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I've used lots of props over the years. Incense for special flowers or herbs they find; homemade letters, maps, note scraps, passwords, poems, rings, buckles, amulets, swords, daggers, etc. Just small stuff really, but it helps players visualize, not that i would want to do it all the time. What...

I want to get an idea of the most horrifying situations in DnD where you (the player) have been either mortified about what happened or is about to happen, or you have unfathomable apprehension concerning the fate of your beloved character. What were the circumstances? What led to them? How'd...

You thought about ordering from Reaper? More expensive, yes, and unpainted, but their model quality outshines the plastics. And they have TONS of female characters of every race and class.

I'd agree with that. I've played only a few other fantasy systems in the past (namely Runequest) but i found myself adding DnDish house rules, just because i missed/like them. Not to knock Runequest, it was cool too, but it wasn't the kind of fantasy i wanted. DnD was (and is, despite it's problems)

What if the shocking grasp was grounded into a wooden shield, or charred the shield and not the target? Maybe i'm splitting hairs, i know the combat system is abstract by default, and it probably does mean touching/hitting in your vicinity. It just seemed logical to me that using a +3 tower...

I was thinking the other day after reading another thread about how shields aren't as useful in DnD as they are in real life. So, a touch attack only has to bypass Dex and deflection and maybe a few other special AC bonuses, but in general it's pretty easy. But would throwing a shield up to...

Oh, that is so true. The game SO forces you to have super-powered everything to be effective in combat (or telling the time). In my Midnight campaign I really scaled back the magic output. But Midnight is so different that default Dnd, gold pieces don't even exist and mages are killed on sight...

Has anyone realised how much time you actually must invest into a rpg before you can pick out the mechanics that work and don't work? It's mind boggling really, and very cool, that communities can get together and trade quips and quotes and ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE TO EACH OTHER. Sorry, a little off...

What's wrong with published adventures? Sorry, just curious, it's probably notched to personal preference. I'd rather have a high quality adventure than yet another book of feats and spells and magic items that i've seen before. To each his own!

Can someone who does have the electronic version of BoIM give me some examples of the feats? I might want to pick that up too when the print version comes out, if it sounds interesting enough.

yeah, they sprung the release date pretty late. What's interesting is that White wolf's Vampire game is being released the SAME day as a rpg action game using the half life 2 source engine. It shoudl be great (probably better than Halo 2) but i don't have a pc to run it. So very, very sad...

eh, lordy, i'm having a time with my group too. I DID hook 3 new CoC players so that's going well, but they have busy schedules and another DnD campaign they're in, so they can't play in mine now. My old group sort of disintegrated a while back leaving 2 players, but that's on and off. At the...

On a positive slant, with everyone here posting a lot of the same complaints, it looks like we have ways to fix them. Between Grim Tales (which IS a good book i undervalued at first), Unearthed Arcana and some logical thinking, we can cater the game we like. The problem is, and i think a lot of...

Damn, maggot, you brought up pet peeves i didn't even realize were my pet peeves. You're right! i agree with just about everything you said. I guess the game is pretty screwy considering all the other, better options out there. But why do we like it so much? I guess it's just the fantasy genre...

ah, geez, i have lots of pet peezes with 3.x, but i still love the game. I've just found ways to circumvent the problems. a) spell slot, fire-and-forget. Never made much sense other than easy to implement. Ars Magica has a GREAT magic system, sort of skill based with built in failure rates. But...

I was sort of iffy until i read this last part, then i wondered what color your eyes were. :o No, in all seriousness, i run a DnD and CoC campaign in Durham. Always looking to recruit new players. I used to live in Greensboro too. Man, get outta there! Let me know if you're interested. The...

why the hell would anyone cheat like that in a campaign? It's like reading ahead in a book, or seeing the middle and end of a movie? They're only shooting themselves in the foot and angering the GM, the ONE person they need to get the game rolling. I'd talk to them first, and in lieu of that not...

No THACO Higher is Better Great art from almost all companies, really helps visually Monster Stat Blocks are all-inclusive and intuitive Options, options, options Flexibility Ability scores all useful Skills well explained

I think someone did mention casting shatter, which is a great idea. In fact, this whole thread is spectacular because it gives very concrete GOOD ideas to handle high level magic. You don't want to destroy a character's practically godlike abilities, but at the same time you need to provide a...

i think in my head "mainstream" and "faddish" are pretty similar. I suppose mainstream is more enduring, but who sets the limits? Regardless, i agree that DnD is around to stay no matter what other than nuclear holocaust, and even then we can still play with rocks and charcoal.