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To Gwaihir: GO BUCKEYES!!!! (Sorry, couldn't resist.) ;) To answer Gwaihir's original question, in my campaign we were using 3.0 Identify for a while. But it became a little tiresome for me to have to remember what magic items they were carrying that they had not completely Identified...

I agree. A system like this seems more reasonable and could introduce some additional drama into the game. I'd definitely be interested in trying something like this if it could be implemented well.

Although it has never come up in any of my games (because none of my games has reached 20th level or beyond), I am not opposed to elevating a character to godhood. However, I would not guarantee that result to a player rolling up a new character. If the player's entire purpose for rolling up a...

I've read a lot of posters saying that it "should" be a reward in itself. Therefore, no XP should be given. This is hogwash. If it were a reward in itself, then the players would already be doing it. If players are not doing something that you'd like to encourage them to do, offering XP for...

Same here. I have a lot of trouble creating the sense of a full interactive fantasy world, because not much roleplaying goes on in my campaign. This is because (as stated above) I don't characterize my NPCs as well as I'd like. It's also because our entire group (me included) prefer combat to...

I sometimes take too long to decide what my spellcaster character is going to do in a round. I don't roll all my dice at once (to-hit and damage). On two occasions, I have had a character die because I forgot about one of his special abilities.

Wow, it seems to me that the OP is taking a whole lot of crap for making a perfectly reasonable suggestion. Some people sure are testy around here...

None. My group has always played plain vanilla D&D, and we're quite happy with it. If someone was dying to try out a particular PrC outside of the Core Books, I'd have to OK it first, but so far, no one has asked to.

I took a class on Buddhism in college, and we used What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula as our main text. It's been a long time, so I can't guarantee that it's in "plain English" as you requested. But I remember it being pretty informative. And it's very inexpensive in paperback, so...

Wow! Who knew there was such a thing? Incredible! Talk about "Ask and ye shall receive" ...! :)

I vote for #3. Options #1 and #2 are very specialized campaigns that will only appeal to certain kinds of players. #1 emasculates the players. And what player is going to get psyched about playing a character who is so weak that a squirrel is a serious challenge? 'Nuff said. Honestly, I...

I'm not sure I'm wild about the additional book-keeping requirements of this system. But I like a few of the ideas here. In particular, I like the idea of spending XP for Action Points. Couldn't you implement most of these ideas with the current XP system (i.e. without adding an additional...

I can get behind most of these selections, but I'd like to comment on the 2 of the above-listed modules that I actually ran. The Crucible of Freya is allegedly designed for 1st level characters, but if run as written, it will get them all killed. NeMoren's Vault is much better in that regard...

Yes and no. I recognize that if you have an especially creative, fair-minded, and inspired DM, it may be good to have lots of flexibility. But how many truly great DMs like this are really out there? We all *wish* we were great DMs. And many of us try very hard. But let's face it, the...

Huh? When you wrote "AoW game," I thought that stood for "Age of Worms." But there are no encounters with lizardmen or kobolds in the Whispering Cairn. So I assume 'AoW' must stand for something else. Please enlighten me.

I do indeed remember seeing the show, but only very, very vaguely. (I must have been very young.) Because my parents never had cable when I was a kid, I'm assuming that it must have been broadcast on PBS. I only have vague recollections of two episodes. One was an episode that involved...

I agree. I think they should get Spot. But I'm not so sure about Move Silently or Hide. I don't think of Barbarians as stealthy...

Hey Mortellan. Thanks for posting the strips. I think they're great. Could you help a new fan like me out, and add some way to help me navigate the previous strips of your webcomic? Maybe a 'previous' button, or just a bunch of numbered links to previous installments at the bottom of the...

I hand out cards for magic items. For these, I use the nifty illustrated cards put out by Paizo (Item Pack 1). I bought the deck at my FLGS for $10. However, my players have had trouble using them effectively because they don't know where to put them. So they are sometimes forgotten at home...

I did exactly the same thing in my game. I figured that I would be too busy as a DM to specify (and remember) Dodge-opponents for the bad guys who had the feat. So I won't make the PCs do it either. In my game the feat just provides a blanket +1 Dodge bonus to AC (against everyone). As...