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Here's a remedy for fixing the "unpredictablity" justification-- Player: "I'm playing Chaotic Neutral because then I can play any alignment I want to at any given time." Me, the DM: "Why, this sounds like extreme schizophrenia. You're character is completely insane, and therefore is now an...

Years ago I had character nearly become Chaotic Evil because he leveled half of a kender village with fireballs because they stole his dragonslaying sword and they jerked him around when he wanted it back. I've never regretted it. --- Anyway. One of my peeves is similar to the OP. PCs...

Rolemaster. Sorry, but I tried. I really tried. ---- Although in one of my D&D games we had a wizard duel. The evil wizard cast fly to escape the PC wizard who had blinded him. But the PC wizard was entangled for a couple rounds. The enemy wizard flew straight up for a couple rounds, and...

I've wanted Chivalry and Sorcery to go away. But not because its a bad game, but because an acquaintance of mine kept dumping on D&D in favor of a more realistic game. "I want my 'medieval' far more than my 'fantasy'," he'd say over and over again. Finally, a few of us, actually gave the...

1974 to 2008 = D&D 2008 to present = Another D&D. I like it. I hereby declare the end to the Edition Wars!!! May there be peace and fellowship among all D&D Players!* :):):) *Well, at least until 5th Edition comes out.... :uhoh:

Vancian magic is a fine system. Not perfect, but fine. And it works.

To have your own gaming room and a steady group of players. To have a significant other who supports your gaming hobby. To never work in the retail or fast food industries again, ever! --- Well, my priorities have changed since 2003. :)

I've had my share of boring campaigns. And sometimes it just comes down to player/DM taste. While every group has its ups and down, my rule of thumb is that if you're still bored/annoyed after three sessions of joining a group, it's probably time to leave. Three sessions seems about right. By...

<<<<------------ :) Ulrick was the name of my fighter in 2e AD&D. I rolled an 18/00 strength in front of my friends some 12 years ago using 4d6 drop the lowest method. I rolled an 18, then I rolled percentile dice and got 00. Ulrick having such strength, at least from the DM's perspective...

Druids in SPAAAACE are divided into two groups. Druids: They worship life, they promote and preserved life in almost all of its forms (except aberrations) throughout the galaxy. The galaxy is really a barren place, what little life there is needs to be protected and even encouraged to grow...

You may not care about WotC, but WotC cares about YOU! <Insert "BuddyWotC" pic here> :lol:

Nice update. I quit 4e for a similar reason (along with many others). Even to this day the 4e monsters still don't have that Old School feel. It also fun to throw hordes of low-level monsters at PCs in older editions of D&D without having to resort to using "minions." That 4e "1 hp" rule...

In my case, I played 4e for about three months, discovered it didn't suit my gaming tastes, and went back to 3.5e and even AD&D 2e for a brief time. I'm sure this is probably a summary of what happened with a lot of other gamers out there. An significant portion problably only looked at 4e and...

I dunno if this qualifies as recent but... My girlfriend bought me a couple tables for my gaming room as a Christmas present. :D

I may sell some published stuff from time-to-time. But I will never again throughout any material I've written. The last time I did was in 7th grade (like 17-18 years ago). It was a hand written adventure called "The Tomb of Times Past." I threw it right after running it for my friends--we all...

The PCs are all in a bar/space port/space station/home planet/whatever, when minions of the Main Bad Guy attack and destroy everything. The PCs must help each other escape. Each PC has unique knowledge and skills that can help them escape that pertains to their background. For example: one PCs...

It was a great pitch. One of my best in 20 years in RPGs. And it was successful. Most of the potential players had already pre-judged the product and were ready to move on. It's happened to me before with both 3.5e and 4e. Some people just don't want to sink a lot of time into mastering...

I ran the Ravenloft campaign setting in 2e and later in 3e with the Sword & Sorcery books. I loved it each time. I've used elements from the campaign setting (horror and madness checks) in other settings (until I discovered Call of Cthulu's sanity check). I've run parts of Castle's Forlorn...

Sometimes I wonder if industry leaders/insiders (in whatever industry, not just RPGS) just say things to watch people go bonkers and argue... :hmm:

This is a problem I ran into about a year ago. I started up a 2e campaign and had difficulty finding players. When I pitched the campaign, they would be interested until I said the words: "and the game system in AD&D 2e." They would politely say no. I would pitch how easy of system it is to...