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Sorry if I wasn't clear there. I meant the pixie in the example CHOSE to hover. The pixies have full flight from a very early age. I was using the hover example to simplify what the pixie was doing.

Had To Go Dry I used to allow alcohol during the games I ran. I've had several groups where someone would drink a wine cooler or a couple of beers. One time, a couple of players were trying a wine. In general, it wasn't a problem because no one was drinking enough to even qualify for a DUI...

I've run into a physics of flight question in my new campaign, and I'm hoping some of you out there can help me figure it out. It has been a lot of years since college physics, and I'm not sure if I've got this right. (I realize I could hand-wave it all away as magic, but that doesn't sit well...

Worst: Player who once he had decided how something was supposed to be, not only couldn't consider any alternatives, but thought anyone who disagreed with him was obviously either crazy, stupid, trying to mess with him, or all three. His roleplaying alternated between being a jerk who tried to...

Why Work Together? I was having problems with party cohesion, so I started a campaign with the rule that all of the characters grew up together on an island. The first adventure was the party saving the island from a curse that turned everyone into statues. (The party were on a ship at the...

I came up with several different things to add to the list, but then I realized they all boiled down into one thing. What real world elements do you not see in D&D? Pretty much any real world element you don't see in the movies. Anything that is normally "off camera", the players just don't seem...

Defense Bonus Is A Good Addition I am preparing to run a campaign that has a bit of the swashbuckling influence in it. For this campaign, I am using a version of the Defense Bonus rules so that the characters can be running around in light or no armor and still have a chance at survival...

Make Them Fear The Mook I realize this may be slightly off topic, but ... I had the same problem with players of powerful characters not fearing the mook with a bow or other 1d4-1d6 weapon. Between armor class and hit points, they felt they had nothing to fear. I came to the conclusion that...

Thank you. Thank you all for your advice. I really appreciate it. Thank you also to those who voted.

My question and poll are about the class names. I am working on a custom campaign where the classes are heavily changed. Rather than use set abilities, each time you get an ability, you get to choose from a list. This will allow players to customize their classes. There are six main classes...

I agree with OStephens that having multiple projects to work on when you get stuck on something is nice. In my writing for work, I will complete a project such as a user manual, then go work on something else for a day or two, then go back and proofread the first one. That way, it's not so fresh...

Give Them The Bridge I don't know if this will help you, but it was something I did with some apathetic players I had. I created a mystery adventure. I started the adventure with an encounter where the party got a number of pieces of the puzzle and where they had hooks/clues that would very...

"Buy the Numbers" gives you point costs for all of the feats in the SRD. (Though I don't remember what version of the SRD and I don't have my copy handy.) From those examples, the DM would have to come up with a point value for any feats from splatbooks or third party material. Figuring out how...

What About Bad Guys... I think part of what makes the Stargate series work is the universal bad guy. The Gaould tied everyone together. (Did I even come close on the spelling?) They helped make all independent adventures on far flung worlds part of an integrated whole. If you don't have this...

D&D Movies While I don't remember any being people sitting around playing seriously, when WOTC did that competition of D&D video clips, there were several that captured the feel of game play quite nicely. At least one was just someone moving miniatures around on the screen, but it was...

Depends On the Players ... The possibility of such a campaign really depends on the players you have. For my D&D group, we've tried this, and it fall flat fairly quickly. The wargamers in the group want to break things down and figure what their armies are and where the units are and what...

A Few Suggestions I have a few suggestions from a long-time DM. (Over 20 years.) During that period, I've DMed at least 90% of the time. It's not always been the same group of players. I'm just one of those weirdos that prefers to DM over being a players. First, I disagree with the poster...

Computer Good, Laptop Bad As a DM, I find the computer to be an essential tool. I DM at my house, so I have access to all of my files, plus the library of books on my shelves. If I were DMing somewhere else, I know I would want to bring the laptop along. Copious notes are the only way I can...

Magic Saved Your FLGS So many people complain about Magic. It's so horrible. It's a curse. It's caused all these problems in the industry. It causes problems for my FLGS. Magic: The Gathering saved your local FLGS and quite possibly saved the industry. (Pokemon helped as well.) I have friends...

Humor - Cheesy In-game things that make you want to scream. Modules where random farmers are carrying hundreds of gold in gems each for no apparent reason.