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My longest running (and overall best) game is an Exalted game. It's currently on hiatus due to work issues. I actually started running the game after borrowing the main book from a co-worker. I had it under an arm on an evening gathering. While I was looking at it after dinner, a player spots...

I actually like the mouth on the gargoyle. Out of curiosity, what sort of paint do you use?+

:) It's hidden but: That's not all of it though. Part of it is that I love sharing ideas and concepts. Also, I like to see how people react to things. There's an element of play that's simply an amazing thing to be a part of. And I like to help bring that about. I'm mostly a DM, though I'm...

While individual players might be inclined to play that way, the problem comes in dealing with the group. Suppose someone doesn't get it? It's pretty easy for one person who is out of tune to de-synch things. And ultimately, I think it's simply easier to 'get' this sort of thing after GMing...

It's a mishmosh. The game started with a core concept, and a show to imitate. From there, the beginnings of a town and villain groups started appearing. Then, I sort of hijacked that conceptual stuff into the Freedom City setting. So, it's a little homebrew at its core, but it makes a lot of...

Less of a bad idea than you may think. I believe that it's one of the factors contributing to this game being one of the best I've run. And no, I'm not running a children's game. Though it does feel like it, on occasion. :p Let's start on some of the reasons. Two of my players have problems...

With my particular group, no, my NPCs never sucker the PC's. Well, that's not true, but it's very very rare. In fact, as a general rule, my NPCs won't tell untruths. It just helps make things that much easier in this set of games. So they have been suckered before, but it's about finding an...

I'm not so fond of CN myself. However, there's a guy in my games who always plays CN. What I've found works is that if he's CN and the rest of the party leans towards good, then their opponents will usually be LE. Evil empires, corrupt officials, and slave traders are all good targets. People...

Guard the other PC's backs Never force a choice

Yup. This has happened on several occasions. The first two of which I was the person who stayed out. I couldn't cast spells at the time, and there was bascially no real reason to get into the situation. The haunted cave had been there for weeks, it'd stay a while longer, same with the bandits...

I think some small part of the side topics have come up is theme. There are some factors to consider: how many traps do you want to shoot the heroes, how many do they notice, how many they avoid and what that entails mechanically. All of this says something about the game. Normally, while in...

I've got a couple of questions for you: 1. Do you want to talk to him about cheating? 2. Do you want this character toned down? 3. Do you want to prevent this from happening in the future? 4. Do you want to get back at him for cheating? The strength of the answers to those will really...

Well, the bluff check issue certainly would have gotten to me too.

First, list off 5 things you do really well. Then pick one or two things that you'd like to do better to accent that. Off the top of my head, here's some advice. Planning: Plan general. Make a few mind maps of what happened the previous session that was important, and the key players (and...

So, are you telling me that perhaps the reason I'm still suffering from Con drain is due to calling the cleric a 'worthless bag of healing cola'? Interesting...

So, what you're saying is that having all clerics have a diety is just one of those 'things' that helps you to enjoy the game. But there's nothing inherently wrong with having godless clerics, it's just not a flavor you like. Here's what I've always wondered. How does having clerical powers...

I suppose that if we had a 'party leader' t-shirt, I'd pay for it. The DM hosts, another player brings food (I chip in for cokes), another player drives (and hauls two of us along), so it's reallllly up to the remaining ones of us to pick it up. Now, most likely, I'd see about grabbing a...

Personally, I'd be up for harrying the orcish encampment until I thought I could make a break for it. The underdark is not a place I'd want to be going further into.

It's true. During fights people play to their strengths. To keep things different, the opponents need to mix things up as well, jump the archer, counterspell the mage, hide and start with sneak attacks, run away into caves. If they start doing different things, the players will as well. And...

My character would have talked to the kid, and tried to convince him to stay with us as we go kick the cold ones in the rear. Most of the rest of the party would follow my lead. If the child refused, we'd let him go. But we'd still go kick the cold ones in the rear. As far as the party goes...