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IMO, Quas's criticisms of the module are well-deserved, in the same way that the first Star Wars movie was panned by so many critics. For whatever reason, these modules seem - in play - to be much more than the sum of their imperfect parts. My group played these in 1E and I still remember that...

Ok, I'm a bit confused (more so than normal ;) ). Firefly originally ran for less than one season, correct? The dvd's people keep referring to have only the original, partial season, correct? The new episodes begin tonight with Serenity, correct? If so, are there any plans to show the...

I've got a BATTLEAXE! Refers to an NPC in our RttToEE campaign. He was a big, strong young lad. Whenever anyone tried to intimidate or threaten the party, he'd say "Yeah, well, I've got a BATTLEAXE!" and mayhem would generally ensue. The best incident was when the character blew a fear save in...

Agreed. My question is, how much of such material is necessary? One page, two, twenty, a hundred?

Let me try to explain it this way, "First Rule of Dungeoncraft: Never force yourself to create more than you must." If I'm creating my own setting, I will spend some time on material that I know my players will never see. History, cosmology, secrets, and so on. This is part of the fun of...

Nope. I want a campaign setting that makes the adventures better. Exactly. The setting should provide material to help a GM involve the players and their characters. It most definitely should not be someone's novel that the player's are expected to cameo in. Agree 100%.

Now, now - I never said anything about feats, spells, PrCl's, etc. :) My point is that too much fluff in campaign settings has no effect on players. A few months ago someone posted in a thread on campaign design that too many GM's focus on designing a world, not on designing a backdrop for...

I would, but a publisher read my earlier post and cut that ritual out of the product...Oops... :heh:

I suspect I'm not typical in this regard, but one of the things I most dislike about settings is the amount of material included that the PC's never interact with, that they never have a reason to interact with, and that the players would be bored silly interacting with. I don't need 50 pages of...

Kind of ironic, since all these programs are filmed in Canada, IIRC.

Let's see: Firefly, SG1, SGA, BSG, on SciFi, on Friday Add in Monk, on USA, also on Friday Add in Numbers, on CBS, also on Friday AAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! (Ok, I feel better now.)

I've seen an excel spreadsheet that is a weather generator for the Silver Marches. I *think* it's available in the electronic aids area.

Umm...maybe I've misunderstood your post, but the poll doesn't mean that at all. Imagination is not an all-or-nothing proposition. I can exercise my imagination just fine with minis and a battlemat, thank you very much. :) For me at least, these aids are just tools to help me play the...

Yep. For gameplay, I find levels 6-10 to be the sweet spot. At lower levels the characters tend to be one-trick ponies and rather fragile. The opponents tend to have a sameness to them. At higher levels, combat tends to turn on who wins initiative and spells become problematic.

If you listen to Wayne's telling of the story (which includes a reasonably good musical score and outstanding narration by the incomparable Richard Burton), you may understand better what your friends were saying. And I don't think they meant it should have been a musical. :) Wayne's version...

Consider that maybe your players aren't as into the campaign as you are. Sometimes players just want to play casually, without a lot of detail. One suggestion: If you want them to pay attention, go for the "wow" factor, rather than the "here's some more info on my detailed world for you to absorb".

It seems to me that there's another factor at work here: risk. When I buy a new car, I spend weeks researching, looking, test driving, etc. because a mistake can cost me thousands of dollars (I know this from personal experience :\ ). If I buy a game book from WOTC - the 3.0 Psionics Handbook...

Bribing the GM is acceptable. Bribing the GM with chocolate will be successful. Bribing the GM with "healthy" food will not.

Some of my favorites: HHH Hat of Disguise Brooch of Shielding or Necklace of Adaptation Boots of Striding and Springing Cloak of Resistance Mithril armor Ring of Sustenance Bag of Tricks (Tan) Rods of Metamagic (banned/restricted in my games) combined with Gloves of Storing Stat-boosting...

I voted two, since once I get two bad products from a particular vendor, I start to look very closely at any future purchases. That said, a percentage of bad products purchased is generally a better guide for me. I purchased three products at the same time from one pdf publisher (a sale). ALL...