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Well, if it's just combat we're talking about, browse through the EQ RPG Monsters of Norrath. Lotsa exotic critters with ridiculous amounts of hit dice. Have a wizard commission the group to do a little taxiderming in this other dimension he's discovered. Your players will never look at kobolds...

From the WotC press release (thanks to Balbinus): "In addition, the new and revised content instructs players on how to take full advantage on the tie-in D&D miniatures line planned to release in Fall 2003 from WotC." IIRC, Monte Cook originally designed D&D to have mass combat (and therefore...

What? You need a broken character to do that? I thought in AD&D, "broken character" was redundant, lol. If he's a **good** GM, it shouldn't matter what system you're using. Us "old folks" had to routinely fudge AD&D to do stuff -- heck, if it was outside of combat, we were on our own! One...

Re: Re: lament for weapon speed You bet! (: I think the trick of introducing complexity into combat is to introduce "realism" that minimizes time spent in combat. For example, we introduce the "realism" that a sword causes more damage than a dagger by playing with variable damage for different...

The D&D Adventure game is a **safe** bet. The rules are simplified, pregenerated characters are provided, etc.. The adventures themselves are ho-hum by **our** standards, but new players will have enough on their hands. You definitely should add some roleplaying to the adventures. **SPOILER**...

Sorry to hear about your situation. Hope you get enough cash. What you can't sell, donate to your local Goodwill, or give away as presents to future gamers. Best wishes! Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

I prefer the more reasonable goal: Put out playable products in a reasonable amount of time (plus stay in business). Really, is 3e, as it is, all that bad? I've played since the white box, and have to say that 3e is much more playable than its previous editions. You can wait for the...

Post a poll for online games. I'm curious about how many people play them, how frequently, etc. (: Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Re: Re: Re: Re: Is it inherently harder to be a female DM? Good to hear it. One other random thought I had was, if you're good enough, to run a game at a local convention. Your name will be in the book, so, assuming attendees can tell what sex you are from your name, they won't care about your...

Another thought: Have less combat! (: We routinely had nights in college for one-night games, and I found out that if I threw away the combat n/a to the plot, I could run a 64-page TSR module in one evening. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Re: A few comments. **SPOILER** Monte Cook's The Banewarrens does precisely this and has some excellent examples of evidence "someone is ahead of us". The players compete against rival parties, some of which have no problem trying to kill the players. And, of course, the "other adventurers"...

Keep up the good work. At the worst, you'll have material for you college essay. (: Let us know how it turns out -- you might even want to post the rough drafts of any petitions or letters you end up writing. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

**SPOILERS** This happens in The Banewarrens as well. Treasure is "uncommon" so the NPCs give the PCs stuff. Or rather, treasure PCs can use is uncommon -- evil-aligned magic items abound. Not going to go into the details of the major NPC error. (: (More like an oversight, imo.) Cedric. aka...

The good news: They don't notice you're a woman, and treat you as one of them. The bad news: They don't notice you're a woman, and treat you as one of them. Personally, I don't think it's an issue of sex. You don't like to hear sexist jokes. I'm sure many males don't, either. Tell them that...

Well, there **is** more to D&D than combat and fighting. Unless the players are only interested in combat, anything from court intrigue to a mystery can be done at any level. Unfortunately, I don't know any D&D products that can help out, but know that someone on EnWorld ran a courtly intrigue...

Agreed! I'll also note that many a GM complains about players who run roughshod over their campaign worlds. Two wrongs don't make a right, but sometimes I wonder how GMs can put up with what they go through, preparations or otherwise. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

That would be an improvement over the original. (: Here's how it worked: 1. Enter room full of gnolls or other cannon fodder. 2. One of the gnolls runs away and alerts the rest of the level. 3. Repeat step 2 until entire dungeon has been alerted. 4. After the entire contents of the dungeon has...

You forgot to add this one: I started with 1st edition AD&D (or earlier), argued a lot and had to make house rules up the wazoo, moved to 2nd edition, argued somewhat and had some house rules, and now play 3e and hope to argue less and have fewer house rules. (: Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

They ended up doing a sort of shorthand: Instead of a base monster and adding class levels, the designers assumed GMs wanted a "monster they could play out of the book" and list different tiers of HD (with commesurate abilities) for several monsters. Each tier is a different tribe. So for orcs...

I'd say just tell the person who invited you that you enjoy playing, but have a preference for DM'ing. That way, they have your resume on file when a job opening matches your qualifications. (: OTOH, Find out first if you'd like to DM this group! If you find out you don't want to play or DM...