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Not sure which part was "silly", but you can bet your bottom dollar that I can get very, very silly around that time of year. Must be the moon.

Being as I am a born-again Christian (and very joyful about that fact), I have been asked on a few occasions about why I play D&D. My first comment is alwasy "Christianity and D&D are not mutually exclusive". I have been playing for quite some time, and when I first read the Chick Ministries...

Hm...This is kind of unusual. I have done questionnaires that propose to come up with some numbers and stats (I was a dwarven paladin the last time I did one), but I have never been judged by others. But, after reading through the garbage that follows this intro, please feel free to judge me...

I am not familiar with the "Story Hour" or how it works (although I may have to check into it based on your suggestion), but I do have my own website where I have posted the summary of the story so far: www.geocities.com/chrisnd93 anyone that wants to check it out, and keep updated, please...

Hey everyone, this is AWESOME. Thanks for the help, and I will definitely be using a lot of the suggestions that you guys made. I think that I was just suffering from "writers block" and just couldn't figure out how to get things to work. And, since two people asked about the precious metal...

I think that D&D takes the names for the various "Outer Planes" from a myriad of religious, philosophical, and mythological sources. I know that Bahamut (the god of all Good Dragons) is ancient Babylonyan, as is Tiamat. Hades is the name of the "nether regions of hell" that is mentioned in the...

After a few weeks of being here on EnWorld, I have really come to appreciate the incredible amounts of insight and comraderie that the members here share. As a result, I have decided to ask the members for help on meshing together a story arc that I am having problems with. First, the...

Interesting thoughts As a DM, I have always been of a mindset to "explain" what the PC's see in the middle of a battle. "The large, hairy orc, with nasty, pointy teeth, is sneering, holding a mace the size of which could knock down a small barn." I think quotes in the middle of combat work...

I think (hope) you guys might like this one. When I first started playing, my first character was a CN theif. My best friend played a CE Necromancer. A new player joined the group (whom we were none too pleased about), and we dicided to "take care of him". His character was another...

Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant! Anyone crazy enough to put a bunch of spinning knives on top of their head deserves kudos from this DM. In my campaign, we have a "Greatmace" - sort of like a great sword, but bludgeoning instead of slashing. It is actually very effective for crushing small...

Boy, I miss the days of "mega-phat" gaming sessions. When I was in school, some students in the psychology department were looking for other students to participate in a "sleep deprevation" study. What better excuse to stay up for 48 hours of gaming than that. So, all 6 of us signed up and...

Like Thornir, when I started up my new campaign, I asked everyone to write a simple history of their character, where they grew up, and why they are "adventuring." As it turns out, 2 of the players actually grew up in the same monastery dedicated to St. Cuthbert (they did not discuss this...

I made a few house-rules changes, so my list is a little more than three: 1.) Half-orcs in my party get +2 con (in addition to +2 St) due to the double -2's that they get. Besides, he is a barbarian, and he needs the extra hp. They also get a +2 misc mod to the intimidate skill. 2.) Rerolls...

F10/B1/R4 does make a lot of sense. Although given his complete destruction of nearly everything he faces, I would have thought that his BAB would have been higher than 15. Regardless, that helps quite a bit - gives me a general idea of how he has progressed and where he fits in.

Shrotly after I started playing D&D back in 1989, a friend of mine gave me a copy of a book by R.A. Salvatore called "Homeland". I am sure that you are all familiar with Drizz't Do'Urden the Drow of Menzoberanzan. Great book, as is the entire Dark Elf Trilogy. Regardless, many years later, I...

I only have a few rules. The first is the blatant "I am the DM and what I say is the rules!" Of course, I am not abusive about it, but I am the DM after all. I also admit to my players that I cheat, if it further propels the story in such a way as I have it planned. Look, if I have taken...

Senseless violence it certianly is an interesting proposition - rollplaying a pacifist in a fantasy realm designed around killing the bad guys. How can it be done? And even more importantly, how can it be done effectively? Clerics, moreso than any other class, should be the most pacifistic...

um...okay... okay, that was rather stupid of me. i have the 3E MM - so why didn't I check there? But I could have sworn it was not in there. Shows you how much I DON'T know how to read. thanks for your help, and for pointing out my inadequacies!

I am currently running a campaign, and one of the characters has a bit of drow heritage in him (no blood, just rearing - I know, unusual, but this is fantasy after all, isn't it?). Anyway, I want to shake him up a little bit and see what I can do with a drider (you know, the Drow males that...

I am new! Well, sort of - only new to ENWorld, but not gaming, or D&D, or d20. But that is for a different topic. I have been playing D&D since 1989 (yes, the release of the dreaded 2nd ed), but since the guy that taught me was a long-time hardcore player, he taught me using 1st ed rules...