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Thanks, all, for some really good ideas. I like using the concept of a handful of swarms to simulate the horde. I'll let you know how it goes if we get our game together this weekend.

The 3.5e DM's guide admits that the system does not deal well with encounters featuring more than 12 opponents. But I'm working on an adventure where the PCs have at least the potential to stand against a horde of onrushing gibberlings (using my own conversion, since I don't own Monsters of...

If I remember correctly (I'm several thousand miles away from my J.R.R. Tolkien books at the moment, "The Return of the Shadow" (as it was called at least at some point) was described as a kind of mystery featuring the discovery of a cult of Morgoth in Gondor of the Fourth Age. Again, IIRC...

There are a few attempts out there (most of them incomplete) to convert the much-beloved 2E Al-Qadim setting to 3rd Edition. Among the websites to check are: http://www.arabianadventures.org/ and http://www.al-qadim.com The Arabic's working fine so far, to my eye. ;)

So, here's the scenario: Setting: High fantasy. There's a certain port city, wherein a mafia-style thieves' guild has established total control. They have their hands in every business transaction worth nothing; they control the civil government, have half the police force in their employ and...

I'm with lastalas...I tend to feel, when playing a non-human, and especially as I'm just starting out, without having had a chance to define the character in play, that I'm either settling into the stereotype ("Yeah, he's dour and taciturn. He's a dwarf.") or else conspiciously bucking the...

I think there's a lot to be said for many of the types of world building mentioned here: expansive, detailed worlds that have existed long before the PCs and (as long as they don't mess up too badly) will exist long after them; worlds tailor made for the PCs; worlds being made up as you go... I...

If you're looking for the lyrics to old broadside ballads and folk songs (or if you just want to go to a website that still has a .midi file playing in the background), this is a very good resource, organized thematically: http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html Some of them might not fit the...

Pixies can be a good bit of fun before the PCs know they're there, or at least what they are: - Replacing their rations with live eels and a recipe for eel casserole; especially fun in the middle of the trackless wilderness. (This ol' "bait and switch," (pun intended) can be used also with...

The good ol' inn/tavern/what-have-you is such a D&D staple that it sometimes fades into the background. Of course, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that most establishments offering beds, beer, and/or bread and butter are nothing to write home about, more or less average places populated by...

Thanks both! I'm out of town (out of the country, even) and don't have the 3.0 books handy, but at least I know what's there and not there. And thanks for the welcome, too - I've been lurking for ages, and figured, hey, I had a question, so here I am.

Hi all, I'm having a hard time tracking down the 3.5 rules for researching new spells (other than a paragraph or so in the DMG about balancing new spells), and, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever had cause to reference them before. I was just wondering where I might look to...