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For your instance, I would hold off for some time before doing what you suggest. I would play up the individual as a leader. Show him doing heroic things (without diminishing the PCs activities). Have him reward and praise (both in public and private) the accomplishments of the PCs. Have him...

Being that I have only adopted about 10 Prestige Classes from other sources other than myself, I'm going to toot the horn for The Practical Ones (Librum Equitus). It was recommended to me as a suitable non-magic-wielding assassin type, and was the first non-personally written Prestige Class I...

Much lower than the "default" level of uber-cheese.

I'm going to say, for the one PC I've been able to play during the past decade, about 50%. That is, he's a mercenary general with his own army, so he spends a great deal of time managing his forces. This includes moral-boosting, working with his lieutenants, determining logistics, and...

Notes, lots and lots of notes. There are both the notes I make preceeding a game and the notes I make during a game. Then there are the notes my players make while we play (which kinda is more of "their perspective", but keeps me in-touch with that, so it's good). After a session, I...

You forgot Kara-Tur.

Damn... Now I'm itching to play Cthulu...

In Ysgard. It was clear that Asgard was placed in Ysgard due to the qualities of the Nordic people, not the gods themselves. Indeed, I've always considered the Nordic gods mis-aligned; The alignments that they have always received are more or less based on modern views of their portfolios...

Interesting. You do realise that, in 3E, these are called "sources" and "causes". Forces and philosophies are the terms used for them in the 2E Complete Handbook of Priests.;)

Depends on both in-game events (what is happening now) and location. Over-all, when the PCs split up (which happens a lot in my games), I tend to keep track of time just so the different events are executed in some degree of rational order. Not so exacting as to be up-to-the-round precise, but...

I don't see how anything was "shoe horned" into the Great Wheel. Each god has a domain and an alignment; their domain was found on the plane that most suited their alignment. I wouldn't say FR's cosmology was any more "shoe horned" in than that of Greek, Egyptian or Norse mythology (in other...

I went with other; determine the result you are after and use the system (or create a new system) that achieves that end. As such, between Midnight's magic system, Arcana Unearth's magic system, and UA's incantation system, I doubt any future campaigns I run will use the standard Divine/Arcane...

I know that, in my own group, the only reason that two out of three of my players have Player Handbooks is because I bought them as gifts after 3E came out. None of them owned 2E books at all; none have purchased any of the 3.5 material. As such, I'm the primary purchaser in our group; my...

Paul Muad'dib Attreides.;) At the same time, I guess people would view Duke Leto, Doctor Yewi, and Duncan being slain, Thufir being captured by the Harkonens, Gurney going outlaw with the smugglers, and Paul and his mother going renegade in the deep desert as "screwing with the PCs family"...

Just in time for the upcoming Game Day? Heh... Seriously, though, I'm looking for something more northern (i.e., pine trees and deep winters). I've got about a dozen "we'll hook you up when you get here" offers, but I'm hoping to have something before I relocate. I'll look into the expos...

I think that, in face-to-face, people have a tendancy to be more diplomatic (or, as I call it, "playing pussy-foot around the issue"). You are in the room with the individual, can see the individual's face, the individual's eyes, the individual's body language. This puts a lot more emphasis on...

On top of having 3 kids (1 being Special Needs), I've had to move 5 times in the last 3 years because I tend to take contract work (combined with the economy, this results in short-term contracts as opposed to long-term contracts). Coming up, at the end of this month, my commitments in Florida...

I find that making family important to character status is helpful. For instance, many historical (and thus modern) Earth cultures define the status of a person by their kindred. A person without a family has no family reputation to be measured by, and thus is automatically measured as a...

Versus looking pretty. Yes. No. I usually reserve that for if the players ask; at the same time, my standard is that no gem is worth over 50 gold until they check. Folks buying anything are going to almost always bid low just to try to get a good price. If the PC appraised it low, he gets...

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