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If you look back, I explained my reasoning for the lack of available magical items. Of course, that's in my world. IN a world where every family has a +1 sword as an heirloom and potions can be found by the dozen, what I said wouldn't apply. A lot of what determines the ability of the PCs to...

DM's do have absolute power, it kinda comes with the title. The difference between a good DM and a poor one is how they use it. I have always been up front with how I am going to run a game, so players walk into it with their eyes wide open. They know what to expect the first time they sit...

Ok, Im going to run a few scenarios methink this weekend and see what happens, but here is my current thoughts. 1) many have emphasized ways attackers can bypass the walls using magic. Most of these can be safeguarded against magically, but would be VERY expensive. However, castles in and of...

OK, let me clarify my position and outlook on the situation. I see a lot of people saying "well, the PCs will end up with lots of low level magical items by level X and will sell it, and if they are doing so, then so are others, thus there is a trade in magical items". My question is how high...

You know, this is interesting enough I may see if my group is willing to suspend normal adventuring this weekend to run a few simulations. Have to design a cast beforehand, and work out whatever modifications are needed, but have the players controll the attackers with PC's being spellcasters...

Any player that ever tried to tell me I was running my game wrong would be told up front "This is the way I run my game. If you don't like it, there's the door. Thanks for your interest." Ultimately, the GM is the one who calls the shots, and the players have to respect that. When I GM, I...

Oh, I should also point out that any sufficiently high level character could also have a large impact on such a battle. a high level theif wouldn't need magic to sneak into a castle and lower the drawbridge, nor to sneak out of a castle and backstab the enemy mage. Assuming parity of forces...

Well, if we are looking at a standard castle straight out of the dark ages, then I doubt that the defenders could win if they were being opposed by a force with a mid to high level spellcaster. HOWEVER, I think it would be foolish to assume that castles would be designed exactly the same in a...

Wow, that's bad. I played under one GM that did that, and about the time he was telling me "Roll for dmg" I got up, tossed my character in the trash, and left without a word. AS far as I'm concerned, that's about the biggest insult you can give a GM as a player. There are NO wrong ways to...

Wish to pay my respects to two more of the fallen. Urik the Insightful: dwarven mage, lvl 6. Turned to stone by what he refered to as "an overgrown chicken!" Glamorgem: gnome bard, lvl 5. Also fell to the cockatrice Gone but never forgotten.

Well, I don't ban any of the itmes in the DMG, but I don't allow players to BUY any magical items either. So for me, it's not a matter of a +2 bonus being only 4000 gp, since they can have all the gold they want and it wont get them squat. I just tend to scale items as I judge their power, and...

Best one I got was: I turn Asian by rum Apparently when I get drunk, not only do I have problems standing, I have problems remaining my own ethnicity :lol:

Yeah, I have my player reroll anything less than half average (so a barbarian can reroll a 6 or less, a fighter 5 or less, etc.). This gives them about 75% max HP, and I have no problems doing the same for many of the monsters they face. Running a group through WLD right now and have tallied a...

Most of my players fall into a tactical mode when we play, but they sure do try to keep to their characters abilities. I've watched most of my players make moves that were strategically unsound but within character at various times, so I don't worry too much about trying to get them to RP more...

Well, I can't say that never giving the players an encounter that they can't beat through combat is ideal. I understand the reasoning behind such a stance, but at the same time I want my players to a) use their heads when they approach a battle and b) realize they do not exist in a vacuum in...

Im just thinking of what's going to happen to his brother when he goes off to college if he trys playing like that. I can imagine what would happen in my group if someone told the GM "You can't do that.", and it's not a pretty sight. Honestly,if you are desperate not to lose the group (and I...

This is why I always try to have PCs write out a background. It lets me know what the players are likely to have heard about and encountered in their world. Note that this knowledge is tempered by what the people around them know, in the circumstance where demons are only very rarely summoned...

Best way I've found to deal with this is to try to set definate timeframes for campaigns and find a pool of players you like. I know a bunch of people that play, and what types of games they like. In general, when I decide to run a game, I try to pick up the 1 or 2 people I think would work...

Winters Tale by the bard himself :D

I had one PC when I was GMing that was so pleased that he had bought the best suit of armor of anyone in the party, and how he had the best AC in the party. the player isn't able to make the second gaming session, and another player takes over his PC at his request. The players are ambushed...