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Well, that's the thing that would bug me as a Player. If you, as a DM, knew from the get-go that the gnomes would screw-over the party, that's fine--because then there'd a good chance that one of your Players would've picked up on their trecherous nature via roleplaying. But if for months you...

Surfing the web, I came across this message on the Atlas Games website (www.atlas-games.com). Thought I'd share the news, in case one of you map-folks wants to check it out. It was on their front page. Tony M * * * Call for Cartographers With the recent departure of our staff artist, we...

I once unintentionally stopped the looting of corpses in my campaign. After several long adventures, the PCs' magical items had become SO powerful and SO cool--and the PCs had accumulated SO much money--that the PCs no longer bothered to loot anything from anyone they killed. :heh: Tony M

I'd suggest your SO attend another session. Before the game begins, she should say to the DM, "It seems like my character got hosed. But you think otherwise, so I'll play and see if you are right." Then you say, "I agree with her" and hold her hand and frown at the DM. Then, during the game...

I lean towards preferring clearly written rules over flavor text...for one major reason: Sometimes 'specific' flavor text bugs me and I don't want to read it more than once, let alone five or ten times. On the other hand, I never mind reading a plain-and-simple 'rule' a hundred times. For...

Is stealing an orc's pie an evil or unlawful act? I don't know. But I don't think the party ever considered 'stealing' the pie. When seeing the orc with a pie, Kev suggested, "Let's kill him and take it!" Killing would happen 'before' taking....so no stealing. In other words: taking...

Exactly. There's no neon in parody. I didn't add Mr. Cook’s name somewhere in the strip because cartoonists simply do not give “credit” to the thing they parody in the selfsame cartoon. Like when Dork Tower’s John Kovalic makes a cartoon parodying Lord of the Rings or Star Trek or Star Wars...

100% CORRECT! As reward, a small, ethereal no-prize of indeterminate value has been teleported into your pocket. I was planning on dropping-in to spend some money. That store rocks! (( edit )) PS: THANKS, people, for the nice words about "Zogonia" and "Mount Zogon"!! Tony M

Hi, it's me, Tony, the creator of the "ZOGONIA" comic in Dragon Magazine. Regarding the orc-with-pie joke in the new issue of Dragon (issue #325), that joke is a parody of a famous dungeon written by Monte Cook. So, if you didn't know about Mr. Cook's dungeon...now you do! The strip is my...

AWESOME! Tony M

Reminds me of Iron Crown and how they went bankrupt, leaving a lot of freelancers unpaid for their work. Then several former ICE-employees gathered into the Pheonix LLC and started making products using ICE's old intellectual property. Legally the former-ICE/present-Pheonix guys don't have to...

Running a "sneaky, greedy, sometimes selfish rogue" is mega-fun. A CN rogue should be given lots of leeway by a DM when it comes time to assess the 'evil' in his nature, IMO. Rogues are rogues, after all; they should be given really low standards. Unlike paladins, fighters, and every other...

As a player, I probably would've asked you, "What kind of screams? Good screams, bad screams, muffled screams? Male or female screams?" Screams bug me and make me curious, so I'd want more info. But I wouldn't automatically have my low-level PC go looking for trouble. (Unless, of course...

No questions, Raven Crowking; just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your posts. I like posts full of educational, interesting "crunch"--to borrow a term. Tony M

Hey... Your first post, John. Welcome to EN World! :) Tony M

Recruit at least ONE girl into the game, if not more. A girl at the table changes EVERYTHING in many parent's eyes, I think. PARENT: He's a pervert! He plays with boys! CHILD: There's a GIRL there, too! PARENT: Oh. Pick you up t 6:30. I hope you stick it out. Maybe change the name of the...

Thanks MUCH, everybody! It was just the information I needed to hear. :) I consider this question answered! Tony M

You call your non-paying group your "charity gamers"! ! ! Haha, that is hilarious! My day is brightened. :) Tony * * * Subscribe to Dragon and/or Dungeon Magazines!

Hi. I do the "Zogonia" comic in Dragon, and the "Mount Zogon" comic in Dungeon. I have a question and I haven't been able to find any useful information on the 'net to answer it. What kind of business-stuff is a d/b/a good for? After registering a Fictitious Name with the county, I can open...

Hmm. The voice sounds friendly and benevolent. After all, it displays concern about my wife and children. Plus the de-aging thing. I feel comfortable with the voice. I like the voice. I want to know more about the voice. I bet the voice has some cool magic gear waiting for me on the...