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I make rolls in the open. I also declare AC when first engaged and I give DCs of tasks before the players roll dice. My first long campaign had a GM who cheated, and any time a GM hides rolls I get suspicious. I announce target numbers and the like because it helps the players make informed...

The Hypertext entry on Kraken (don't have books here) says you can make a sunder attempt as if the tentacles and arms are weapons. It then lists the HP for each. When severed they deal damage to the Kraken. After losing both tentacles or 3 arms it flees. Likely the PCs won't kill it, they drive...

1) This depends on system, players, and genre. If I am playing a FATE game, I can give some powerful one-shot effect like a potion that boosts strength to allow someone's base damage with a sword to bump from 3 to 5 or 6. Cool! In D&D I sometimes give consumable items to make sure the PCs have...

Human Ranger: singing "Desecrating dead bodies! Desecrating dead bodies! Desecrating dead bodies- cause the gods don't really exist!"

I have no issue with splatbooks that are well designed. I don't like a GM saying "anything goes for character creation and leveling" because it gets very difficult to go through all the options. Plus I like thematic restrictions. One thing that can cause issues is power creep. When someone...

I really like Mouse Guard and Burning Wheel (I suppose Torchbearer too, but I haven't played it) where the mechanic is a d6 pool (based on skill or attribute if you lack the skill) rolled for a set number of successes. The thing is, there is Intent and Task. Intent would be to pick the lock...

I had the PCs once abandon their mission because the paladin was slain. They were investigating a cult, dealt with the guards of the abandoned temple, and now had a dead paladin (he could only be hit by crits from the guards, they crit him three times in a row I rolled in the open). They decided...

Back more on topic: This would be my only concern with limiting archetypes. Though I suppose you can wait for players to ask if an archetype is allowed and you can still apply thematic restrictions to the allowed archetypes.

Yeah. It is... extensive. They took the worlds of Dragonlance, FR, and Greyhawk and put them in the same plane. So Prime Material Plane is three worlds and an asteroid or two. There are two suns or something. Spelljammer, Sigil, high end spells and a Celestial Road are the ways that I know can...

I'd go with some variant of number 2. The ritual uses the PCs as a catalyst. The cult leader is empowered and teleports away (the PCs will likely see the location he goes, which will allow them to chase him. The empowered cult leader then begins to work more to create a pathway for his god...

I envy you. My group is in love with kitchen sink stuff. Three GMs in the group share a setting including: Dragonlance Forgotten Realms Greyhawk Lord of the Rings Star Trek Star Wars Dark Sun Planescape Spelljammer In Nomine Three major worlds with travel between them using several different...

My preference leans either towards core only classes or non-core only. The game I'm playing in has mostly core classes. Cleric, Sorcerer, Fighter, Bard plus we have a couple players using stuff from the APG a summoner and Rogue/Alchemist (we have a pretty large group). As a player and GM I...

Obsidian Portal can be a great help here. It is free, but if you want more features you "ascend" and pay a fee for a year or longer at a time so you don't have to worry too often about a subscription. Only the GM needs to "ascend" to get all the features. It's a basic wiki for your campaign...

I vary descriptions by genre and mood. Sometimes the guards are functionally robots because what the guards are doing is less important than there simply being guards. Other times I vary descriptors to match things I am hoping to have the players/PCs be concerned about. If the PCs are heroes and...

Any chance of getting a link or a downloadable file? I'm interested in seeing a player preference questionnaire.

At first thought I think the Feng Shui RPG would work. The system is based on Hong Kong action flicks, but using the ninja, martial artist, and old master archetypes with the various kung fu schticks could let you make a group and give them plenty of enemies to fight. This however would match...

Nah, I look at most expensive gaming stuff and think of it in terms of textbooks. Smaug is my next semester's order of textbooks and some maintenance done on my car. Not going for that, though it would be awesome looking on a shelf somewhere.

Have you considered Obsidian Portal or another campaign management site? They can help you get more people seeing your world, and makes the information linkable within the site. It also can help with the wall of text that some of the long updates can generate. Other than that, this is...

This idea is pretty awesome! However, I think you may want to make the ogre into something bigger. Like a giant or titan. That way the entire party can fit in the stew. Ogres aren't big enough to need a 4 person stew plus the veggies and seasonings.

Exactly! The magic system isn't broken and is a lot more flexible than D&D style magic. Trappings also let you do a million things with a handful of powers. In my experience, as a player and GM, the magic is good. A caster is very potent, but it doesn't overshadow the group. Casters still need...