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How effective is a druid in the desert? It depends on what the DM and the group thinks a desert is. The archetypical desert of nothing but sand dunes is relatively rare in the real world. Take a look at pictures of the American southwest. Plants remain plentiful in most arid regions...

"Fear not Death chasing at our heels. He comes for our enemies." "The loins of maidens quiver at our approach." "It is not cowardice to know fear. It is cowardice to let fear rule you." "Fragmented, we were nothing. Together, our power grows." "Skies darken and blackness grows. Now...

Such is my experience as well. I maintain the who's who and what's what sections of the wiki and my players concern themselves with posting their character backstories and leaving them at that. However, it serves as a good rallying point for me and my players to post metagame issues such as...

When the first Underworld came out and the first character referred to the lycans, I thought, "What the hell do lichens have to do with vampires and werewolves?" I've never been able to take the term "lycan" seriously since.

If you are playing Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, or Planescape, then essential reading would be the 2e fluff material that is written from the perspective of a character in the setting. Forgotten Realms - Volo's guides Ravenloft - Von Ricter's guides Dark Sun - the Wander's Journal...

To reiterate an earlier comment... Leo Da Vinci's clockworks-driven automobile would be cool to be seen in the streets...

dude, awesome

As a player, Rambo 4 heavily inspired my character. Zhazl is an orc fighter (battlerage vigor talent) well past his prime. As a DM, most of my inspiration comes from TV channels like History Channel, NatGeo, Discovery, etc. Pawn Stars has become a favorite show of mine due to the fact that...

Sex alleviates acute headaches. :P

Most of my gaming groups have been unisex, but I have had enough mixed groups that let me say a few things about this topic in general. I myself have games with several males over the years. In my personal experience, every single player who has caused problems within the group has been male...

Seconded I hate the fact that the setting books are written in such a clinical, detached manner. I miss the Wanderer's Journal from Dark Sun, Volo's Guides to the Realms, the vernacular in Planescape products, etc.

I use both. I favor tokens for minions in 4e because I just don't have enough copies of certain minis. It can get very confusing when you run a fight where the PCs fight a gang of orcs, of which 4 are minions and each figure on display is a unique mini.

As a DM and as a player, I've seen several groups form or attempt to form via face-to-face, openrpg, and maptools. overwhelmingly, strikers are the most often repeated role. From what I've seen, unless the DM mandates that the party have each role covered, in a 5 man group, there will be at...

Then this is a case of metagame knowledge causing the suspension of disbelief. In the context of the reality of the game world as experienced by the characters, if the warlord's inspiring word brings him back, then he wasn't really dying in the first place. If the warlord doesn't use the...

Here we get into yet another place where it all depends on the way you choose to narrate. Since 4e did away with nonlethal damage, the only time you fall unconscious is when your character is "dying". Once your character's hit points drop below 0, does that always mean that your character is...

As I've matured as a player and DM, I've come to find that this is absolute truth. Also, players (and DMs) tend to not think about how the events of one's life affects and effects who they have become. I've had players give me beautifully rich and diverse backgrounds, but when we start...

I've noticed this phenomenon is true. Particularly in groups where one player is perceived as more game-knowledgeable. The worst example was a player I used to play with whose characters were always chaotic stupid/chaotic insane. He was the *last* person anyone should have followed. However...

I see that, and raise you a... "Boys, avenge me! AVENGE ME!!!" back to topic... "Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven" are occasionally shown on TCM, and those get me in the mood to play more than just about anything.

So, I'm looking through the section on building your own companion, specifically at the powers given to leaders and I notice that they do not have the ability to heal themselves with their healing ability. Nor is there any mention of a companion character's ability to use a second wind, which...

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