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1) Riftwar scenario - a powerful force beyond all comprehension or hope of defeating has invaded your world and is consuming it utterly (Tharizdun, Galactus, Cthulhu, whatever), while your greatest gods fight a holding action, your epic party must seize as much of society as possible and move...

While I see where you are coming from, Kamikaze Midget, it seems to me that quite a few of the rules choices in 4E were designed specifically to get rid of story-mangling effects, like quick and easy long-range teleportation or ressurection (by moving them into rituals). I still prefer 3e to...

Kinda gives me a funny feeling to realize that Jesus would be considered 'mentally ill' by some posters standards. Anywho, the closest to 'no-killing' I ever got was a mid-level elven Wizard who had crafted a special version of Polymorph Other that would only turn people into animals, fey or...

White Wolf seems to be the grand-daddy of metaplots. In Vampire, after a certain point, one of the Clans was all dead. Which, in D&D terms would be like saying, 'Okay, due to story reasons, you can't play Rangers anymore. They all died and we won't be releasing any more books supporting...

I would only expect the DM to run my character for me if I had to run out to the store or something. Otherwise I'd end that sentence with, 'so I take a bus and / or hitchhike, and arrive up the winding lane on foot, bone-tired and with my worldly possessions in a backpack. If anyone asks, I...

I do a kind of 'half-sandbox' thing. I come up with a starter area, and a few encounter types that I'm comfortable with, and then leave clues around. The party can choose one of these hooks, and end up going on the undead-bashing missions or the wolf/werewolf-fighting arc or whatever. If they...

Every other nit-picky factor being equal (quality of DM, other players, location, timing, color of the sky, my mood, presence of apocalyptic portents of doom) I'd be *more* likely to play a game with Spontaneous casting methods than one with Prepared casting methods. I'm a big fan of *most* of...

That's certainly the last place I would have thought to get inspiration for a character, but it's kinda neat how you worked it in. Three media-influenced characters I remember fondly; 1) My own oddball bit of media influence was a vampire character based off of 'Nicky' from Operation...

IMO, the vast majority of 'problems' with uber-NPCs is that they are written in novels that, quite often, are written by novelists who may be quite talented, but know little or nothing of how power-levels function in the D&D game mechanics. If Elminster is shown in his novel appearances...

I definitely would prefer for there to be some classes that use simpler systems, but don't sacrifice a bunch of effectiveness. I'm not sure if that's ever been the case, 'though. Fighters have always been easier, but haven't always felt equal. There are days when I want to Summon Augmented...

At any given time, half of us are dieting, and the diets range from Atkins to Vegetarian, so it's always an eclectic mix. The scrawniest guy is always eating 2 lb. bags of M&Ms and Hershey Kisses (the bastard), while other popular fare include pizza and subs, bags of carrots or bell-peppers...

I'm not sure if this will be of use to you, but I also tweaked the heck out of the NPCs for my own run-through of Death and Terror. The stats for most of the modified Death NPCs are here, and later in that thread, I've got some others. Green Ronin Publishing :: View topic - [Freeport]...

1) He's not so much a person, as a title, which is this enormous friggin' secret. The real Dread Archmage Diego died 37 years ago, and his apprentice took over. It's been passed down for decades, and there have been at least six different 'Dread Archmage Diegos.' Why do you think he always has...

I have a few supplements for True20, but am not really familiar enough to offer any real recommendations. For M&M2e, on the other hand, I'd recommend Instant Heroes, the Freedom City campaign setting and Ultimate Power. Each depends on what you plan on doing. The FC setting is a plug-n-play...

For Trinity, the main book and the Player's Guide are the biggest deals. The Player's Guide is vital, it's like the Unearthed Arcana supplement, full of neat ways to spice up the core game. The 'splatbooks' then follow, with Luna Rising being one of the best, and one of the few I'd consider...

See, you could do something cool with that. Imagine a clicking shifting mechanical creature that, when damaged, flies apart into a swarm of smaller machines that attempt to 'disassemble' their attacker? And then my Swordmage can get a Modriform set of Fullplate that can either follow...

Tell them, 'Sure, you can play a Bard following the Pop-Star epic path. Were you thinking Hannah Montana teen idol, or J.Lo booty-queen?'

I'm pretty well-edumacated on ancient religion and I still pronounce it 'diva' 'cause that's the way it looks. If I were going to pronounce it the other way, I'd spell it Daeva, which has also been used as a spelling for the term, and would be more intuitive. And if it conjures the vision of a...

My apologies if this has already been covered, as I haven't read the entire thread yet (working on it though). I see this as a false dichotomy. For me, form follows function. For it to have a flavor other than unpalatable, it has to work as a game. For it to work as a game, it has to be...

A variant Priest that used Channel Energy instead of spells, being able to channel energy to heal, erect a protective ward, bless items (such as an allies weapon, allowing him to smite with it), buff allies, etc. would be interesting. Instead of having spells, the Priest would have X number of...