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I feel the exact opposite of these alleged players: I refuse to DM or play a game in which point buy is used (with the exception of one-offs at Gameday, but... well, I'm not making the character, so I don't care). I believe the soul of D&D is randomness, and if you take that away... well, what...

My Colossal Red is... still at the store. I didn't buy one. The only RPG-related object I will shell out that much for is The World's Largest Dungeon (and maybe The World's Largest City, if it ever comes out), and that's a self-contained campaign. This is a "miniature". Notice the quotes...

Honestly, d20 Modern works incredibly well for this. Another fine choice is running mortals in the World of Darkness, but... I dunno, that feels like missing the point of the system...

To be honest: a fully-costumed LARP, with mandatory piratey speech patterns. Also, have a monkey running around.

That, sir, was hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. "Have the sewer rats stopped eating me yet?" "No, but one of them choked to death on your big toe."

Come to think of it, I'm going to modify it a bit. The nourishment effect will still be going... but only in areas that are still a) in good repair, or b) still suffused with positive energy. In other words, not Regions A, D, G, H, J, K, L, M, or O. Beyond that... I haven't read the book...

That's the smartest thing I've ever seen anyone type, ever. Would you mind terribly if I copy-pasted it into my game?

The disadvantages they face in the future are why I don't feel guilty. Though, you know, the Swordsage can take several maneuvers which are awfully similar to arcane spells (particularly the ones from the Desert Wind discipline).

I figured they would be a bit overpowered, so I'm going to be scaling up every encounter. Also, the sustaining spoon feeds four people, and four people are what need to be fed (as Warforged do not eat, sleep, or breathe). Thanks for the input, though!

Since I plan for this game to be at least SOMEWHAT tongue-in-cheek, I plan for the party to find a specially-designed Bag of Holding fairly quickly, which is called the Bag of Ph4t L00tz. It will hold their useless-yet-valuable items, until such time as they wish to rid themselves of said...

I'm about to get a game going, and, I must say, I've been overly kind with character creation. I allowed any class AT ALL, and any race with a level adjustment of +2 or lower. The party is as follows: Atreus, the Human Scout Malus the Forge, the Warforged Swordsage Ninarika Shyam, the Aasimar...

Oh man, I know exactly what you mean by the belligerant questioning of irrelevant details. I was using an encounter from Weapons of Legacy (the one that yields Crimson Ruination), and I happen to describe the well. The players jump on it. "How big is it?" "How deep is it?" "What color is...

What ABOUT Color Spray?

I mistyped. 3 to 4.

Spider Climb is the best and most powerful spell ever. It needs to be an Epic spell to be balanced. Seriously, though? Sleep. It's obscenely strong for a first-level spell. I'd go so far as to say it is the strongest first-level spell in the PHB. Think about it: at lower levels, it's...

That would be ideal. The more players and DMs, the better. Also, that kitten is adorable.

A team of ten 20th level PCs versus the entire population of the world. It would be easy, until they got to Tony Jaa. I think they would lose to him. After all, he's a level 80 Monk.

1994. I was 7 years old. I played with my cousins at a sleepover. I was hooked INSTANTLY.

I hate to steal from a video game, but Deepground seems like it would fit. Alternatively, there is the Shadowed Realm, or, perhaps, the World Below.

The campaign that I ran, which lasted a little under a year, had a rather climactic ending, though not the one I expected. I sent two Assassins after the party, as they were resting up before the final encounter. Now, I should back up here. I supplied the party with EVERY friendly NPC that...