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The phasm is CR 7.

In my campaign, I had NPCs use modified rifles that could also shoot tanglefoot bag shells. They were difficult to reload, but effective in slowing down melee heavy hitters. The nice thing about tanglefoot bags is that even on a save, the effected creature can still only move at half speed...

In Dragon Magazine #344, there is an article entitled "Dreadhold" by Keith Baker and Jason Bulmahn that describes an island prison in Eberron that might be helpful.

I enjoyed running The Orb of the Mad Mage. It is an AD&D 2nd edition adventure for level 1-3 PCs. It has pirates, a lot of odd monsters, an alien orb, and one very creepy wizard's tower.

For those metals or alloys that are extremely resistant but hard to work with, perhaps the only current way to mold them into useful things is through magic. The spell fabricate could be helpful here, although finding the wizard that knows both the spell and is skilled in metalworking might be...

There was an article in Dragon Magazine 351 (January 2007) that was called "The Clockwork Disciple" by Stephanie Vergamini which appears to be what you are looking for. It includes a feat called Technomagical Implant that lets you add all sorts of cyborg-like implants. Also, there was a race of...

CASE FILE 001: THE CASE OF THE MISSING HOLYMAN Session 7, Part 2: Another Day, Another Dollar **THUCK** Dirk jumped, startled out of his catnap by the thing at the car window. It was a filthy mutant infant, mostly human except for the two thick tentacles in place of arms, the suckers puckering...

Warfored: These guys have worked out very well, both as PCs and NPCs. There are other non-standard races in the campaign, but these guys have seen the most play. I was initially concerned they would prove overwhelming, but this fear has not panned out. Swashbuckling Cards: Although the current...

Complete Warrior has a number of larger monsters that can be taken when the Improved Familiar feat is taken. No displacer beast though. Also, an eyeball beholderkin is neat if your caster happens to be neutral evil. See Monsters of Faerûn and the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting books for details.

Gold and Glory, as well as many other early Forgotten Realms books, can be downloaded from the Wizards of the Coast website for free.

The free adventure Vessel of Stars on the Wizards of the Coast website is a bit of an oddball. It has a dimensional skimmer (read: spaceship), an alien princess, and a whole new race of aliens/outsiders. The module itself is a little wonky (stats for monsters are different in different...

Neat idea! Consider it yoinked. A couple of other things to make this work a little better: Selective use of various poisons, particularly those that effect Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, will make the subject more pliable to helm. Once in a haze, additional use of such spells as mind fog and...

CASE FILE 001: THE CASE OF THE MISSING HOLYMAN Session 7, Part 1: Blood on the Asphalt! Dirk leaned back in the driver's seat, his face to the sky and blew smoke into the thick summer air. In the gathering twilight, the neon of the Paragon Fuel1 sign sputtered to life high above and the first...

A Note from the DM A couple of things I wanted to mention. First, as always, I appreciate the comments. Thanks for the interest! To help create a more dynamic game, beginning with Session 7, we started to use the Swashbuckling Cards by Scratch Factory. We use all of the cards, except for "The...

For most of my games, there is usually a trade house or merchant in large cities that specializes in purchasing odd lots of magic items. These houses may also buy other others items as well, such as works of art, but magic items are their specialty. They ask few questions about the origins of...

Flasks of oil may be valuable as well. For low-level treasure, a scroll or two of Gust of Wind could prove useful for the druid. Swarms are treated as the size of its constituent creatures for wind effects.

Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock was made into a graphic novel many years ago by Dark Horse. Here is the link on Amazon.

I recently had trouble finding this too. I eventually found it in the Damage Reduction section of the Special Abilities in the SRD: A few very powerful monsters are vulnerable only to epic weapons; that is, magic weapons with at least a +6 enhancement bonus. Such creatures’ natural weapons are...

Wind Wall is widely accessible (Air 2, Clr 3, Drd 3, Rgr 2, Sor/Wiz 3) and provides complete protection from arrows (Arrows and bolts are deflected upward and miss, while any other normal ranged weapon passing through the wall has a 30% miss chance.) It is also shapeable, so your bad guys can...

CASE FILE 001: THE CASE OF THE MISSING HOLYMAN Illustration: On The Road The gang on the road back to Asheril. Dirk Chance at the wheel, Case Nine in shotgun, and Meepo hanging out the back. Mere not pictured, but presumed to be sitting behind Dirk but blocked from view by Case Nine. Drawn by...