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The game needs to be fair for all the players. If a player cheats, it is usually insignificant the first time. But, if I ever found a chronic cheater, it would be grounds for dropping him from the game in order to remain fair to the other players and the DM. Chronic cheaters are bad for any...

Just primer looks dull. You can choose white, grey, or black primer. Grey is probably best if you are not going to paint the figure. A lot of people like GW paints (me too), but i find that their lids are absolutely junk. You can try to store the bottles upside down to prevent the paint...

First thing is to get rid of the detect magic spell. Describe items in detail when they are activated for the first time. Have the caster make a spellcraft check to "figure out" the item instead, or let him spend a few days doing research. Have wizards possess the "use magic device" skill...

I'm thinking because not too many people bought it. It wasn't dark and vile enough to justify the sticker price IMO.

If it makes sense, why not keep the sorcerer as part of the group for now. Keep him as an NPC and simply keep playing similarly to how he has behaved in the past. When it becomes convenient for the DM, from a storyline POV, have the sorcerer leave the group and the other players can decide...

I used to just have them roll and tell them if they found anything, but I think everybody starts out that way. Now I ask them what they search, and how they are searching it. Looting bodies is simple, and I just let them roll and tell them what they get. For rooms, I ask them what they are...

Would it hurt to give them some sort of insight as to the coming apocolypse (or whatever your plot is). A little effort at foreshadowing might come in handy as a DM. In fact, it should be essential if this is going to lead to end-of-the-world type stuff. Giving a party cleric or mage visions...

Remember that the players are there to have fun, not become a punching bag for your bad guys (okay, maybe a little of both). Putting the PCs into a no-win situation should be rare, and they need to have a way out of it that gains them some insight on how they might succeed next time (if there...

You'll get a better response in the META forum. Personally, I've had no problems subscribing to threads. Are you using a valid email address? Are you auto-subscribing when you post to a thread? Remember it won't notify you about the same thread until you visit the site again, so you need to...

Considering my PH gets about 5x the use and abuse of my DMG and MM, I think my books are holding up great! Even though I've finally bought a 2nd printing PH, my old one feels much better because it opens to all the right pages all by itself :) Not to mention the extra time I've put into it by...

Dungeon magazine has a lot of decent low-level adventures IMO. It's a pity one can only use them once in a long while (unless you start a lot of low-level campaigns). I usually give my players their 2nd level hp in advance to offset the chance of killing anybody with just one or two arrows.

Somewhere between the five games I play in (all D&D right now), I would say yes and no. Yes, it's boring because if you are familiar with character classes and start with just the basic class and race skills. It cannot yet live up to the vision you have for your character as the great wizard/...

I work weekend nights. That's fri, sat, sun from 6pm to 6am the next morning. So whatever you guys are feeling, I probably felt it too, and then some. With the exception of getting bleary-eyed on the road once in a while, and the fatigue that seems to set in ALL WEEK long even when I do...

Reaper still doesn't do enough monsters. Their recent drider figure is excellent though.

The short answer is 1st level. ---------------------------------------- My most recent group I allowed to roll up their second level hp in advance even though we did start with 0xp and at first level. So when they reached second level they did not roll for more hp. It doesn't completely...

When you upgrade at each age, it forces you to choose between two different deities from your mythos, each with their own special troops or upgrades they can add. It means that you have greater flexibility even within the mythos you choose to play. I like the change, and wish there were more...

Not only would I make them choose a monster type, but I might limit knowledge to creatures he has had an opportunity to have contact with. It would make sense to offer this only to classes who have exposure to those monster types, like rangers, druids, or hunter-types of classes. And possibly...

Subscribe to Dragon. Really! Carry this with you all the time and let people see you reading it. I guarantee somebody will ask, "what's that?" AND THAT is your cue to explain what D&D is like, but rather than explain too many rules, tell them a dramatic story of what happened in your last...

Kniightmare touched on a good point. The best anti-druid would be a former druid. An individual who has strayed from the "true path," sort of thing, not unlike a fallen paladin. So now you have an ex-druid. Think of what might have caused him or her to stray. Perhaps the other druids...

Have you talked with the gamers that meet at the student center on campus every Saturday night? You're near a college campus and you can't find gamers?! You're not trying very hard :) Castle Perilous is the local game store--post a notice if you haven't already done so.