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The Valley of Obelisks is the setting for Shattergates of Slaughterguard and not a bad start at a minicampaign setting. For those of you who have played or, more importantly ran, Slaughterguard what have you done with the Valley? What changes have you made to the setting? Have you...

This is what I am most interested in. All the Pathfinder stuff sounds great, but this sounds like it will have the most application for the most games.

We had a PC like this in a game. Aasimar Warlock worked just fine to represent the dual heritage.

Establish a rule for dividing valuable magic items. In my group all magic items go to "the PC that can best use it" because in the end thats what good for the group as a whole. If its good for any PC, like Cure X potions, it gets divided so that everyone has the same amount (which means if one...

Of course. The question, however, is not either can you or should you, its why do some people want to follow it and some do not? The answer comes down ultimatelly to a matter of percieved value. Some percieve the value of the published setting to be superior to any modification that a...

In your opinion, which I completly support as a viable way to play but do not feel is the only option. Some players feel that if life is all that at risk then its not very interesting, and much prefer failed challanges to result in negative consequences in the campaign world (favored NPC death...

To early to tell, but given what I know from interviews, posts, editorials etc. (particularly the interview with Mike in Kobold Quarterly) about Mike and Co. my guess is "YES" - the powers that be at Paizo seem to like games where PC death is, if not likely, then at least a strong threat.

I do think that danger level should be communicated to the PCs in a Sandbox style game. Do this both in game and out of game. Out of game tell players: "Just because you can get there and just becuase you meet something doesnt mean you can beat it. Learn other ways of dealing with challanges...

I am not one who cares a great deal about canon in RPGs, but I do understand why others do. Your comparison to fanfiction is apt. For them playing in an established setting is, in many ways, like reading or writing fanfic. The choice of a setting is not only "a means to an end--a way to...

Welcome to ENWorld Yaksha. These boards do have search functions, but only to community supporters, those who donate to keep the place running. Generally, however, if you are willing to look past the first two or three pages and can't find what you are looking for post, just as you did, and...

I agree. But it may not be an option in Living Greyhawk.

I have found it easier to run games in which there is a single story-arc with occasional sidequests and random adventures (mainly for the purposes of keeping the PCs at the level they need to be to face the next section of the metaplot), which may evolve into serial single story arcs that make...

Either of these is good, but our group has recently finished Slaughterguard and really enjoyed it. Some complain that its a bit to dungeoncrawl-centric and in a way it is, but it contains sufficient background and setting material that a half way decent DM can plug in sidequests and roleplay...

Does anyone know of any product with clear rules for mage duels? And if not anyone got some homebrew ones? (I have a feeling I have some myself, in one of the mini RPG books I have laying around, just cant seem to recall where they might be at the moment.)

Typically its all one way or the other. One campaign I will go with only published material, even if I do allow a lot of options its still things that have appeared in print and typically from WotC. Another campaign might have homebrew rules for just about everything, including homebrew tweaks...

So what are they? What do you do instead? For those who answer "because I enjoy playing them": do you ever give an ingame reason for the character to keep going? Or do your games not require one?

Why does your PC, or the PCs if you mainly GM, keep adventuring after they have acheived fame and fortune? Do you build PCs or campaigns with an inate reason for the characters to constantly strive for power, glory, and wealth or is it more of a metagame reason? "I want to keep playing so my...

OK, I've got a specific question and a general question. Specifically: Which of the Forgotten Realms region books would be best for using on their own without using the Realms as a whole? IOW which can stand on their own as a mini-setting? Generally: Do you use setting books w/o using the...

Since I started playing we have only had one new person join the group, a mere week or two after I got started. I tended to pick on her, but given that we have been married now for going on 4 years I suspect it was just that "we are flirting but dont realize we like each other" kind of thing...

Do you like Alternate History fiction? If so do you have favorite themes or concepts? How "alterante" do you like your history, IOW how siginifcat a divergence do you enjoy? What is your favorite example of alternate history?