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Thanks for your thoughts Biggus Geekus. Just the kind of thing I was aiming for. My only dilemma is that in order to take an established concept and give it an interesting new spin, it seems inevitable that you slide into a small niche that can't help but appeal only to smaller audiences...

I have been looking into different campaign settings lately. To be fair, I've not come close to exploring them all. I am wondering how this community feels about what is available out there in the way of campaign settings. Do you feel that there are any voids or gaps in the available...

I dabbled as a GM for a couple sessions during my AD&D days but mostly as a Player. I've been playing again for a few years under third edition mostly as a player. I am now starting to make the move towards more GM after a couple more dabbles. However, my buying habits are changing a lot. I...

Magic Items are a blessing and a curse As a player character, I love the accumulation of magic items (especially when they are full of flavor instead of off the shelf). Many players will want to try and accumulate the best items the campaign allows; the DM must feed that desire with careful...

I've seen it used in a long running campaign on more than one occassion. It was well integrated into the story and overall campaign on at least one occassion. It was a contrived DM patch for an unexpected/undesirable death on at least one other occassion. Unfortunately, a perfectly reasonable...

This passage above is an excellent example of what DM's must avoid at all costs. (well put) I'm in a campaign right now where the DM set a hard and fast date for universal armageddon if the arch-villain was not thwarted in time. Problem is, he really didn't know how he was getting from here to...

You can please some of the players some of the time Every DM has to struggle with the style of play that suits them best and the style of play that the players like best. Personally, I favor epic fantasy campaigns over sword & sorcery campaigns. When I start the first session, I already know a...

I rather liked the idea of a completely new 4th ed. setting before I started reading this thread. Now I'm feeling a lot of sympathy for the idea that the effort should be made to keep the game as approachable as possible to new gamers. I think the level of setting support in the core books now...

Thanks for the feedback. It is very interesting to read your thoughts on the six. I might be upset that my writing wasn't noteworthy except for the fact that I was just trying to create as vivid an image as possible for the artist and meet the original request posted. I guess I've given...

Oh My! Hey there Kai Lord. My thanks to you and Krail. I made it into the final round last year with my Tatooed Blood Guard Monk named Qayath Otuph ibn Phyk. Here's hoping for Krellick. Qayath is a great character but has been retired for some time. Krellick, on the other hand, is a...

Krellick Chergoba Greetings all; I enjoyed this contest last year. Close but no cigar so here I go again. KRELLICK CHERGOBA; FORGOTTEN REALMS BERSERKER & FANG SCOUT INTRODUCTION Pure Rashemi blood flows through Krellick’s veins; he has the dusky skin, dark eyes, and thick black hair of his...

Exactly! I was foolish enough to jump on the book buying bandwagon for a while but the bloom is off the rose now. Once in a while something interesting comes along but it is usually a diamond buried amidst a great deal of expensive, repetitive crap. No edition can ever be everything to...

Min/Maxers, Roleplayers and every other flavor of gamers in between will always bump up against one another on game night. It is neither rare nor unusual. Is it really so bizzarre to find a circle of gamers who all like the same style at the same time? Back in my 1st edition days I had a...

I think we have a very similar point of view in this regard. I have very fond memories of 1st edition being about slipping into the identity of a favorite character and bringing that character to life every session. I remeber it being a lot about roleplay and plot development with some fun...

I would have to agree. I started out in third edition telling myself I would not let myself get sucked into Hasbro's ingenious marketing strategy but eventually it happened all the same. I have far more books than I need in order to play the game and enjoy it. I keep telling myself I need the...

***I started playing in the late 70s. Back then, you could find RPG material almost everywhere. Today, only the big book chains and specialist game shops carry RPG material. And there seem to be far fewer game shops that cater heavily to RPGs.*** I can attest to this fact; I grew up playing in...

It is what it is... Greetings all I don't have anything particularly revolutionary to offer you in way of opinion on this ever present debate. Perhaps more of an observation. Long ago when D&D was going through it's first edition incarnation I would say that the game was probably 70%...

I never had any burnout when I played back in 1st edition days but then I played a lot of different games: D&D, Star Frontiers, Gangbusters, Boot Hill, etc. I also had a really great gaming circle that alled liked the same stuff and style of play. I've been playing 3ed D&D for a couple of years...

I'm currently running a Ranger/Barbarian (equally distributed levels) who'se reached 7th level. He's using the archery style and favoring mounted archery feats. He's intended to be a bit of a 'Hunnish' raider in the saddle and fight with Greatsword or Bastard sword (two-handed) when his feet...

I'd have to say that my exprience has been pretty similar. For the most part, the greatest influence on how the game is played rests with the DM and his players. Hack & Slashers have always been drawn to the game regardless of the version as have those who love the role play and flavorful...