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I'm really impressed with the Eberron take on gnomes, and the warforged, and the elves. The World of Warcraft RPG's goblins are also inspired, and really all the races from that line, as there's so much history already in place it's astounding.

I like both of those a lot. I've been doing the recap for as long as I can remember, in full-on Cheesy Announcer Guy mode. "When we last left our intrepid heroes... Kalil, Darien, and Aidan journeyed across the Mountains of Barr in pursuit of a mad warlock, and barely managed to fight through...

Dang, Jethro, this is a lot of polls. I run a game in-person for two players on either Wednesdays or Thursdays, and I run an online game for two players (same universe and timeline) on Sunday mornings or evenings. So, twice, give or take a missed game here and there due to finals or...

I voted "yes," although I had to really think about it, and I still don't know how well it represents my stance. I think the PCs should be better than Joe NPC down at the shipyard, but not better than Evil McBadGuy. I think they should be able to defeat Evil McBadGuy when Evil comes calling for...

I voted "use often," even though it doesn't feel that way. A cult is trying to free the seven-headed dragon Tiamat from imprisonment by raising Aspects of Tiamat that correspond to one of the seven chained heads. If the party defeats the dragon and kills it, the chain holding that head is...

I played trumpet from sixth grade to my senior year of high school (six years ago), but have not picked it up since. I went from being horrendous (HORRENDOUS, I tell you!) to making 9th chair District trumpet my senior year, one of the bigger improvements in my class. I also was drum major my...

I voted "evil items destroyed," because, well, paladins crusade against evil, and here IS evil, all nice and bottled up in some tempered steel. If that's the kind of thing that's going to get the rest of the party all out of sorts, surprise them when they get back to the city and the...

I voted "yes" on average, as my favorite settings are Final Fantasy (where nonhuman races exist mostly for flavor and NPCs, rarely does one join your party in-game and they're never the main character) and Warcraft (which is mostly a big mix of humans, night elves, and orcs, and not more...

Gaming once a week, the plan normally goes as such: At Some Point During Six Days: Write the session, figure out if I need to do stats for anything, plan out the NPCs and monsters if there will be combat, and leave a bunch of stuff vaguely defined for when they do something I don't expect. Pick...

A big mix of things. In my Final Fantasy game, half of my little asides come from past Final Fantasy games, as little nods to the previous games (a house at the corner of Kiros and Ward Avenues, Thamasa University, Dr. Michael Trepe and his groupies the Trepies -- riffs from FF8, 6, and 8...

Got my girlfriend hooked after she kept hearing stories about my online gaming group. She's a complete and total convert, and even keeps up with the horrendous gaming jokes.

A line I plan to use for my lead villain shortly: "And now I shall suffer you fools NO LONGER!" There's also the classic "Surrender or die in obscurity!" although that was shouted by the hero -- works well for a villain, too, if not a completely serious, threatening one.

I was a player in a three-person game (myself, one other player, and the DM) where we got in MORE trouble for running than standing and fighting, which was kind of annoying. We were heroes, yeah -- we had a job to do, transporting a noble's body via the lightning rail to Karrnath. We abandoned...

Music! Hoo. I have: Player Character themes, chosen by the players. NPC themes, both for villains and major recurring NPCs. Dungeon music. Mood music. Music for the major cities. About 10 different "standard" battle themes. Special "boss battle" music for when the party fights a major villain...

I sit, mostly. We game in my bedroom in the apartment, because that's where my computer is, so one player sits on the bed and the other sits at the far table. Next session, though, I think I'm changing things up, and I'm going to try standing more. The computer's important because that's where...

Shaft-osity? I shouldn't laugh so hard at work, they'll find me out.

I think I lost... uh... six? Total? I -read- all the time, just every time I find a thread someone else has said what I was going to say. So this kinda thing doesn't really affect me. :)

Server: Elune. Characters: Leonidas, Human Paladin (60), Plax, Night Elven Hunter (31), Dajjal, Undead Rogue (16). I've had the game since January, and my next few characters will be on Malfurion. I know people with multiple, well-outfitted level 60s. I have no idea how they have the time.

A still from a Cowboy Bebop episode where about 80% of my 19-inch monitor is taken up with the business end of a pistol. It's my gaming desktop! Intimidates my players. My other one is a screenshot I took in World of Warcraft of Devilsaur from Un'Goro Crater poking his head up above the bottom...

Setting information. I believe the rules exist only to serve the setting, and therefore should take a back seat to the setting info itself. Exception: New races. They should be in the front as always, as otherwise the setting info will make zippo sense. Imagine trying to read Eberron without...