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God, I wish I had listened to the voices who were critical of 3rd Edition before I enthusiastically embraced and tried to DM that pile of crap. I soon found out it was easier to do my taxes that try to design and run 3rd Edition games by the book. Needless to say, I'm now somewhat wary when the...

I'm of the opinion that D&D took a wrong turn at Dragonlance. After that DMs felt like if they weren't telling some kind of grand story they were somehow inadequate. It's simply not true. In my opinion, D&D plays best when the DM is not trying to tell a story or make the PCs part of a...

That part of the Manticore legend goes back as far as Pliny The Elder.

COSMOLOGY Visible from the surface of the Earth are the Sun, the Moon, and the planets Pyros, Pneumos, Geos, Hydros, and Noctos. The physical forms of the celestial bodies move in the midst of an apparent void. Underlying the Material Plane of ordinary experience, however, is the Ethereal...

Posting just to keep this Poll on page 1... 'Cause METAL doesn't quit!

You mean the Raven "Queen of the Reich"!

I didn't know his name was "Poetry..." Or was it "Random"? :D

So, what do you think? Is 4th Edition METAL or not. And no, I'm not defining what it mean to be METAL for you. If you don't know, go back to listening to your Emo.

So, is it METAL or not? 1. It's totally METAL! Your Grandma would drop dead on the spot if she saw you playing it! 2. It's Metal. Your Grandma won't like you playing it. 3. It's not Metal. Your Grandma won't mind you playing it. 4. It's so not Metal, it sucks the Metal out of the surrounding...

I've used group initiative for most combats for 20+ years, and it makes combats much faster and your job as a DM much easier, especially if there are lots of combatants. Yes, it can be bad if you have a character surrounded by a large group of opponents. Solution: don't surround low HP...

You haven't hung out with enough Buddhists then. They're EXACTLY like everybody else. Give the Zen Buddhists a chance, and they'll rank on the Tibetans for being superstitious. Ask any Mahayana Buddhist what they think of Sri Lankan Hinayana Buddhism. In fact, the term "Hinayana" means "lesser...

Hence the Shadar-Kai looking like a 90s German Industrial band...

I certainly hope it succeeds. And this is coming from someone who is currently playing C&C, dislikes what I've seen so far of 4th Edition, and has no intention of ever playing 4th Edition. I hope 4th Edition succeeds because D&D is synonymous with tabletop RPGs in the mind of the public. To the...

Right now I'm running Castles & Crusades, and am perfectly happy with it. If I was to run any "official" edition of D&D it would be Rules Cyclopedia. I'd love to DM that again. I might DM a 1st edition AD&D game again for pure nostalgia, if the group was right.

What kind of f***ed up, decadent society do we live in that we apparently need to consult copyright lawyers before pretending to be elves?

Sure. Gary's original campaign was apparently based on a map of the United States. The "Great Kingdom" was New York, and the areas west of Greyhawk were inhabited by dinosaurs, etc. The Greyhawk that he released for the public was actually an original work done for publication, only very...

Another source you can use for inspiration is the real-life city of Chicago. After all, my understanding is that Gary's home version of Greyhawk essentially was just a fantasy version of Chicago (and Dyvers was Milwaukee). Hence, it's a big city by a big lake in the middle of the continent...

Just imagine what a cruel Drow mistress could do with her 5 inch adamantine Stiletto Heels of Wounding, and magical Whip of Ecstatic Pain....

I completely play up the BDSM aspect of the Drow, and not in the suburban-housewife-who-buys-a-pair-of-furry-handcuffs way. I mean in the De Sade way, using slaves as mounts, furniture, and toilets. I base their society on a FemDom version of the Sodality of the Friends of Crime from De Sade's...

You say that like it's a good thing. Sure, nobody misses the crime. People do miss the artists, the rents you could sometimes actually pay, the authentic culture, people with actual new ideas, and a city that wasn't completely based around the desires of the ultra-rich and yuppy transplants...