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Let's hear some good riddles that you've used/thought up for your traps, puzzles, and of course: the Sphinx. If I might suggest - give the answer in a later post, only if others haven't come up with the proper one yet. And feel free to post unoriginal riddles, but don't steal 50 from the same...

I don't admit to being a great DM, but I tend to be a bit too modest at times :D I've DMed for about six years solid (with intermittant DMing for about six years before that). Improvement is the name of the game, as it only happens with time. Here are a few pointers about my game: 1. I...

Another idea would be for the guild to deny membership altogether. They don't trust outsiders, lowlifes, whatever. Then the PC's get wind of some heist the guild is about to pull and they beat 'em to the punch. The guild then approaches them with a "join us or else" proposal and they're in...

Tonight's game is going to include a kender (PC) traveling to Mechanus. In the plane of ultimate law, how would a kender fare? Would he screw everything up? Or just get arrested on sight? Are there any laws that blanket the appearance of a kender? Or can he make any modron go rogue? Mind...

It was also in the first Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium (I don't have it with me, so I don't remember the number, MC7 or something) for 2e. It had the full gamut of clockwork horrows, something like five different varieties. As for the rest of the compendium it was :o eh.... It had some...

Chaotic Neutral Communal bonds nay. Tied to earth am not. Swim fly burrow free.

I happened to get into Seattle Sunday and saw Miyazaki's "Spirited Away", the highest grossing movie never to open in the US . . . until it opened in the US, that is. I'm curious to hear what people thought of it, and any juicy ideas anyone gleamed in order to turn into good d&d idears. I...

I actually had the culminating climax of an entire year's worth of gaming end up in a TPK. The über-bad guys won; took over the world too. This wasn't necessarily my fault as a DM, wasn't necessarily the PC's fault - just the way the die tumbled. Anywho - the reason I'm telling you this is...

Kender are also the masters at rationalization. They can convince themselves of anything using simple yet convulted logic. "I know the party would want me to do this because . . ." Also, a lot of people think that kender have no morals to speak of. I contend that this is simply not true...

I'm sure this thread has been posted to death in the past - but hey, I only read once a day, so I miss things :D What are people's preferences for music during game sessions? None at all? A cd? Some mp3's? Who gets to choose? I've personally done all of the above, with the either the DM...

As was said by Crothian: And as was said by Henry: Both of these statements accurately illustrate my beliefs regarding 9/11. However, it also comes down to what role you'd like 9/11 to play in your game. If utter realism is the goal of the game, right down to using accurate names...

I personally only run homebrews (or more specifically - one homebrew). I find that I like keeping players on their toes. They have a pesky habit of buying the same books as I do (or in my current players' cases - they each singly own twice as many as I do). There's a certain sense of...

I honestly can't find anything useful in that whole thing. Although I must add that since reading that I've unconsciously put my dice with the highest number facing up. But I would have to guess one of the elemental tricks (ie rolling through flame or on ice) would have some effect on...

Ways to Make the Dice Roll High Numbers Unknown Source It's not the number of dice you have. It's the number on the dice you roll. Mathematical nerds would have you believe in the laws of probability. Equal probability, bell curves, and averages are supposedly how the dice work. Of course...

"If you roll a die and it lands on an edge or point, you've won the game. You may no longer play that RPG anymore." -- Unknown source

I roll exactly the same way - my players love me! But when it comes time for playing, I typically have to play wizards, since I feeling like I'm hogging all the glory if I do physical attacks since my dice never let me down. I tried all sorts of things to get my DM dice-rolling abilities up to...

BluWolf: I echo your sentiments. I like to take small components from weird sources - not necessarily fantasy - and incorporate them into my world. Small example: In James Clavell's Shogun there's a prison which is so small, everyone is jammed into three rows. The weak get pushed to the...

Thanks for the input so far. What I would like clarified is the last statement: I realize you did preface it with it depends on the religion - but doing good in your god's name really only translates to "join adventuring party" if it is a combat or alignment oriented god. What about gods of...

I prefer deep character backgrounds in games I DM and play in. One hurdle I always tend to come across is the motivation for an adventuring cleric. IMC the churches are fairly dominant - but not overly large; every cleric and priest is of great importance to the individual churches. So my...

Or . . . you can start a thread like this and hope someone from your area takes a peek at it. AlphaOmega - email me at torx@hotmail.com, as I am looking for a new group/some new players in the Puget Sound area... See! Works easy as that!