations. I wish I had the money to buy a copy just to say thanks to Paizo for keeping the 3.5 torch alit. :p

I was running Scourge of the Slave Lords back during the days of yore. Given, I'd only been DMing for a dozen or so years at the time, so I was clearly a novice prepared to make a novice mistake... *grins* There was a segment at the slavers' mountain stockade when the party proceeded into the...

I'll echo the sentiment that the campaign is well worth the money (though I got much of the material during GM's Day sales...). My group just finished adventure #4 last night, and it has been easily one of the most enjoyable games we've had in years! I love running it... it gives you a lot of...

My longest single campaign ran for four years, from '99 to '03. It started as a 2E campaign, converted to 3E around 7th or 8th level... After just over 200 sessions, the characters retired at around 23rd level. Haven't run anything quite as long since... most of my campaigns are designed to...

Well, certain features and furnishings obviously need to be mentioned up front, in as much as the PCs have cause and opportunity to take note of them. A more accurate image of the battleground can serve to inject a level of reality into the scene, and occasionally offer interesting elements to...

Basic, yes. But two whole paragraphs? It's too much. I try to restrict descriptions to the most obvious and fundamental elements of the environment, which frequently include any occupants. After combat, I will readily revisit the details, particularly regarding any specific questions that...

Incidentally, I used to have fits over the way a number of OD&D and 1E adventure modules would include very detailed "boxed text" room descriptions that would disclose several lines of descriptive text followed by an almost off-hand revelation that monsters were in the room and now moving to...

I had a player a number of years back who just refused to let go when his job required him to relocate. He was in broadcast engineering and his company had stations across the state. He moved about 3 hours away... but he kept coming up with work-related reasons to drive back to town just about...

I met my fiance back in high school ('round about 1989) when one of my players talked her into trying D&D with us... so I introduced her to gaming. We got really close, but my family moved away and we fell out of touch after a couple of years. (This was back before cell phones and e-mail...)...

Hmmm... For a good portion of the year, I was runnning two to three games a week. That's a lot of game prep. And then my son was born last month. Not as much time for reading this year... Some of my more recent selections: Kushiel's Scion and Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey Game Night...

I can't believe I missed Hennet... Sorcerer! YouTube - D&D PHB PSA part 4 *headdesk* :blush:

In my experience, good DMing requires a bit of creative storytelling... The players provide the protagonists for the tale, possibly (hopefully!) with some backstory and extra plot points, but the DM must then weave them into a living, breathing environment and give them ample material with...

I agree that there is nothing wrong with running games where nobody dies, particularly if you're all having a good time, but I'd be remiss if I didn't share what I have gleaned from my own experiences. I've been DMing for about 20 years. In the early (Monty Haul) days, character death wasn't...

We're still 3.5 players, though I was inspired by material from from 4E and from Pathfinder and have since implemented a number of house-rules, on a trial basis. So far, it's been fun. A few of us bought the 4E core books this summer and we played about a half a dozen sessions, and it was fun...

My first exposure to D&D was actually at the hands of an older neighborhood kid when I was about 8 years old. I didn't entirely get it, but I loved it! Even so, I didn't really grasp that there were purchasable materials involved... other than his dice, everything I saw him use was homemade...

I had a player back in the early 90s (who was generally not known for his creativity) who came up with the idea of an 81-year-old 17th-level psionicist who seriously pissed off an archmage and managed to get reverted to 18 years of age (and 1st level) with no memory of his past. It played out...

I'm a laptop DM, though I likely wouldn't be if it was just to access references. I'd generally prefer hard copy under those circumstances. I'm a 3.5 DM, however, and I use DM Genie to run my games, one of the small number of programs commercially available to aid in managing Dungeons &...

I suppose the interest in tactical play may vary a bit from group to group. In my own experience, both with and without minis and maps over the years, I've learned that the battlemat can be more of a detraction from my game than an advantage. The flavor of my narrative is very fluid and...