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You aren't reading enough Fantasy novels. Or at least, not the ones I read. ;) And the idea of a bloodline cursed/blessed by outside powers is hardly a new concept. Nor the idea of a tough but dumb bruiser race. Also, as others pointed out, 'new' media enthusiasts make up a significant...

For the samuri example. it's worth noting that the Rokugan d20 system specifically allowed players to play samuri fighters (basic samuri) samuri spellcasters (Shugenja) samuri rogues (Scorpion spies as well as the courtier class) samuri barbarians (Crab bruisers who, while embarassing, are...

You just won the thread. My own campaign acknowledges differences in phsyical/mental attributes....for NPCs, and even then it's never impacted stats. If one of my female players wants to play a muscular amazon who can cleave through flesh and armour with a single blow I for one am completely...

I've been running, off and on, a 4th edition game with my gaming group. We've been enjoying the campaign, but there have been a number of grumblings with the system- so much so that there has been some debate about switching. I am not particularly fond of doing so if only because the campaign...

A few months ago I ran a FATE game using the A/State setting. The setting itself- a sort of blend between Blade runner, City of God and Dark City- lends itself precisely to this sort of horror. I really wanted to capture the bleakness and inherent horror of the setting, so I pushed forward a lot...

Insiderwhatamous? Sorry, but I haven't gone back to the Wotc site since 4e came out and it hasn't slowed down our love of the game one bit.

What's that saying? 'Nothing is a cliche when it happens to you.' Try a basic dungeon romp and see what happens when you actually start to interact with the players.

Splinter the formation: That wonderous Avenger power that leaves my carefully designed, wonderfully overlapping in terms of powers monsters scattered to the nine winds and isolated. And heaven help them if there is a pit/cliff/body of water/difficult terrain feature nearby.

If I feel that the looming TPK is due to a mistake by me as a DM, then I might offer advice or fudge some dice rolls. If it is down to the player's decisions and an out already exists, then I sit back and enjoy some guilt-free carnage. The entire premise of the game rests on the threat of...

I know what you mean, Wik. It took me four levels before I finally clicked with skill challeneges. Now that I've gotten a feel for how they're meant to flow my group has a huge amount of fun with them.

I prefer human-centric campaigns, although this is just part of my low-magic is mysterious, atmospheric magic mania that tends to pervade all of my campaigns. I've played nonhumans in other settings but always felt that the cantina was a little...off, somehow. When I do run human-only...

May I make a suggestion? I have been in a very similar situation in my campaign, with the heroes escorting a princess across a continent on a pilgrimage, so I may have some insight into the matter. After six levels of effectively sitting back and doing very little (with grumbles from the...

I take healing surges/action points away from the party's daily totals for travelling, making the fights at the far end a lot more serious. I have taken away 2 healing surges/failure and then hit points (this really grabs their attention). I've offered one of them a very modest bonus and...

Stinking Cloud disagrees with you.

Damn. Well, I find the rp-heavy, 2x1 second-rounds-now-you're-dead flow an interesting change from 4e DnD.

I occasionally run A-State for my DnD group when numbers are down. Don't worry- I guarantee no-one else on this forum has heard of it either.

The idea of a Core set that covers a first quarter of a projected campaign series and fails to include the campaign's iconic hero class is a massive turnoff right there. While the setting intrigues me I think 4e D&D will work just as well.

The breasts were added as a design features when the shardminds realised it was giving them a +2 circumstance bonus when dealing with men. Slightly more seriously, I can imagine the crystal body being 'grown' in a crystal matrix (remember those science experiments, everyone?) that conforms to...

If you have a vague idea as to what sort of enemies in general they are going to be facing, then generate an 'encounter table' of general encounters from the character's level -1 (they do something really smart and bypass most of the encounters) to +5 (they manage to make that orc hoard they...

Let us know if we've been right or wrong about how helpful it is. I need to edit my posts to make it look like I was always giving good advice after all.