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Worn out game tropes? I have to break this down into some subcategories: Things I am tired of and have abandoned / do not allow in my campaigns: * The overabundance of half-(insert something other than elf or orc) races. There exist too darn many of them to make sense -- even in a fantasy...

A bard in my current group does a good job matching up the various Performs with the effect he is trying to achieve in a given situation. Inspire Courage is usually a song, but often a story. Fascinate is sometimes pratfalls and buffoonery, but it also may be a comedic tale. Since he spreads...

I have limited spell selection to certain classes before in at least two campaigns I ran. I sussed out a few divine and arcane spells that were available ONLY to certain classes, mostly to make them have a bit more character. I also made a few spells (mostly from non-core published books)...

I would love to get two campaigns going in two game systems that are currently OOP, but will soon be reborn -- Paranoia and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Both are slated to be reprinted / revised in the very near future. Oh, and PS, neither will be d20! Hooray! :D

It's a great place to stay. Definitely tank up on the happy (two) hour booze, the breakfast, the fruit. It's all included. Excellent choice.

Reno 911 is one of the shows we all talk about at work -- and since I work at a District Attorney's office, all us lawyers and cops really, really dig the twisted humor. If you only knew how close some of the situations they portray on the show remind us of actual cases we've seen... Although...

Maybe the book is currently located in the High Priest's library, but that doesn't mean that it has to stay there. By the time the PC's arrive in the city, perhaps the book is being lent out to someone else for research. That person may be less guarded than the High Priest. Maybe the book has...

Horrible, stinky, putrid, inexcusable DMing. Bending or breaking the rules to make sure that a character doesn't die is sometimes acceptable. Bending or breaking to make sure that a particular character, and only that character doesn't die is utter manure. Compounded by the fact that the...

Ah ha, well, that expains why there are so many were made. Thanks for the elucidation. PS - I still think it stunk. :D

My group wrapped up a campaign where there was initally a big gap in levels between two sets of players. We had two "old hands" who got in at the campaign's inception, and we had three (later four) "newbies" who had to start at 1st level when the campaign was already in full swing and the...

Although I am not an 100% out of the closet I'm-loud-and-I'm-proud shout it from the rooftops D&D'er to society at large, all my peers at work (I am an Assistant District Attorney (prosecutor)) know that I am quite the gamer. They know I own a bunch of computer/console gaming platforms: because...

I was not aware of this. Why did it get such a high printing run?

I don't have the same love for X1 that apparently alot of other folks have. I've played in it once. I've run it once. Neither time did I have much fun. Not saying it was terrible or anything, but nothing that memorable occurred. In the other "(Fill in the blank module) -- your experiences?"...

The ones that absorb spells burn out when they have reached their maximum absorption.

I have used them about 3 dozen times or so for various ebay purchases. I've never had a problem with them, but I have always just used them as a conduit for credit card purchases. That is, I have an "account" with them, but it is not a "line of credit" or anything -- they are not holding on to...

I probably have about 30 d20 rulebooks -- mostly for D&D, but a few for other systems sprinkled about. (They are just a small slice of a much, much larger gamebook pie, but were not talking about entire collections here). My favorite would probably have to the d20 Call of Cthulhu core...

This may be too simple of a solution, but as DM you have total control over all facets of combat. If one PC is woefully inadequate at touch attacks, you can simply not throw that many touch attacks at that PC or the party in general. Problem solved. Now, the only negatives is that of...

I only played and ran them back when they were 2 books. As a player, I enjoyed the (what I deemed to be) copious amounts of loot to be had, especially in the Shrine. As a DM, I enjoyed running the D2 (the Shrine) more than D1, particularly because if the players were not careful, they could...

I ran it back in the day. My group basically just slunk around the city, afraid to really stir anything up, always afraid that they would be discovered and overwhelmed. They pretty much just slithered over to the Fane eventually and after a desperate fight, managed to get to the conclusion of...

Um...dunno about puzzles per se but a session or two ago I had my players go on a sort of "scavenger hunt" using some riddles. A wizard gave them five cryptic clues about the items they were supposed to find in a tiny village he sent them to. The items they were supposed to find were: The skin...