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You Can't Have Mass Market Without Mass Sales There is something else you have to consider about the mass market outlets like Wal-Mart and Target: Simply put, they're never going to sell the kind of niche market products that D&D represent. Have you actually shopped at one of these stores...

The whole idea of a DM tip jar is a really odd question. I fully agree that in a normal private group, it would be nothing more than a joke. Tipping the DM seems silly. After all, you're all getting together to play a game together. The DM is not a waiter. However, I see no problems with player...

The PDF looks like they just printed from the web browser to PDF. There does not appear to have been any attempt to make it look like a professional document. It's not even well printed. For instance, the black and white picture of the early edition Death Knight at the start of the section...

Based on how much they've impacted my game, I'd pick in order: 1) Elements of Magic 2) Arcana Evolved 3) Magical Medieval Society No other books, besides the three WoTC core books sees anywhere near as much use at my table. All three have been incorporated into my core campaign and house rules.

In a way, what this magic item does is give a Lesser Ring of Regeneration to every member of the party. Sure, they have to pass it around, but it effectively allows them to heal 1 hp per round every round until the entire party is fully healed. I would never let it in my campaign, but that...

The local gaming store changed owners at the beginning of the year. Under the new management, there have been several things that are now well stocked that were rarely found before. These are things which I, as a customer, appreciate. Adventures for the games, including a variety of levels...

For a while, I was running games for the local RPGA, which meant going mobile with my gaming materials. I found a rolling tool box at Wal-Mart that worked well for a while. It was about $20, though I don't know if that is a normal price. The tool box is basically two open boxes that stack on top...

I found "Transmuter's Last Touch" by Goodman Games to be quite a blast. Of course, that's partially because kobolds are my favorite monster as a DM. The adventure is relatively simple. The party locates a lair and goes in. However, there are some really interesting things that the kobolds get...

When it comes to treating your girlfriend like any other player at the table, make sure you're not treating her worse to compensate. While I've seen DMs favor their significant other to the point of annoyance, I've been just as annoyed (or maybe more so) by a GM who decided that in order to make...

You know, I added this feature to a cloak of flying one time and several characters were fighting over who got to wear it. None of them needed the flying, they just thought the cloak was cool.

I believe that your re-write of Intimidation is an interesting one, but there is one point that I am uncertain on, which could really change how effective the use is for combat. If an opponent steps back, do they remain Intimidated? Could an opponent simply move away, catch his breath, and then...

Evil Overlord Rule #??? "I will provide mistresses to all of my senior people who desire one. This way, if there is pillow talk going on, I will be the one to benefit from this instead of my enemy." Does anyone know what the male version of a mistress is called? We want to be equal...

Addendum: Said leaked drug will have a chemical compound which can nullify it, much like narcan (sp?) does now for many regular drugs. All of my undercover agents will have a supply of this counter-drug, including subdermal injectors. This will allow them to take the drug any time they need to...

I will not store the source of my power and my greatest weakness in the same bank, lest a single robbery that actually has nothing to do with me accidentally ends up putting too much on the black market.

I have only ever had one player write any letters home. I thought it was a great thing for her character to do. Unfortunately, she might not do it any more as some things she put in her last letter has resulted in a situation where when the party visited her homeland, her father forbidding her...

For some reason, when I try to use the link, it copies over the "&" symbols as "&". Once I changed those, it worked fine. Thanks for the freebie! I'm looking at running a comic book campaign next, so I'm looking forward to seeing how your system would work for what I want to do. In case anyone...

That's the best quote I've read in some time. I do believe I'm stealing it. As for your dilemma, I believe that what you are doing is completely fair, as long as you have made your players aware that the way your world works is that sometimes things cannot be conquered by a "kick in the front...

I think the only way to accomplish the different levels of magic would be to have a totally different set of classes for each of the levels of magic. A wizard in a high magic setting is going to have access to a lot of spells. You put that same wizard in a low magic setting and you either have...

On that, I totally agree. I tried a magic point type system using the base spells back under 2nd Edition. I gave spellcasters a number of magic points equal to the total number of spell levels they could cast in a day. It was brutal. (At least on the non-spellcasting monsters.) I only used it...

Class Abilities Unfortunately, I cannot post my class write-ups because some of the material I used is not OGL. To give you an idea of what I am talking about, I have included the list of minor class abilities and which classes get them. The spellcasters get the fewest, the Expert gets the...