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Let him play what he wants the way he wants. But play out all the consequences. Because that's what happens with real men! What a joke! Peter

Thanks for the links. Isle of dread looks like it's a bit too exotic for my tastes. I was thinking more about a more northernly sort of island. But there is a certain appeal to using this classic module. (If I'm not mistaken, RPGnow has some of these available as a pdf.) I'll check out Mark's...

In the end it's all about knowing your players. The group I've been playing with (since time immemorable) are friends first and foremost. Roleplaying is a social thing not a technical statistical number cruncing fest for us. None of us have the time not the inclination to plow through the...

links? Peter

I want a micro setting: what is it, who (or what) lives there, ... Preferably something that's been there a while and everybody forgot about... Peter

There's this (supposedly uninhabited) smallish islands that the PC's are asked to explore with the intent of colonisation. There will be some wilderness encounters and an opposing party of adventurers/explorers (who are part of the overarching plot) to play with on the island. And I also want a...

Handouts are a waste of time. It's a narrative game, not a reading club. Give your players a general layout of the setting and tell them what kind af characters you're looking for. Personally, I go pretty far and I tell them what kind of classes and races I want to see. This avoids dwarven pit...

Well said! Mastering the art of improvisation helps too. There are usually many ways to get your players in a certain direction. Just don't mind if they take the scenic route. Peter

Nice idea, but that would change my plot outline I have so far a bit too much. I've decided on a top down approach. the setting will be fairly isolated. Which doesn't stop them from thinkink themselves the centre of the civilized world. The only outside nations are steppe barbarians in the...

Sorry if I'm a bit incoherent. I'm just trying to think some things through before puting them before my players, just to find out that I've left a loophole you can drive a truck through. I want to start a setting which is based on a federation of three states. One of these is a theocracy that...

Well, the setting doesn't really appeal to me all that much... Perhaps I should revisit. One of the main reasons that religious polytheïsm works, imo, in a fantasy setting, is that there is no real element of belief. The existence of the gods is almost a scientific fact: gods grant powers to...

Power Behind the Throne is a good idea. Problem with that one is that I want to start my players in the inner circle of the decision making proces. PBtT supposes that the players have to find out how and why a decision was made. (Correct me if I'm wrong: I don't own the book.) Peter

Could a D&D world have non-interventionist gods? Or does the whole divine magic system presuppose hands-on types of gods? Is the granting of spells and powers something a god chooses to do or could you say that it's something he or she has no control over? If the gods of a D&D setting chose...

Thanks, mate! Part one of your post has pretty much been adressed, but you've provided a good primer to which I'll refer when writing it all up (for the time being, I work from notes, prefering to see if I can make the plot fly before committing too much time to writing it up). The drug link...

Hi all. Been away from these boards for quite some time. I'm working on a campaign that will be kicking off with a diplomatic conference. The setting is an isolated federation of states, in a personal union under a king. The players will be junior representatives (a sort of "promising youth"...

Seems you forgot planescape there, mate.

From the adobe website FAQ on ebooks http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/30f36.htm Q: Can I read eBooks on PDAs? A: Yes, you can read PDF eBooks on a Palm OS device using Adobe Reader for Palm OS v3 or higher. You must first download the eBook to a PC or MacOS X computer using Adobe Reader...

The honour thing is nice, but I wouldn't equate it with items. I'dd rather grant abilities. An economy just sounds wrong. If somebody wanted something in a place of total goodness, why would somebody else want to deny them that thing if it is possible for them to provide it? I'dd let them have...

Thanks. Okay, now I'll probably sound dumb, but: what's the difference between a pocketPC and a pda? The operating system? Apparently this DRM thing is supported on PalmOS, but not on at pocketPC.

Exactly! Throw in some elephants and we've got ourselves a script! :D