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As a DM, I despise Summon Monster spells.....especially when the player is unprepared. Nothing slows down combat more.

I've played and DMed such games as all-day marathon one-shots, but never as a campaign. In my campaigns, I always give suggestions, but never force anything on anyone.

PERDIDO STREET STATION, THE SCAR, and IRON COUNCIL, all by China Mieville.

I finally found a book that sparked my interest: THE ETCHED CITY by K. J. Bishop....just published last week. It's her first novel....On the back cover it was described as a mixture of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series and China Mieville's Perdido Street Station, and I must say that I agree...

I keep it nice and simple. Player get max HP. Monsters get Max HP.

I don't have the book handy, but I believe that SAVAGE SPECIES goes into extreme detail about it.

I just read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Phenomenal book. It garnered a spot on my top 10 of all time list. The main character is a 15 year-old autistic kid who decides to solve the mysterious death of a neighbor's dog. The only problem I have is my usual issue after...

Ok, these ideas are off the top of my head..... An awakened Megalodon Druid A rift in the ocean floor which leads to the Negative Material Plane, spawning a horde of Vile Water Elementals A "Red Tide" of wild magic which morphs whatever it engulfs An underwater city built on the skeleton of a...

I prefer it divided into 6 sections: SciFi/Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Thriller, Western, Romance, and General Fiction/Literature I avoid Romance and Westerns like the plague, and I hate it when Horror is mixed in with other genres.

That's exactly what I was thinking of... Jeez, 1st Edition. I guess I'm really dating myself here. I have been gaming for 22 years, though.

I know that they had an equivalent Champion for each alignment back in 2E. I think it was in DRAGON

It was 1982. I was 12 years old, playing D&D with the big kids down the road (they were 15...little did I know I would be cannon fodder for the next couple years) and they needed a cleric. Thus was born Aethelwulf the Wizened. We started at 4th level. I rolled him up using 4d6, resulting in...

I chose other. In Nomine is my choice.

I think it was the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. It could also be The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks, or the Thieves' World series. Believe it or not, I didn't read LOTR until just before the movies came out.

If you want a totally original fantasy that tosses the sword and sorcery carbon copies out the door, you MUST read Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. He has also written The Scar and King Rat (which is being made into a movie, by the way) Truly groundbreaking stuff. Oops...didn't...

Thanks, I think I'm gonna lurk on eBay and try to get a bargain on the 3.5 books. Occasionally someone posts an auction that is poorly worded and gets minimal views, allowing cheap bastards like me to save oodles of cash :)

Here's an easy fix....Instead of Polymorph, I would make it some sort of illusion effect.

I've finally returned to gaming after an involuntary absence of nearly 2 years. Occasionally I would crack open my books, but life would always get in the way (namely marriage and a new baby). I'm back DMing a mid-level run with coworkers on a biweekly basis, and I'm not sure whether I want to...

Actually, the book is already out. I ordered it as a Christmas present to myself and got it around the 20th. I'm gonna check out those earlier books by Dougal Dixon :D

DITTO Finals SUCK