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If it's a mcguffin, it really doesn't matter what it is. the point of it was to further the story and it has done so, quite well from the sounds of things. Call it a gold statue with sentimental value or something useless like that... something that the pc's will drive themselves crazy trying...

I type up a brief document that summarizes the changes and have another with the full changes and what it replaces in the SRD and page references in the appropriate book. The full document is pretty long since I've basically totally replaced the combat sections of the SRD and this has...

Its definitely the players responsibility, and if you as DM don't want to allow a revised result gently remind them that next time they should add the correct modfiers. It will only take once or twice of that and the players will be very careful to add all their appropriate bonuses.

I think that I've gone too far a couple of dozen times... One of the first was starting a game with the characters screaming in pain as the orcs had a PC bbq, turning them on spits and flaying them with whips to tenderize. I'm not doing it justice and in the end the pc's survived with a bit of...

Why does she get frustrated during character creation?

In my game there are no libraries per se, just private collections of books. Thus the level of paranoia ranges widely. At one extreme, the person wishing to peruse a book must pay a scribe to transcribe the pages they wish to see, never even seeing the book itself. The cost for this can be...

I write everything down in hardbound notebooks, journal style, as I'm creating it and then everything gets put onto the computer and fleshed out. The binders are organized by tabs with labels like NPC's, Locales, Hooks and etc. Maps are with the locales in general. BTW - CC2 is a great...

Its your obligation as DM to keep everyone involved and having fun. If the players main characters aren't going to be involved, give them an NPC to play and some motivation to play them well (xp on their main character for example). I don't know about you but I'd be pretty discouraged to take...

Basic social info for the culture they are from and a rough idea of the immediatly surrounding area, unless they have reason for having more extensive knowledge. By basic, I mean surrounding major cities and rough directions (ie - follow this road and you will hit Greyhawk in about a week of...

A brief bit of flavor, what makes the place unique. A bit of history as well. How a city started is always important in the feel of the city. Any events of historic importance that happened nearby. specific NPC's if the players are likely to interact with them. I almost never stat block any...

In my game (which is generally very low magic) I use a system derived from Ars magica and then give it flavor for each different style - Hermetic magic is the base magic system using forms, techniques and power to derive a casting DC. Sorcery is based on the premise of using greater or lesser...

I have a 2 gallon pickle jar full.... my guess is that is about 200-250. Never counted them and the number is always changing due to losses or recoveries.

Here is the list that I tape up behind my DM screen: Conflict moves the story forward. *Pace - keep the game moving *Time - be aware of passing time *Don't give the roll if you don't want it to happen *When in doubt - Throw Orcs. (generic for some small monster or bandit) 1) Physically...

low magic fantasy game: Dark Dreams: High adventure - fame and fortune await those brave enough to challenge the remnants of a darker time. Cyberpunk/Cthulhupunk: The future's so bright: Are you man enough to face the outer powers dragging mankind into a second dark age?

I think it's most interesting to see what characters your players make and then design the game from there... of course you need a little bit of lead time after the characters are made. They will tell you thru their choices of character what kind of game they would like to play.

They accumulate each level, but unlike force points, once used they are gone, never to return until the next level grants more. They can only be spent one per round and only affect one die roll so it's a bit of a drag...

I had a great chase not too long ago in my Modern game. Four of the PC's were captive in the back of a 2 1/2 ton truck with one of them shadowing the truck convoy. The PC's got loose and a gunfight ensued at a range of about 4 feet inside the truck. The truck swerving wildly while the driver...

It's almost never just one bad die roll. Usually there is a sense of impending doom due to a run of bad rolls. If a character is about to be struck out of the blue by a lethal strike, I'll always do some kind of foreshadowing...

There is also the d20 Cyberpunk pdf rules. They work fairly well and are pretty quick during play. For my cyberpunk game I've gotten rid of Computer use and replaced it with 6 different skills: Cryptography, Data Manipulation, Infiltration, Network Combat, Network Manipulation and Programming...

How nasty do you want to be? There could be a goblin vampire cult skulking around down there with an otyugh for a watchdog... Is this going to be a 'dream' where the PC's wake up from a horrible dream and realize that the are actually still alive? If that is the case, go to town with lots of...