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Does anyone even care about the fact that the difference between d8 and d10 hit dice is just 1 per level, and 2 for the first level? Or roughly 21 points at level 20 - easily compensated by a constitution raised by 2, or an endurance. I don't know about your games, but in my game such...

Re: Fenes There is a difference between setting up flanking attacks, and cooling their heels while a battle rages elsewhere. As far as hold person etc. are concerned, I don't use those often due to this very reason - if a player is not having fun something is wrong. I also would add...

I'd rather ask what is the most annyoing trait of a DM that lets a PC be useless and a player bored in a fight when said player clearly wants to do something else than just wait until the others are done. Why not give the PC something to fight, or do? If the player is not having fun something...

I am running a weekly Shadowrun campaign where the whole point is to enjoy whatever trouble the PCs end up in through their own stupidity, hang-ups, blind spots, bad luck etc. We are still breaking in a player that rejoined us and is somewhat stuck in the "smart player mode" we played in the...

So what? People grow up, people change, no reason a game cannot change as well. No, that is like ignoring what happens in your neighbors house - something that is no business of yours anyway as long as no law is broken. Stop trying to pretend that the people who buy such a book will force the...

We have a need for neither, some people want either or both though. I don't care about whether or not it is a publicity stunt - I do enjoy a discussion though. Well, I don't want the D&D I love associated with hack&slashers, with people who play asexual characters or with people who play it...

How would I deal with a player who could not enjoy a game where his PC could not die without warning, and where I would warn him everytime if there was a "real risk" to his PC? I'd politely inform him that he better look for a more compatible group, since I would not cater to his taste, and...

I get a tad miffed if people try to prevent me from making a choice what I need or do not need in a game. I don't tell people "You don't need rules for mass warfare, just make it up." or try to convince others that roleplaying does not need rules for social skills since you can just play it out...

Rounser, can you tell me why D&D should cater only to PG-13 audiences? Most studios offer movies for different audiences. TV stations cater to different age categories with different programs. I fail to see why D&D should cater only to PG-13 gamers, and not offer other gamers what they want...

In one campaign the PCs took almost a whole year real time in a weekly campaign to finally get even with the man who had enslaved them before.

Coordinating the PC backgrounds works, as does starting the PCs out with a unifying element, like a shared patron. It also helps if the goals are more or less compatible. F.e., in one campaign the main storyline is centered around the church of Selune, with a PC a paladin. The rest of the PCs...

I second that. I am DMing an egyptian-themed campaign in the heavily modified Old Empires in Faerun, and I have pre-ordered a copy of Testament to mine it for material.

Sorry to burst your illusion, but the reputation of the game has been shot to pieces already in some circles, some among them the "mature" roleplayers from WW fame, who consider D&D a puerile hack & slash fest for pre-teens. Others consider it a threat to the very souls of children, leading them...

I have several methods to create names. For PCs, I usually try to string together a nice-sounding first name, with a matching (or not matching) last name depending on background. Or I use (or combine) a name from literature, movies or comics. For NPCs I have bookmarked several cultural name...

As a DM I do not kill PCs without a clear warning. As long as I don't say "Do that and your PC may/will die" the players in my campaigns know that their PCs will survive (the PCs may loose gear, status, freedom etc. as a consequence of their actions, but the players will be able to continue to...

Hear hear! I am a litle bit angered by the tone of some of the posts here. IMC, NPCs and PCs are not asexual. I don't get graphic, I usually use the "fade to black" description, but sex plays a sometimes important role in my campaign, mainly as a motivational factor in for many NPCs, and as tool...

Re: More things to ponder... I am mainly a DM, but I play both a sorcerer and a bard, and I banned 3.0 haste as soon as I thought it through. The new version looks better, imho. I have no experience with 2E haste, despite playing weekly for 8 years, since none of my PCs were elven, and noone...

Check out this site: Farland Mass Combat System It is a computer tool, but they offer the mechanics as well. Looks good, imho, and I am currently using it in my campaign.

I say nay. Based on common sense.

Case by case, depending on the background of the PC, how and where he or she was schooled, what his or her interests are etc. And what adds to the adventure. If in doubt, I roll int checks for the PCs, or let them roll. I assume all know enough to function in normal society though - general...