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My group is not, usually, what you would expect to be the "typical" D&D nerdy group. We have: A Commercial Electrician who played football in high school, and is 6'3" and goes in at 2 some-odd A Machine Operator Manager at the local plastics plant (also a drummer and former football player) A...

During a 1ed game, the DM had a room that was completely frictionless, and there was a pit in the center of the room with a rusty razor blade in the bottom, across the entire width of the pit. With no friction, the players cannot save themselves from falling into the pit, and can barely avoid...

We allow it at our table. The DM and players pass notes all the time, as long as it is a serious, in-game type of note. Another rule is that the DM reads all player to player notes, just so s/he can keep more of a control over the game. Very, very, very rarely does s/he forbid whatn the players...

I took a Paladin (1ed... my second character ever, rolled about 15 minutes after my first character ever was rolled) from 1978 to 1984 basically full-time when I wasn't DMing. He made it to 32nd level, when he became his deity's personal champion, and was taken out of service. He had become not...

I'm not sure if this is actually right for the "stupidest"; however, it is certainly the "unluckiest". IN the middle of the game, the Elven Archer was insulted by another character by saying he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. WHen one happened to present itself, the archer was going to...

\m/ Up The Irons, Fungus Dude!!! (uh... would he be the lead guitarist for the band Mushroomhead???)

I am actually in the process of writing an entire campaign/game world now, and am doing some serious research for it... with designs of publishing it for others to use.

Almost every gaming store that I have either worked in or patronized had a section where the customers could play. There were tables, and all of the other assorted needs... and they were all pay-to-play... and they were ALWAYS busy, with a line waiting. If that need is being filled on a smaller...

I also use the index card system... although, with a twist: I cross reference them in a series of notebooks that I have for that purpose. The index card tells the NPC's name, and level, and all of the basic info that I need to decide on whether to consider them or not. Then, I have a notebook...

I don't remember any characters really leaving things behind; however, in a multi-DM campaign that my group was running, the game had gotten WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too magic happy (4-6th level characters taking out an old Red Dragon with very little damage to themselves). I ran the next adventure, and...

We don't now, nor have we ever had a gaming store in my general area. The closest one that is not just a comic shop with a few gaming supplies in it (about 45-50 miles away), or a book store with gaming supplies in it (about 30 miles away), is about 60 miles away. I don't really ever get a...

My main focus in playing is the role playing aspect of the game. I don't care what race/class/position I play.... and I usually end up filling out the party with whatever is needed... However, I like to take that role, and I usually find a new and distinct personality for him/her to play.

My group has 4 DM's, and we all act as assistant DM's when we are playing. When a question about the rules comes up, we have more than one person to discuss them, and make a decision. Of course, we have a walking rules computer at the table, and he tends to make the final rules decisions for us...

How about a Bard. I know it weas suggested before; however, I have a few suggestions to make things interesting for a while: 1) Make him/her schitzophrenic. A bard that thinks s/he is a Paladin/Illusionist/Duskblade/Cleric of Orcus/gay fashion designer/Steve Urkel/ whatever (or any multiple...

We had our party attending a religious ceremony in their honor for vanquishing the evilness in the area (standard stuff), and the BBEG and his minions showed up in the temple and started trouble. Challenges: This was a very, very holy structure where there was no fighting allowed (the paladin...

I have always been a firm believer of the DM retaining all "dead" characters, and receiving a copy of all "retired" characters. It makes it so much easier on the DM, because he already knows how these characters act, and what their motivation is. It also makes it interesting for the players...

This would be a "yes" answer. We all set out for the campaign, and- many times- multiple DM's for the campaign... unfortunately, my group is kinda AD/HD about such matters and get bored with our characters, and want a change... so it ends up being a very short campaign, with no more than 5 or 6...

I haven't read the entire thread with all of the replies, so if I rehash already much trodden ground, then I apologize. To start off with, Paladins have always been my favorite class to play, ever since my second character ever (1ed) was a Pally. I enjoyed the special features, and the...

I "cheat" so rarely, that on the occasions I do, the players never know. I roll all of my combat and save rolls for the encounters out in the open so the players can see I am not cheating them, in case they die. I do, on occasion, change the encounter stats on the fly. Example: I am running an...

8-10, depending on the week.