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We have two DMs who reguarly do D&D, and neither of them roll behind the screen, but I am sure that they fudge now and then. They usually do this by having the villians not act as effectively as they could if we are starting to be trounced by them, or by giving us access to an unusual amount of...

To Quote Doghead Thirteen (I don't know how to do a regular quote box): "Murder player 1's character for absolutely no reason other than 'he killed my last character'." That's not roleplay, nor is it fun. While my group would not disallow killing a PC for in-game reasons, we would definitely...

We have a rule that any character a player brings in must have a reason to want to cooperate with the party. You may worship the same deity as the cleric, be the warrior's cousin, whatever, but there has to be *something* that makes you joining with the others a logical thing. Once the party...

To quote Thunderfoot: "Another option is to let them describe the character to you (Don't open the rules, don't explain anything, just talk) What is their charater concept? What is their driving force? Why do they want to do certain things? As the DM you can then guide them toward an...

Korgoth's spell ROCKS. We try to make combat in D&D seem as "heroic" as possible. Like Kamikazie says, this is usually done through description. We encourage players to go into as much detail as possible about exactly *how* they attack, dodge, or whatever (this often leads to players getting...

It's hard to beat Warren's. How about this: The layer resembles (with fearful accuracy) a SpongeBob Squarepants cartoon. SpongeBob is Demonic, and on this plane he is completely invulnerable. Even the most serious of actions somehow manages to set off a series of really lame, stupid events...

Ok, here's one: The PC's are standing in a field of waist high dead grass. A harsh, evil wind blows. In the distance, an army marches past. Or would have. One PC says, "I cast flaming sphere." The DM, taking pity, says, "Well, it rained not *too* long ago (pushing the boundaries of realism...

I am on both sides of this issue. I actually don't like anything I've ever read for Forgotten Realms, and avoid that setting partially for that reason. On the other hand, I'm considering running a game in the Wheel of Time setting simply because I enjoyed the novels. To complicate things...

In our gaming group we have a couple who are similiar to what you've described. The husband lives and breathes RPG's; it's hard to get him to talk about anything else. The wife, on the other hand, quickly becomes bored, and will occasionally insist that her husband take her home early. We...

Maybe it's just us, but we tend not to hand out potions as if they were soda pops, and you can't just head downtown to "Ye olde magic shoppe" when you need a wand or vorpal sword. Magical items are a bit hard to find in our games, so Rogues would have a harder time going it alone. But does it...

I played the original BESM, which I thought worked rather well *IF* the GM and player worked together on their concept. The GM had to have some serious flexibility, and the player had to have a sense of fair play. Later, we tried BESM d20. I think that they tried to get too specific, and...

Please keep in mind: This artwork is copyrighted! That includes Ms. Hajdik's work in the post above, and Mr. Burris's work posted here. That aside, here's a couple of my favorite pics done by Mr. Burris. The Minotaur is kind of funny...he's got street signs as bracers and the base of a stop...

OK, so this is sad, I know...but it's 8:44 and I'm home already. I guess that's life when you have little ones *sigh*. I got permission from one of my artists, a very talented woman named JoAnna Hajdik, and am pretty sure I will get the OK from another one, Marcus Burris. This really is one...

Not being an artist or a publisher, I'm not sure on the copyright details...but I can call my artists tomorrow and ask permission to post their stuff. If they give permission, I'll need instruction on *how* to post their work. (I primarily use my computer as a word processor.) That said, I've...

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Will! I think I still have an editor to go through...I'll have a good idea of when it'll be out after that.

"Is it similar to some japanese animie in the sense the magic is almost more like super powers than 'casting' spells?" Yes, it is similiar to anime in that "spells" do not require special chants or components. Energy is channeled through the caster, molded by the caster's personality and...

I'm afraid that a "small snippet" of the rules wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. I can give more background and story info, but copying it straight from the sourcebook would probably annoy my publisher, and doesn't seem to be what you're looking for anyway. Hmmm.... Well, here are some of...