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Maybe they could build up some sort of hero worship for some high level humans, both alive and part of the scheme and some dead cultural heroes reimagined for the new regime. That way, they can show the people that humans are superior by always comparing a non-human, even a dragon, to one of...

I also disagree. In a typical D&D world you can get camels, crocodiles, lions, tigers, wild horses, etc. Of course, some of these were European up until the dark ages. You can even get away with armadillos, opossums, lemurs and penguins in most settings. Kangaroos and ground sloths might be...

Players penetrate the deepest corner of the lich's tomb. Unbeknown to them, in doing so they have released the lich from imprisonment (stop me if you've heard this before ;) ). So the lich starts bragging about his impending reign of terror over the kingdom he ruled thousands of years ago, and...

Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner features an extensive dungeon crawl. Not much fighting, 'cause it's a children's book, but very evocative of a large underground environment.

Regarding the JADA's. In AD&D some of these were actually races. The Giant Beavers, Giant Lynx's, Giant Owls, Giant Eagles and Giant Spiders were all intelligent and had their own culture and languages, as did Worgs (but not Dire Wolves). The Eagles and Spiders were obviously Tolkien inspired...

Ghoul. First level's first really scary undead.

One minute combat rounds, like armour protecting from being hit rather than being damaged, is one of those weird conventions that doesn't make sense when you read it, but works surprisingly well in play. I remember one AD&D combat we did which was going badly. Half the party were paralysed by...

There's a scene in The Mummy Returns featuring several dozen flaming torches. In the commentary, they were talking about the constant shooting problems due to a torch going out and a stagehand needing to replace it, usually every 5 minutes. So yes, if a dungeon is lit by burning torches, you...

With a slight modification: Cassius Claymore.

I'm planning a playtest of some rule ideas, and so I need shallow, one-dimensional characters that the players can instantly pick-up and get the concept of without having to work out what that character is meant to do from the actually ability descriptions. So I thought some pun names based on...

A couple from Grimtooth: The normal pit with an invisible wall half way across, and the normal pit in 2' high corridor. From an adventure (Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, but I've seen it in others): The pit traps which can take the weight of a goblin, but not a human :devil:

I believe this mechanic was used in the old Doctor Who RPG. Suited the style well - anything could kill you, so you needed to investigate rather than fight. I also think there was d20 game with a similar mechanic. All players rolled d3 for HP, and got 1 per level. This in a post-apocalypse...

It's very rare, only released for a single event, and can easily fetch four figures on eBay if you sell it right. The acaeum will have more details (don't have link handy, as I'm at work, but you can search for it. It's a site about collectable D&D and AD&D).

As pointed out S2 - White Plume Mountain and S4 - Lost of Caverns of Tsojcanth were also sausage factories. However, the challenges were more varied, as opposed to the constant tricks'n'traps of Tomb of Horrors. I almost had a player walkout over Tsojcanth - had to tone down some of the more...

Easiest way to get started is to get a book on place name etymologies and getting reading. Failing that, most Wikipedia articles on places discuss the origin of the name. After a few hundred, you'll start to see a pattern. British town names, for example, generally follow the pattern (someone's...

I used one in a small dungeon, back in 2e times. The random teleport was just a d6 roll against six predetermined locations. Most of them were inconvenient (outside the dungeon), but a couple would require the character be rescued (inside a cell). None would be immediately dangerous. Worked...

I'd've replied earlier, but I've been looking for my weapons book (which had been "tidied away" by certain people :eek: ) And here it is: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times (Together with Some Closely Related Subjects) by...

Hi everyone, I've an idea for a feat on which I want opinions: Sniper Shot: As a full round action, watch a particular target and then make a single attack roll. After seeing the roll, but before finding out if it is a hit, you can decide not to make the attack. Possible uses: Attack...

Don't have the books on hand to check, but I think that several demons/tanar'i/baatezu/devils/daemons/yugoloth have undergone many changes in spell inventory between editions. Pit Fiends got a wish in 2e IIRC.

I am interested. I looked through my mythology references, and can't shed any light on your unknowns. I did find some names similar to the unknown names, but with my minimal knowledge of Amerindian linguistics, I can't really separate out the morphemes. Here's what I did find if it is of...