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I give out 2 action points per player per game. With them, they can reroll dice (boring), add to dice rolls (also boring), emulate feats (little more interesting), or pull off a thematically appropriate stunt (in combat or out of combat). This gives players more narrative control of the game at...

I assumed Tsukiko and the guy being munched on [by the undead created by Tsukiko].

We've been playing the 3E version since May of '08. My group is about midway through the sixth adventure now. I'm going to try and speed up the pacing a bit. One of my resolutions was to finish the campaign before the years end. We'll see how that turns out.

... and the processing plants are run by old halflings set atop leather armored muls, eh? Who runs Bartertown?

This is one of those instances where you've gotta decide how much and what kind of verisimilitude you want to create. IMO, a "normal" response to someone going around fully armed and armored in "civilized" places is going to be distrust, suspicion, NPCs "having an important engagement...

It depends on what kind of map you are trying to make. Maptool is geared to be the platform you'd use to host an online game. In terms of the maps it creates, it is not a stricly CAD program, or an art program, though it has elements of both. It's mapmaking strength is in replicating the type...

A few more I've used in the past that haven't been mentioned yet: Pen & Paper Art Gallery Elfwood - Science Fiction and Fantasy Art, FanArt & Stories Fantasy art 3D wallpaper free desktop background 3D pictures images digital art gallery

@Jhaelen Apparently the German influence in Wisconsin extends beyond beer, brats and polka into word pronunciation as well ;). Pronouncing "Ragesia" any other way seems ... off.

Councilman Menash (Adventure 1) and Simeon (Adventure 3) immediately spring to mind. There aren't a lot of characters in the Fire Forest (2nd adventure) that could have contact w/ said organization. Lee Sidoneth from Adventure 3 might be an interesting add. Spoiler

Gotchya. You mentioned that you might set up an adventure in/through Shahalesti. Wasn't sure how far out of the way you thought they might go. Ah, I should have checked the 4E version before I mentioned that. In 3x, her Boon allows recipients to ignore Wounding damage, and prevents death from...

Practically speaking, depending on the route they take, you will need to make sure the party somehow acquires/comes in contact with the something like the Tidereaver's Tear (Adventure 3) before they reach Seaquen since they won't have the benefit of Indomitability's Boon. The lack of his Boon...

We're over a year and a half into the (3.x) campaign, and the party has just now started the sixth adventure. Typically, we're at the level in our group where campaigns gets a bit stale, or people start getting bored with their characters. We'd normally wrap up whatever we're doing and start...

In all my years of gaming, I've never had a player like the Warrior. I count myself fortunate, because dealing one would cause all kinds of a) ulcers or b) jail time. I'm loving the story, though, Jonny. You've made the past few Monday's a lot less Monday-ee. :)

As long as they're short, I'd rather watch a video than read a wall of text. Done well, I'd make the leap to reading a pitch to find out more info. Done poorly, I'd never give the product a second look. If you do go the video route, you have to be sure you're able to market the game as...

That was awesome (though agreed, the rock song at the end was ... out of place?)! I know my buddies will get a kick out of that. Personally, I'll be interested to see how many of the elements they recognize to see if I did a good enough job describing the scenes :p

The biggest one was in our first 3E campaign. Our group had spent about a month together, jointly creating a home brew campaign. We created the primary campaign region, detailed cities and race relations, and jointly filled in plot hooks that could be picked up at later times (we played a...

Wow. So I bought the three core 3.5 books, two supplements, and 5 PDFs for a total of $150. On average, we play 3.5 hours 32 weeks a year and have been playing for 8 years. A little over a solid month of gaming. That's $0.17 a game hour. For the price of a can of mountain dew, I get a game of...

That is interesting, especially if the psychology is valid. I wonder whether this concept gets to the heart of the "Old school feel". Is "Old school" really the lack [or a lessened degree] of "Combat Investment". If there is less CI in a game, then arguably that would free players to explore...

I'm sure you probably looked at it, but Maptools is the VTT I've settled on (RPTools - Home). Requires java, but I don't consider that a "hoop" since I had it installed well before I started w/ Maptools; you may feel different. You may want to check out the Battlegrounds link page. They've a...

Except for some of the information on campaign power groups, the Players Guide honestly does a better job of selling the campaign to the players, IMO. I don't think there is anything so damaging in the Campaign Guide that allowing them to read it would make playing the campaign pointless. It...