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I am no lawyer, but I am an illustrator who has read and signed many contracts and this is what I think (IMO, in other words): If you have an agreement with an artist to use his or her artwork for X and only X, then using it for Y or Z could possibly violate the artist's copyrights. That...

This is what typically happens: Big fight. We grab the Great Item or accomplish whatever we were trying to do. THE END But it would be nice if....maybe...there was ONE more session, where the party splits up and each PC goes off in their own direction. Or something. With a lot of...

Why? I had a GM kill my PC on purpose. He told me he wanted to kill him on purpose, saying he HATED my PC. I had no choice, he said. His tactic? We talked and talked, until we came to an agreement about how the death should occur. I lobbied for a glorious death, and finally got the...

Warnings about potential trouble spots? Okay. As a player, I think it is very easy for a DM to 'RAILROAD' a party in a low-magic campaign....because, without a good amount of magic, the PCs actions become more predictable. And because the PCs actions become more predictable, the DM may be...

An excellent product, IMO. And made extremely well. And you can put pictures of your campaign-specific stuff on the PC-facing side. On a scale of 1 to 20, I'd say....Critical Hit! :] Tony

You want to build the ultimate, diversified party? That sounds more like something a Player would say than a DM would say. To me, Players are the ones who worry about building the party, and DMs are the ones who worry about creating encounters which allow every PC to shine. Anyhow, to answer...

In my experience, if a surrendering NPC hasn't killed a party member during a battle, I'd say that NPC still has a decent chance of walking away alive--even if he or she inflicted some damage on the PCs. A lot really depends on how the DM roleplays the surrendering NPC, though. Some NPCs have...

When players know their DM strongly prefers non-violent solutions, then every encounter becomes a puzzle. The players constantly ask themselves, "How do we solve this situation without spilling a drop of blood?" They know a violent solution equals a 'wrong' answer. This can get old after a...

I like "Ema's 3.5E D&D Record Sheet, version 1.2." It's a multi-sheet character sheet, and one of the pages is for animal companions--four animal companions on a single page. But I don't remember where I got it! I was mousing around the EN World links-library and found it... :] Tony M

I hear ya. A game needs a measure of mellow, picturesque roleplaying. Those moments are fun to roleplay, too. If the party 'always' has to be on Red Alert, however, then why not... CHECK THE RATIONS FOR POISON!! EVERY MORNING!! 'DETECT EVIL' on the WHOLE PARTY!! THRICE DAILY!! ALWAYS...

I'd totally agree with that. However, in this particular situation, it might've been okay to decide that the storm had caused the five Shambling Mounds to get spaced apart a little. With the Shambling Mounds spaced apart, you could have had two Mounds attack during the first round, have...

I'm not a DM; I'm a player. As a Player, I like the option of running a LG paladin the way 'I' want to run him--the way I see a LG Paladin acting. Some DMs, though, want their players to run paladins the way 'they' would run 'their' paladins. This wouldn't be much fun for me. I like...

Brilliant! :] Tony

A fun short adventure might be to have all the Players run paladins, with each player running a DIFFERENT type of paladin: A paladin of Pholtus, a paladin of Hieroneous, etc. All those conflicting CODES!! Man, THAT could make for some interesting roleplaying! Quick! Somebody write and...

Very cool! I like the idea of a DM detailing more than one Code for paladins. This way, a Player can choose the order that best fits the type of paladin he wants to run, rather than having to conform to a possibly un-fun stereotype. "Un-fun" in a subjective sense, of course. Me, for example...

How does someone play a paladin "correctly"? If you have a DM who demands that paladins in his campaign MUST act a certain way, I guess the answer would be to do exactly what the DM says and make your paladin as predictable as possible. If you have a more easy-going DM, I guess the answer...

I once included Magic Candy in the treasure a bunch of PCs acquired. All the candy was Candy of Detect Magic. The enchantment allowed the person with the candy in her mouth to Detect Magic as long as the candy lasted (30 minutes). The range was Touch, so the character using the candy would...

Three days. Alot can happen in three days. I'd suggest the party bust their butts trying to find a high-level healer pretty soon. I'd also suggest that killing the afflicted PC would be a last, last, last resort. (But if somebody has to do it, none better than the paladin.) :] Tony

I'll take a crack at it... A small piece of black paper is glued to the bottle. Written at the top of the paper, and faded to the point of being almost unnoticeable, is the word "WEAPON" in sepia ink. Beneath that, in silver ink: "Drink water until stomache full." A simple reminder to drink...

Whoa. My paladin would likely be dead in your world right now. :-O I would require a TON of evidence before my paladin would cower in fear and comply with an evil NPC's demands. In other words, an NPC would have to PROVE he could kill us all. WAIT! On second thought, my paladin would...