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I would also have the BBEG capture the PC's. Either through a spell or through other means (such as a headband that does the aforementioned message 3times/day and 3d6 dmg once per round which can't be removed except by the BBEG), he will make the PC's do something they don't want to do. If...

Two things to add... First as people have said before, it's not as simple as going to another plane grabbing the gold and running back out. Denizens of that plane may think you have robbed them and come back looking for their property. Slavers, and other nasties exist while you are obtaining...

Before I go any further I want to reinterate what others have said that if everyone is having fun, then there is no problem. If you want to try and broaden the characters, here's something that may or may not help... Instead of trying to invent a character from scratch and think of everything...

It seems I'm averaging about 1 to 1.5 fights per 3.5 hr session. However, they generally have more "encounters" per session, though many of these encounters they could fight, but they would either probably lose, or not get information that they need, or otherwise be inefficient. Luckily my...

Here would be my take: It's all about the hormones. In a human if you regulate what hormones are in a body, you can make it do very freakish things. For example, in the womb you can mae a XY male (male by gamete) not create male sexual organs. Instead he will have female sexual organs and in...

I simply decide how many sessions I want for the characters to advance if they were doing perfect (realizing that will rarely happen). Then I divide that number into the number you would need for the highest level person to level, and that's the max amount they can get in a session. Depending...

Being friends outside the game helps a lot. All have the same style is of course key. When I am DMing also something I try to do is to have something for them to think about in between sessions. We play once a week, and having them do that both gets them more involved as well as helps them...

I think it depends on how well the DM can insert the pre-canned module, which in part depends on the DM and in part depends on the module. I've seen too many modules that read like Everquest, which is fine, if you want Everquest. But I don't want Everquest, I want something where the bad guy...

Though unfortunately I don't have the module anymore, I still remember from "Lost Tomb of Martek" the glass sea and the cloudskates (ok I had to look up the name) that rode upon them. I don't know if it will fit into your campaign (either as an actual encounter or as window dressing) but I...

As to dealing with 14th level PC's laying waste to a village, here are some thoughts: - back in the wild west in the US there were bank robbers, some very successful. As they robbed more and more though, the reward size was increased. Eventually the reward would be high enough that bounty...

I think that most people return for one reason: It's not yet their time to die. That might mean they feel they have more to contribute to the present world, or responsibilities they have not yet fulfilled, friendships where you haven't said your final goodbyes, or perhaps cities you have not...

Random thoughts: Maybe the new lands are "cursed." The rumor is that whoever the ruler is will die within a year (3 months, whatever timeframe you need) of taking the reins. Regardless of whether it is true or not, the last 3 appointees have all resigned before the time was up. As a result...

I encourage players to question any inconsistancy, as long as they do it *in character*. Don't know why a wizard hasn't gone and looted all the treasure? Go ask him, or maybe find a bard and ask the bard to see if they know. Don't know why all of a sudden the sky is red when it used to be...

Though a little contrived, one possible way to make perform useful is a haughty bard (or could be some other NPC but bard is what came into mind first) who has some information or item that is needed, but refuses to help unless the requester can show some musical (or other artistic) talent...

OK, here's my spin. The world they landed on was indeed the right place, but no wizards made it to the new world. None. Of course the party doesn't know that, and will probably spend some time chasing rumors and red herrings of wizards that did make it. The world they landed on is very...

If you want to keep to the canon and yet allow the fiends to rule Sigil, the way to do it is not by blunt force but through some sort of agreement. Who knows what goes on in the mind of the Lady of Pain? And what is time to Her? Maybe there is some hidden agenda going on, and She chooses not to...

I really don't understand what the problem is, and I think a real world analogy works fine. Let's say you are a new hire in sales. There is a potential client out there that the compnay thinks can make a tidy $10k profit to the bottom line if you can land the deal. Why doesn't the CFO or VP...

The map was made using the civ3 editor and some screen capture and cutting and pasting. Though I used photoshop, I think there are a lot of imaging programs out there now (for use with digital cameras) what will merge pictures automagically. As to the world, I am envisioning about 5 "kingdoms"...

Hiya, I've just created a rough cut of a map. (http://www.cardplace.com/images/chosen/map_small.jpg if you care -- ~200k) The campaign I envision will be wholy encompased by this map. It has a main big island/continent taking up 70-80% of the map with a much smaller isle north of it. My...