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I have a group that has run 5 campaigns that have ended in all but 1 of the players dying each time; every time, the player who has survived was the one that ran away. Often times, my TPKs have been due to the party falling apart towards the end, causing the team to be unbalanced and out of...

What's a "prisoner" and a .... "survivor"? My players have no clue what either of these words mean.

I once had a doppleganger character disguise himself as a character's dead mother and wake him up during the middle of the night over and over, telling him that he was in emminent danger then telling him to watch out for signs that the doppleganger would then cue the next day.

I think deliberately targeting this player is the point. If he chooses a race that normal people of the land would be suspicious of, or one that the main villain would be more hateful towards, then he will be targeted. During combat though, you just have to ask yourself if the character's...

Ultimately, I think this is the biggest problem that people have with firearms in D&D: They know that one shot from a gun can EASILY kill a normal person. Hell, even an untrained kid with a glock can do it. But when they're going up against a 3rd level fighter it may take a good 2 to 3 shots...

I do reckon that in a large prison setting there will be several guards wandering the premise constantly. At any point the prisoners will be in view of a guard once a minute. In a smaller jail, every cell should be visible to the guard on duty. At that point, it's up to the prisoner to wait...

In terms of combat and getting in that final action before death, I am not a fan of the thought process. If I'm dealt a mortal stab in the gut while swinging my sword, even though I may be able to connect with the blow, it's not going to have enough power behind it to actually do anything. I'm...

One thing to consider as well is that a guard would eventually check on the prisoners, at that time noticing that the mage is attempting to slowly melt down his cage. Being able to melt through one spot on an iron bar would take at least 30 seconds, so we're looking at a minute before he's able...

I am right with you on this one! I run into this problem almost every single campaign, and in fact am going through it right now. In a very low-magic scenario where the humans are very suspect of foreign threats I have a player who is pushing to play a Fetchling! Now, I don't like to outright...

I've run into the same problem in terms of the cost, which is what has scared the majority of my players from choosing firearms as their primary weapon. However, the couple of players who have decided to go along with firearms have found that the best way to get around this cost hike is...

I've found that the information on firearms in Iron Kingdoms is very well balanced and detailed. The damages are higher than Pathfinder, however the reload times and misfire system is much more engaging and realistic.

AD&D with a bunch of the X modules. Plus, collected most of the 3.5 stuff after getting back into the fray after years away.

Unfortunately, it does seem that he is playing the class by the books and isn't tweaking anything to make it uber-powerful. It just seems like that is how the class is. With the combo of the Arcane Pool weapon bonus, Spell combat and Spellstrike this class does seem to be exceptionally OP...

I tweaked the system in a similar way, bottoming the stats at 8 and capping at 18. Also, I have the players adjust for race before they add their points, this way you don't end up with that 6 WIS and 20 STR.

I love evil campaigns as short runs, but I can't see an extended campaign taking place, merely for the fact that eventually at least half the party will A) run off with the loot B) leave to explore better opportunities C) kill the rest of the party. However, the in-fighting and backstabbing...

The campaigns I've been playing for the last few years have all been centered in the same region over 200ish years, and war happens frequently. However, the characters have never been front and center on the battlefield; instead, they encounter troops heading to and from the battlefield on the...

Thanks to broghammerj, Vascant, Janx, and LostSoul for giving me enough background info, ideas, situations, and meta decisions to construct the following... Figuring that "Item Wear and Tear" will be added to the random encounter table for their daily travels, if this comes up then each player...

Just wanted to give a little background as to the players involved in this campaign and why I'm even considering putting this into the game: We use a lot of the alternate combat rules from Pathfinder to make the game a little more realistic, including the Armor as Damage Reduction, Wounds and...

I have a party that is about to embark on a long journey across uncharted yadda yadda yadda... Everyone knows how this goes. I'm running a Pathfinder campaign with a dash of Iron Kingdoms, and have a rules issue. My predicament is being created by the fact that I want to give the players a...

Not sure what prompted this one, but I think it's a little lack of understanding of the full explanation. Yes, the players can do whatever they like and could theoretically "make" a barfight happen; however, it's only the DM who can literally create a fight inside a bar when he wants one to happen.