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Cloakers. You can use them exactly once, before your players twig and they will never, ever take chances again. If they see a cloak hanging on a hook, they'll set fire to it by default. What kind of stupid idea is the monster that looks like clothing anyway? Much better to use a phasm or a...

A lot of low-CR creatures are like that. The Ogre is massively overpowered for a creature with such a low CR. I've had that problem before. I think your solution is best. Don't use cockatrices again until the party is a much higher level, whereupon you can use several at once just to screw with...

How many of the people who've posted so far have been designers or developers of RPGs? I'd love to see some posts from Gygax and others on this topic.

And where can I find this obscure document?

Do stats for the Circle of Eight (of whom there are nine, including the Big M) exist anywhere that doesn't involve me forking out for a sourcebook? Their levels are recorded in the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer but that seems to be about it. Can someone point me in the right direction here? It's not...

My current campaign has the Circle of Eight adjudicating a scavenger hunt between two rival guilds. Of course, it's all a big manipulation-fest on behalf of the Eight, but so far six of them have had a speaking role, though it's not much more than a cameo each time. The Big M will probably have...

I did in my previous campaign, but only because the PCs had, in their previous life become integral parts of the city's life. Interestingly, of the two former PCs I used, both were formerly played by the same player. The first was a dwarf from the very first version of that campaign, several...

Well, this lady is welcome to be rude to me. I have no problem with being rude back, since I live 300 km from her and will be unlikely to shop there again. If you hear that a customer has abused her back, you'll know who it was.

Like I said...your strange urban ways confuse and dazzle me, a simple country lad.

Thanks all folks for your assistance. I'll probably check out all those places while I'm up there. I'm not up there for Necrocomicon, since I have no idea what that is. In any case, can I assume that all those joints are actually going to be open over Easter? I realise most places are these...

Hey, folks. People who don't live in Sydney, that big, bridge-straddled, trains-never-on-time metropolis on the shores of the Pacific can probably ignore this question since they really won't be able to contribute much. I'm going to be up there over Easter, and since I live in Canberra where...

Yikes! Most of the time, we don't even use a table!

Are there any rules, anywhere, that exist for handling low-oxgyen or thin-oxygen environments, such as one might get in a mountain range. My thinking right now is to ask for a DC 10 Con check every round of strenuous activity (like combat) in such an environment, with the DC increasing the...

Wait...there's something beyond looting?

Er...anybody? Anyone at all? Bueller? Bueller?

What does the Astral Plane look like if you enter it through Astral Projection? Is it like the ethereal plane where you can see things that are on the material plane, or is it a featureless void? I've never been quite sure of the difference between the Astral and Ethereal planes. And does your...

"Fred" sounds exactly like a player we used to have. His exploits are well-chronicled on the "stupidest players" forum, but this sounds SO much like something he would have done. I'm going to tell this story to my gaming group - they'll be unable to breathe!

Don't hold back there, buddy. Tell me what you really think. I take it from your subtle comments and hints that you have a contrary position?

My Sphere of Annihilation story is based on the idea of "throwing caution to the wind." We found a giant face in the wall, with its mouth wide open. It was pitch black inside. We knew it had a purpose because it radiated magic. I threw a coin in. It vanished. I threw another coin in. It...

Having never played a druid, I have only a limited experience of the reincarnation spell. Specifically, it's been used just once in our group, and that was to bring back an elf NPC (who was actually a demon in an elf's body - long story) as a halfling. But yesterday I read the spell description...