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I would look at legendary items in two ways - in one, the item is literally a wizard's life work, something that they begin working on as a young man and finish up just as they die (dramatically no doubt). In the other, the creation of a legendary item might happen almost spontaneously, based...

How very Arthurian. This brings up a whole other way of looking at the issue; the king who "dies" and passes into legend...

Also, keep basic politics in mind - if the King is brought back to life by a cleric of a particular diety, that cleric and his religion would get an incredible amount of political pull - it's basically saying that the king (and therefore the kingdom) is subject to the whims of that god...

New downtime activity: NITPICKING RULES LANGUAGE d100 01-02 Your PC manages to have no discernible effect on anyone's behavior. 03-00 Your PC is found bludgeoned to a pulp in an alley. Despite dozens of witnesses, no one can identify the perpetrator.

Another great resource for pirate and sea-based games (especially if your ships start running into the 16th/17th century type ships) is Corsair from Adamant. It's 3.5, although it looks like it might have been updated and expanded for Pathfinder, too. I used this as the go-to sailing rules for...

Same here.

I had a similar thing happen in my 1st to 20th level campaign around 7th level - the PC's got hold of a frigate-sized ship and went privateering (rather than strictly pirating). I created a top-ten pirates list with lots of colorful pirates and wanted posters that included just enough info to...

The heck with that! I need to be grandmaster of the pike-makers' guild!

Magic Item auction houses were a part of my 3.5 campaign. I'm also a big fan of using real-world economic ideas to at least inform my game worlds, which could lead to amusing moments: "Yes, back in the old days, people actually thought magic items had an intrinsic value, and that they'd always...

You can tie this piece in even deeper - Bob is basically the Avon Lady/Pyramid Marketing Scheme Necromancer, as he creates zombies, who each create 4 more, who each create 4 more... Maybe the murdered shopkeeper was one of the very first villagers that Bob targeted, as for some reason Bob holds...

I really like the idea of mapping city stats to PC stats; the familiarity would really help players understand things... You could easily take this further - as 77IM brings up proficiency bonuses for size, you could take it a step further and assign a level based on size. His "expert areas"...

I think I still have "moderator emeritus" status, and so I shouldn't be seeing the banner - but I do see it at the top of the page.

I picked up a Fender Mustang (it's $120) when I started to learn last year, and its a pretty good practice amp. Its got USB connectivity, and with the included software can emulate a lot of amp sounds. You can plug in a set of headphones and be stealth guitar god if you feel like it... :D If...

The Duke's use for a magic sword might be to hand it out as an incentive to the next band of adventurers that he wants to do him a favor, so that they can go fight the ogre or dragon or whatever so that the Duke can stay home with his well-stocked wine cellar. My position is that I like rare...

I'm pretty liberal in how I adjudicate these kinds of things. I'd say Perception could get you the info that the arrows are crude, of non-human make (and if the PC's have run into goblins in the past, or have any reason to know anything about goblin handiwork, I'd give them that additional info...

Very good point. I wasn't even thinking of that aspect of it.

The problem with creating gold coins out of silver is that the metal they are made of is only part of what identifies them as the coin in question - you wouldn't be turning quarters into silver dollars, you'd be turning quarters into silver quarters, and any competent merchant will see through...

I love this sort of thing, incidentally...! I think Scrivener of Doom has it about right - find out how much work your players want to put into this, and keep it as fast and loose as possible so that things don't bog down. I also like the idea of a target return of 5% based on the amount the...

Yeah, characters getting lost in the Cloud is a common occurence right now - I'd recommend anyone planning on playing online read this article first that goes into what not to do. Basically don't create a new character in the same slot, and always quit the game by exiting to single player and...

Open up your phone in Online, go to Playlists, or Quick Jobs. Those are often races or Deathmatches. Some Deathmatch modes are listed under Missions, too. I've been playing quite a bit, though I haven't been able to get any good partners in crime to do some of the more difficult missions...