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Good question. Clearly you want it to leave a mark, so I would consider it like a burn, but more focused in its area of effect. So the skin would look damaged, but no blood as its energy. Its not fire, so I wouldn't have it burn fabric, but damage it as if crushed (which won't do a lot of...

Me too! Lazy GM right here!

The fight for Alder/Alden ford is very enjoyable, nice and tense. The only thing is they don't seem to have an retreat planned other than falling back to the middle of the village. Got to laugh at Attius, the divination expert, not seeing his own demise.

Not used this before, so I am curious, how much prep time does it take? Is it a matter of me loading this, checking a couple of boxes, pressing go and then copy and paste the stat block, repeat for the next level? I've looked at the Genjitsu Flock of Foes and the skel/zombies of various races...

Cohorts: 1) if its an existing npc I would have statted it up previously. If its a new npc the player designs them and I ok them for game use. If its something new I have the right to say "change that". Rarely comes up. 2) an existing NPC will have stats asssigned according to how I feel is...

But I don't work, nor am I trying to work as a games writer/designer. I have got pages of NPC's that I've used over my time DM. These are specific to my game. I have not done extensive work for generic races, its time consuming enough doing the specific ones I need. I have used the NPC's...

I've played in a number of evil games. A short term, you are goblins, this is your lair, here come the adventurers; it was a WoTC product and was excellent fun and challange. An orge magi in a Ravenloft game; we were evil and viscious, but mostly stuck together. A the latest was a very...

Is it the complexity of what is and isn't open content? Anybody out there got an idea why this hasn't happened, or are there just 4 of us interested in this kind of resource?

This is a hard question to provide a satisfactory answer to. I would probably buy any length of module, but the key here is my needs at that time. You could have a cracking module, but if my gaming schedule is full I probably will add it to "keeping in mind". I'm signed up for WotBS as it...

Yep, Glyfair succeeded admirably in pimping Open Design. Word of mouth is clearly important to this development. Be interesting to see Joe's review of the final product. Impartial as he will be!

So, I was having a look at WoTC site, and saw another MM is in the works. I’ve not picked up the last because the reviews put me off, partly all the dragon spawn, partly the levelled creatures. I like my MM containing monsters. Having said that, I would quite like a book with levelled...

Whizbang, I have that module and intend running it for the upcoming city setting we are going to playing in. So I shall pop over and take a gander. Any pointers/notes for a future DM? Cheers

A reasonable course of actions here is to discuss things with your DM. See what his plans are. He might have rewarded you with rank and prestige but have no intention of leaving youu in situ. Then the worry will have been for nothing. If it is relevent then you can look to maximising the...

Pop in to the thread on Wolfgang Baur's next Open Design project and vote for Empire of the Ghouls! Wolfgang is an experienced writer, Open Design is a means of sponsoring the product and getting input to the final product, and it will be exclusive to folks who have signed up. Empire of the...

flesh-tearing, bone-grinding ghouls are not quiet. tome-reading, scroll-writing mages are quiet. Except for the onerous ticking of clockworks. Sounds fair to me! On topic though, I can see how as an experimental method of design it would be time to move to something other than an adventure...

I think Joe qualifies as the first reviewer! Ordered my lulu copy today, how's the print version Glyfair?

An emphatic "yes". My characters always spend gold on things outside of the adventuring necessities. Clothes, lodging, quality horses for breeding stock, land, manor house, church lands, charitable foundations, even wedding presents, whatever is appropriate to the character. My fellow players...

And now its just pipped ahead.....c'mon you misbegotten bone-chompers.... As man-thing said, the inclusion of other OGC is good to see. Just from the early posts on the ghouls line you can see what the patrons can bring; 1 person cannot read and recall as much as so very many, and there is a...

This is my view, you can make it what you like in your game. Not sure what the official line is, doesn't it depend on the setting your in? Intelligent undead - yes, the soul, or part of is trapped. That's why they hate the living. They had that once too, but now they don't. The memories...

A mature group can come away with no problems, it depends on how evil you go. There's no harm adding a bit of narrative and gloating to your actions - you use flurry of blows to deck a foe, but you can make it that bit more with a bit of boasting (nimbly dodging their futile blows, goading...