Search results

All of them. No, seriously, each of them have their own charms and challenges. I just don't get to run games as much as I'd like. :\

eh, I have rolled really, really well and I have rolled very, very poorly and I have had fun and done what I could with both. I don't think that low stats make a character more interesting to play or make them less effective. The character lives and dies by my brains (usually dies from lack...

But first, the purple worm! :D That's a much more entertaining version of the last session's events, I must say.

It was a purple worm. We pretty much just stood around it and beat on it until it stopped moving. It did swallow one character's cohort, but he was able to slash his way out of it. We didn't have the time or inclination to look for treasure - no one really wanted to look for its, ummm, poo, and...

It's summertime, sunny and warm. I start the day with a cup of coffee and sit on my back deck. The flowers I planted have huge brightly-colored blooms and my dog is lying in a patch of sun. Later Andy (my boyfriend) and I take him to dog park, and he plays with dogs and chases a tennis ball...

Absolutely! We had the opposite problem for a while. We had a player that refused to come up with an original name. One character was Aragorn, another simply Bob. (sigh) I used to work for a visa service and saw the worst legal names on passports. My favorites were a young girl named Miao...

Although I don't personally see anything wrong with a staff having a single spell, the SRD does say: "Staffs: A staff has a number of different (but often related) spell effects. A newly created staff has 50 charges, and each use of the staff depletes one or more of those charges. Wands: A...

I'm sorry to hear that about your group. What level are your characters? Depending on that, I would say take levels of fighter if you must be in combat or even levels of cleric. A good range weapon is always good, too, so that you don't have to be up close and personal with undead. I would say...

I love origami, too, and his site makes me so jealous. I really wish I had that kind of talent. I love your idea for the gelatinous cube! I'm going to have to steal that. ;)

I am posting the annoying "me, too!" on these ideas. I would like both very much, thank you.

Ah ha! I thought the name of the author looked familiar! Congratulations and good work! I really see your point. While reading the article, it occurred to me that I can't remember the last time someone in my group played a character with a polearm of any kind. That really got the wheels in my...

Yeah, one of our DMs did something similar. He had made business cards for himself for his freelance business and had a few left over. So, he printed up a nice business card for an NPC that my character wanted to contact. It was such a nice touch - I really like it when DMs do things like this...

I think the occasional prop or handout is neat. :) Of course, we use miniatures, the most common prop. DMs will often draw out special maps or write out a letter or passage in a book that is important to the plot. I printed out the Deck of Many Things PDF for a DM to use in game. That same DM...

Wow. All I can say is, wow. You didn't post the other Ambergate images on KidCharlemagne's forum, did you? I don't think anyone from the Saturday group has seen the newer ones and most of 'em don't frequent here.

WEIRD! I was just looking at that issue - it's 291.

It's funny, because even though I wasn't "wowed" by the articles individually, I was really impressed by this issue as a whole because I think I will eventually use something from each article. Plus, holy cow, I really liked the article on polearms. I know what kind of character I'm playing...

I think it's sweet that you feel embarrassed by it, but, dude, it's your wife - now if a player other than your wife was involved, that would be a completely different story..... ;) How did it turn out anyway?

$180 : 20 sessions, or about $9 a session. Not bad at all!

I think Iron Council is probably the most overtly political of his books - one major story element is a political group opposing the government of New Crobuzon and there is another storyline about labor unions and worker strikes. Even though, I think other elements were stronger, such as a...

Great thread! I like to think I'm pretty informed, but I found a lot of interesting books through your posts that I hadn't heard of. DMH - thanks for recommending Shaping the Self. I just picked it up since it seemed like something I wanted to use for a new campaign and it's perfect. I have to...