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I've been doing this a lot in my current Dark Sun campaign. There was the obsidian longsword that had the ability to add psionic cold damage to attacks - at the cost of psionic power points or wisdom damage. And you couldn't "turn it on or off", but had to make saves to decide whether to...

If you use your biotic charge, there is a slim possibility that you will be either a foot above or below the ground, and then you will start clipping through the map, essentially constantly "falling" for a foot, but unable to move. Basically, you are visible to your teammates, hovering about a...

I preordered the game, and had it beaten by around March 12th. Wasn't too happy with my ending, but we don't need to talk about that. I really liked the character loyalty system - as opposed to "loyalty missions" in ME2, in ME3, you just get the chance to participate in a dialogue-based...

Overanalyze the Art; Make Cultural Assumptions: a. Look through the newly-released PDF. Note the incidences of cultural minorities in the game, and then call the game designers racist. "WotC hates Inuit! There are no inuit in the PHB!". Loudly proclaim how terrible it is that the game...

Yes. I've loved my house rules, and I've found they've fixed most of the problems I've had with the various 3e incarnations. While I still don't find the game perfect, there have been far fewer headaches than there were just prior to the release of 4e. That being said, I've found in hindsight...

There are two sides to this. Now, some people are saying "you aren't making gaming important enough", and they are absolutely right. But there's really nothing wrong with this - gaming doesn't have to be the be all and end-all. In my friday night game, I said going in "I'm probably going...

In your case, splitting the party is fine - just be aware that even if you adjust the CRs of your encounters, your smaller groups will be less useful, simply because there are fewer allies on the scene. For example, wizards do better in large groups because there is a better front line to keep...

One I'd like to see, but maybe in another campaign, is that after every fight, all players heal up to their full hit point value. However, during the fight, if they take more than x damage in a single attack, they are "wounded" and suffer a random wound on a table (sprained leg, broken wrist...

I'm Blarg's GM, and I am finding this thread very interesting. I was a bit nervous to get back into 3.5/Pathfinder, because when I switched over to 4th, I said loudly "Never again!". I had too many bad memories of 3.5E, and so when I realized I hated 4e worse, I was seriously considering...

God, I loved that Dark Sun map. It was one of the reasons I fell in love with the setting at first, I think. I wish I still had it - I keep my eyes open, but havent' seen one in years, and don't expect I ever will. The problem with it, unfortunately, is that it was to perfect scale and had...

I don't wanna be "that guy", but I don't really "write" adventures. They sort of just "happen". What I mean is, I run a game that could be called a "sandbox". PCs pick a direction, and I prepare for it with basic situations where I have no idea how they'll end. And the PCs respond to these...

Meh. I think this is really one of those "agree to disagree" sort of situations, more than anything else - it's a matter of personal taste. But I could argue that while combats are more ferocious when people are "bloodied", it is more because they are desperate to survive and therefore don't...

I like board games, too. I just don't like when my RPGs get a bit board-gamey. I like games with a bit of ambiguity - my personal acid test for a game is when you can explain the core of it in less than fifteen minutes and have people playing it like pros within four hours (the D6 System and...

Oh, and there's another thing about bloodied I'm not a big fan with - the idea that you can get better when you're hurt. While players can love the idea of getting better as you lose hit points, and actually sometimes wanting to lose hit points to get better, I sort of have an issue with that...

After two or so years of 4e, I decided there was a lot about it that I didn't like, and went back to 3.5E/Pathfinder. One of the things I kept from 4e, though, was the hit point system - namely, the higher hit points at first level, and the fact that constitution does not affect hit points...

I'm running the aforementioned E6 Dark Sun campaign, and figured I'd chime in with a few of my own observations from the GM side of the screen: 1) First, realize that Dark Sun was created with 2e rules in mind, and quite often conflicts with some pathfinderisms. Be prepared to change rules to...

My quick response, before slogging through four pages of threads, is that the three pillars are bang on for my style of play. However, they are NOT bang on if you have a game that favours one game type over the other two. If you have a D&D game that is a string of combat encounters, it weights...

Fun fact for anyone who is thinking of running a Dark Sun campaign: Do it, but prepared to rewrite half of the rules to do so. Also, just when you think you're done, a side case appears. As the DM in question, I figure I'll post my rulings here, and let people pick them apart for holes...

OD&D Modules? I can't think of any. If we're talking first edition D&D modules, there are quite a few good ones. Ditto for BECMI modules. Here's my stab at a top three for each, and reasons why they're worth checking out: FIRST EDITION AD&D MODULES: 1. Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan. My...

Wait, why do monsters need to have beneficial powers to be worshipped? Umbran, I'm sorry, but I disagree with you. Did Thulsa Doom really offer any protections to the snake cultists that followed him? In the real world, there was no beneficial reason for people to follow the Elysian mysteries...