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I'm not sure if your using WoD or NWoD but I suppose it doesn't matter. If your creating this 'hidden internet' its techinically a hidden technological world. Just like the real world (in WoD) has a reflective spirit world, perhaps your hidden internet world ( a cross of the internet and a...

I think you can go gridless, but you have to describe the combat and whats going on well enough that everyone knows whats going on. If the descriptions are lacking or if the players do not trust the DM will 'place' them in a spot they didn't intend to be there could be mistrust issues and that...

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I'd be unhappy if D&D got shelved other than use as a sellable name brand. I think Gygax would have wanted his game to continue on. As far as gameplay I would continue with the editions that I play, 3.5 and 2e as well as some BFRPG. I would really like to see if a valid 5e could be produced...

I think as a player and Gm this is my main hangup with 4e. A large portion of the game is spent resolving this power or that. there is very little time left to get into character when your busy resolving powers for every character in every combat. I think from a play style standpoint each...

There is the possibility of a house rule, allowing a caster to sacrifice 2 spells of greater or equal level to spontaneously cast a spell of their choosing. For a priest it could be any spell, for a wizard it would be any spell they know.

I cannot answer these questions for Maptool very well but I can answer them for OpenRPG which is also free (www.openrpg.com): 1) How do you deal with campaign/encounter/NPC/Organisations etc notes, or jotting down ideas during the game etc. There seems to be no function for this built in to...

I think if you have women in your group some of the obstacles could be handled by 'knowing your group'. Design NPCs, heroes and heroines, that are not objectified but rather genuine. Particularly with female NPCs focus efforts on less big breasted bar maids and the chauvinistic gameresque...

I bought the core 4e books and have barely used them but have found interest in 3.5 very much waned as well. I would welcome 5e and hope that it is an edition that is well written with a solid mix of mechanics and RP (I am of the personal mind that 4e plays out a bit mechanics focused due to...

As far as any product is concerned, and gaming books are no different, anything designed needs to be a quality product. This means there should not be errata and immediate reprints within a year after designing a new set of core books where a paying customer buys his DMG and players only to...

I will be running a biweekly game on OpenRPG using Forgotten Realms. The game will be based in Cormyr and will also feature play by post in between games to keep the action going. I am comfortable with doing roleplay and combat in the PbP so this means the game will be fairly ongoing with...

I think every gamer should encounter pit traps but used too frequently they become cheese damage much like the big monster in a video game, who, no matter how many times you shoot is going to hose you for a certain amount of mass damage.

I recently posted this in a private discussion with other Gms in a shared world but its fits this discussin nicely about how I think progression should go up through level 10. Hope it adds to the discussion.

Having run an online gaming community for several years now, I think its a good idea to have some kind of poll as a baseline to evaluate GMs. GMs are neither good nor bad when it comes to it, but players look for different qualities. Do they want a killer DM who offers a challenging game that...

Given your demonic history of the area you could have a higher level demon infecting animals with a demon template (3.5 jargon). The 1e monster manual also features half animals of just about everything you would ever want or be afraid of. They tried inventing just about everything. I would...

What about taking some of the natural creatures that live in that kind of environment and augmenting them to your needs. For example deer are probably all over an area with pine trees and lakes. Design some natural humanoids such as deer folk that are much like satyrs but based on deer to...

Interesting topic. When building a dungeon I don't put much thought into the architecture. i tend to want to fill it with critters and run with it.

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