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Otaining treasure as the adventure progresses is part of the fun for players. Some risk, some reward. I would not incorporate your treasure until the end of the adventure idea in any campaign I run. However, the concept of changing treasure to suit your (DM's) fancy is nonething new. A...

back when I first starting running games, I used to tailor the treature to the PCs. As I gotten older, I've found that it a better game from my point of view to have random treasure when I craft my own stuff or leave the treasure as written when I use someones else's stuff. I find this mnore...

I totally agree. Without something more, a +X magic item is just a boring attribute adjuster. I always try to add something descriptive to the magic item to make it more special to the player as well as entertaining: "A ring engraved with runes, which burns with a cold fire" is a heck of a lot...

I like to play in a Traveller game. I never done it, but the story hours I read here sure make me want to.

This was one of the best episodes of the campaign so far, And as anyone reading this far knows, we really hadn't done much. More Role than roll playing to this point, and the ending was just a hum-dinger. Josh, you really caught the flavor of this session. you're the man.

First, Back at you - narcissist, mysogynist, etc. The issue is Blacksilver doesn't like to be teased. Second, and The fact that both you folks seems to were your "pain" openly does make you an easy mark. Right, wrong or otherwise. If the fella picks solely on the two of you (making an...

Truer words were never spoken. (It is, however, interesting that extroverts and introverts attract. Ask my wife :lol: ) But back to point, as an extrovert, the guy might not even realize he's made you uncomfortable, and when you tell him, he might not understand it.

I don't know why I read posts like this. Maybe like a moth, I'm just drawn to them. Entertainment value, I suppose. Blacksilver, At the risk of sounding like someone's Dad (well I am three someones' Dad), stand up for yourself! If you don't like the way someone is treating you, don't let it...

I'm really looking forward to the Strige book. Always one of my favorite monsters. When will it be available in PDF?

I have used minis in almost all the games I've played in 3e; I played an AU game without minis and found the combat diffcult to follow. Prior to 3e, we used graphic paper and pencil marks to indicate where PCs, monsters, and objects were located. I disagree with the position that the use of...

I've been entertained by this discussion of high magic v low magic campaigns. This is really just a personal preference and mindset issue. I recently played in a Greyhawk campaign that was high magic. In that game, access to magic items was not an issue. There was a flousihing trade in magical...

Konrad carries a pistol, well two. But, I don't think he deserves credit for the death stroke in this encounter. He was using his mace here.

When I got back into this, one of the things I was looking for was a way to make some friends. To that end, trying out new players and games is half the fun, and it'll take a few sessions to know if the game/gamers are "right." So, I agree, in part, with Chimera. Playing with people who are...

Konrad would tell you that it really didn't go down like that (but, in truth, it really did). The incident with the facebag 'o bugs has set the precedent for Konrad in this campaign. Now, the running joke is "hey, Konrad, did you see this bug" or "hey, Konrad, do you think there'll be bugs in...

I run a pretty large group of kids in my Parent-Kid game (6 regulars, but it can get as high as 11 kids). I'm sypathetic to your trouble. I think that 6 can get to be too many player and 10 or more become too confusing (especially with kids who have -hey wait your turn - problems). My advise...

Erik: Thanks for the response and reading my post. No immedate family relation, but the circumstanial links are entertaining: Same last name, he and my Dad are USNA grads, and he was president of my college (The Citadel) during the early 1970s wherein he suspended the fourth class system for...

Erik: Dungeon arrived in the mailbox yesterday and, on the whole, I am satisfied with the revisions. (Although, I must admit that I'll miss Poly. So it goes.) I do have a comment or two regarding the new format. (1) The three column format is a tough to read in so far as their are less than...

Before this disappears.... bump.

Josh, I don't know how you survive all that travelling with the kids. I have to make the trip down to (puts marbles in his mouth) Louisville (removes marbles) next week for a christening; I think half the trip'll be spent dealing with the "he's touching me" and "Don't make me pull this car...

re: car wreck: I'm glad to hear that everyone was alright, and at least it wasn't your car. re: Spongbob: With those four kids of yours, how could you not have known that before. Spongbob is a staple at our house. Man I soooo disagree. I click my heels three times, "There's no place like...