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If for character-building reasons, story reasons, or game-world introducing reasons you need a party of PCs to flee, the only means I have found successful is presenting them with overwhelmingly superior forces and then rewarding those who fled/surrendered rather than perish foolishly. Now...

This is way more fun than working... Prereqs: Race: None, although human adaptability comes in handy. Feats: Self-sufficient Skills: Knowledge (Geography, Mars): 4 ranks, Knowledge (Geography, Earth): 3 ranks, Knowledge (Geology): 5 ranks, Knowledge (Alchemy, er, chemistry): 3 ranks, Knowledge...

Nellisir-- I'll bring some along. For the post-midi, of course. Provided that's okay with our gracious hosts.

Palleomortis-- I'd call it "Messenger in a bottle." Here's my go at a homebrew item: Glutton's Wagon: The glutton's wagon appears to be a miniature wagon approximately a sword-length long. The enchantment on the vehicle allows it to grow larger and larger as more equipment or passengers are...

Eeep. Looks like I really missed the boat on this one. I'm an RI gamer (a buddy of Glassjaw and CarlZog) and would love to get in on the SR and Deadlands games. Are there any openings? I can be emailed at elysiumjoe at gmail.

To get around the fatal consequences of low/no skill ranks (how many wizards really spend ranks on climb?) I'd like to see players, particularly low level players, aiding one another on skills. I'd also like to see an expansion of skills which can be aided. If everyone in the party is helping...

It's sort of snarky to enforce rules about when (cross)bows are strung/unstrung, but it could produce some good RP. In my games, I like in when the DM points out that it's rude/illegal to walk down a city street with an ax drawn, or when he points out that the dwarf in full plate is slowing down...

Given that bardic music's positive effects are range dependent, I'd actually increase their effectivity underwater (sound travels much faster underwater, and thus, is attenuated less at range). I'd double the effective range of bardic music while submersed, assuming that the bard has wate...

Projecting neutrality onto the good/evil and law/chaos axes as "midpoints" or "balances between the two" really gets my goat sometimes. I've come to understand neutrality in D&D as deliberate, directed non-involvement. It's a way of interacting with a world in which forces of Good and Evil, Law...

Taking a page from the Cows with Guns school, I'd suggest that while an army of <insert awakened farm animals here> (e.g., cows with guns) might not be too scary, a coordinated ambush/counter attack from a supporting member of the barnyard community (e.g., Chickens in Choppers) might send even...

Coolness. That combines two of my favorite things: RPGs and free. Thanks!

Glassjaw's thread about non-HP, non-level systems piqued my already extant interest about Ars Magica. It seems Atlas Games just released a 5th edition of Ars Magica. There was no big stink (ahem, SR4), no lamenting the breaking of the bank (ahem, 3.5e). In fact, I didn't even know there was an...

Hold on a second.... since when do cruise ships have windowless basements? I can't game in a bright sunny boardroom. Not when there's shuffleboard to be played.... Besides, I will not pay $600 just to have someone serve me cheetos and mountain dew for a week. Actually, I take that back. They...

Damon the Copper (now Damon the Silver) Miriq Liadon Snorri Scallagrimsson (son of Scala, son of Olaf)

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/cowswithguns.php Nuff sed.

In my mind, the D6 Westend Games StarWars is the one true StarWars game. It's best at low power levels, where rolling "attribute" dice instead of "skill" dice allows players huge flexibility in their ability to perform cool, cinematic tasks. The role of "force points" also allows for amazing...

Gin. And a cotton sock. Back in my college days, a white sock was sacrificed every year to the whiteboard gods (think a classroom sized whiteboard, 8' by 4') along with a fifth of Beefeater. Leaves the board smelling so nice and piney.... (and it really impresses your players when you take a...

My chief magic character, Damothoneil the Silver (Wiz 5 / Ftr 1 / soon to add EK 1) has a little lizard (gecko) familiar named Marcellus. Marcellus has never come out in combat yet, although he does do a good job entertaining Damon when he's forced into his room at the inn, transcribing spells...

I was really impressed when one of my players passed me (the GM) a business card across the gaming table as he spoke to the Johnson (this is SR) and his character passed a business card to the J. It was pretty cool. Didn't hurt that the business card/marker rocked.

The only pronunciation issue that comes up in my D&D groups is how to pronounce the Wizards of the Coast acronym. WotC, they claim, is pronounced "Watsee," which is much too much like "Rotsee" (ROTC) for my tastes. WotC, I claim, is pronounced "Whatck" or "Whatuck" (if the tck sound is hard...