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Just because I wanted to share... Mallus, one of the players, posted the following outline for the play which is to be put on. To make things a little clearer, these are what the names represent: Treasure - The pig Jagoff - Name the PCs are using for their opponent Captain Clagoff in the play...

It's a possibility, with some of the potential third judges (which the PCs are in the process of deciding on). Nice. I hadn't thought of that. I like it. And knowing my players, some of them would love the chance to mess with the audience - subtly or otherwise. True. I'll have to think how...

Thanks. I'll check it out. That's more appearance than reality. I've just been throwing ideas around in my head since I posted, so I've been responding and updating accordingly. I'll have a general plan by the time the session occurs, but until then it's all up in the air. Actually, let me...

Nice suggestions. Here's a little info on how my players (god rest their strange little souls) have already done or are planning to deal with the following: One of the PCs went out to spread info about the play in likely places (Streetwise) and also to persuade people that Clagoff's play...

Nice idea. Clagoff is certainly going to try to learn what the PCs are planning to put on, and whether (or how) they foil it will make a difference. Today I actually thought of that and going one better. I think he's going to take out a couple of minor performers and send in a couple of...

And since you mentioned this, in case it helps, here's a quick synopsis of what seems likely to be the subject of each play: Captain Clagoff's "The Avenger's Tragedy" - This is going to be a bad pastiche of Renaissance drama, esp. revenge tragedy, based mostly off Middleton's The Revenger's...

Interesting idea, but since we're not actually playing out the opposition play in any detail and will be doing the "highlights" version of the PCs' play, that's not too feasible. If you think that's funny, you should have seen the roleplaying as the PCs persuaded him to go along with it via a...

Ninjas are a fun class. But if you want, you can do a reasonable facsimile using the swordsage too, picking a lot of Shadow Hand stuff, esp. Cloak of Deception and Assassin's Stance. Activate Assassin's Stance and use Cloak of Deception to get some sneak attacks off, and then next round...

Depends on the DM. I'm a DM, and my players regularly call me a rat-bastard, but I'd never use 90% of the stuff listed thus far in the thread. What he said. Good point. Whether the stuff in this thread fits your tastes (as a DM or as a player) depends on, well, your tastes. For example, I'm...

It's going to lead to entertaining repercussions whether they win or not, but I'm leaning towards the idea of them winning - as long as they make some effort (which it's absolutely certain my players will) and don't do anything to totally botch things up (which is also very likely with them)...

Amber, Ed, John, Mike, Scott, Steve ... STAY OUT OF THIS THREAD! That said, here's a situation in our 4e Port campaign (that I'm co-DMing with Rolzup and Mallus from ENWorld; see sig), which I'd like to pick the creative minds here for some help with: The PCs have recently shanghaied a dire...

Glad to help. I'm a big fan of the "mechanics = WotC; flavor = me" approach, so I tout it when I can. Write the evaluation, while sometimes taking a break for warblade creation? That's how I'm doing my grading now, taking breaks for 4e encounter-building. On a slightly more serious note, I've...

Do you have/use The Book of Nine Swords? If so, rather than coming up with boomerang-user stats and such, I'd recommend using that book and some of the maneuvers, while describing them in-game as halflings using boomerangs. For example, you could describe the Shadow Garrote (Shadow Hand 3rd...

I think I did something with halflings using boomerangs once, but not slings. They were the Boromar enforcers that the PCs had to fight in an illegal arena. Is that what you had in mind? If so, let me know and I'll try to dig up the stats for you.

Hell, no! I've seen what infests education and academia and it's scary! I'd much rather just be teaching :)

I actually thought about doing the caster level check too but decided it wasn't worth it in the long run. The way I ran it, he instantly picked up the magical aura and knew it was an illusion (esp. due to Nameless' inanely high Arcana check). But that didn't mean he knew exactly what it was. For...

It's never been a problem for me, and if you just make sure to remember it most of the time, I think you'll be fine with it. When prepping things I would usually make a note of what it reveals. It came in handy a lot of the time but it's never been even close to game-breaking. There are two...

Alas, due to events in-game and out, I've been away from story-hour writing for a while and likely will be in the immediate future. It'll probably be at least a couple of weeks before the next update.

Nice post as usual, SHARK. Personally, I find courtly love a fascinating concept and have studied it a fair bit (I study/teach literature and am specialized in the Renaissance), but it's not something I usually utilize in my games unless a particular player wants it to feature as part of their...

Both. There's no reason why the DM can't have an idea for something scripted and also let players contribute to the narrative. In my experience as both player and DM, a mix of the two is usually best. I don't think it naturally tends towards a scripted encounter, but having players who aren't...