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"Shouldn't" I understand, but "can't?" Bollocks. While it may not work for you, it works just fine for others. Running a trusted confidante and ally is part of running the whole world.

"You must spread some Experience Points around . . ." :p

Arnaud de Ferusac, King's Musketeer. I'm terrible at voices, just really wretched, but the first time I spoke as Ferusac, I nailed him - his gravelly rasp, his slight drawl, his world-weariness. Even more amazing to me, I can do him consistently. Ferusac flows from me. The adventurers have...

Now I'd like to see a con at the Madonna Inn, myself.

Crime and Punishment: The adventurers witness a violation of a local law and are called upon to testify during the trial. Who is responsible for adjudicating the law? What is the process for conducting a trial? What is considered evidence? What are the range of penalties, civil or criminal...

I like your referee already. Hell no. Adventurers reap what they sow. The dwarf owes the rest of the party restitution, not the referee.

I. Want.

I've been trying to figure out how to use LEGO buildable dice in our game, but now all I can think about is a Twister poncho hit location chart.

Easy/easy is Paranoia. Not sure about the rest.

Most of the time I use the most detailed setting ever devised for a roleplaying game. For pretty much everything else I prefer a basic setting with plenty of room to add my own stuff and a detailed map.

None of these are "better" than the other - they're just different from one another, and I could see any or all of them working in a game. It's simply a matter of preference. With respect to the games I play most often, depending on the system it may be easy or hard for a PC to die, but in all...

This, cubed.

This, squared.

*waves hand overhead* Yup, right here. I like games where the adventurers' success is reflected in more than the plusses on their weapons or the spells in their spellbooks. I think the 'building a stronghold' aspect of roleplaying games - putting down roots, building social status, et cetera...

Time to saddle up the donkeyhorse and pay a visit to the Goosehammer!

And up next: Gerunds - what's the difference? I mean, do verbs really make appropriate nouns, or what?

I've found that just rolling the encounter die as the adventurers are talking helps to focus the conversation, even if an encounter does come up.

I don't write adventures per se. I create a bunch of npcs and organizations with goals they're pursuing - some are overt, others covert. I roll up random encounters, many of which involve named npcs - through interaction with the npcs the adventurers may become involved with the npcs' goals...

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what...

I remember that my character is a sneaky thief, or a noble knight, or a steely-eyed gunfighter, or a drunken swashbuckler, or a starship pilot, and I am not, and react accordingly. The character is who he is in play, not what's written on his character sheet, so whatever the player does is the...