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We had escaped from a desert slave caravan, and taken the slavers camels. After a long, tedious travel, we reached a town that had never seen camels before. I spun such an over the top load of bull that I had the local farrier convinced that a camel was a carnivorous, burrowing, fire-breathing...

If this is an Iron Age setting, you need the bloodthirsty, overly ambitious right hand man. You know the Eddie Haskell type who toadies to the boss at all times, and is so much of a zealot he makes the rest of the team look bad, but secretly wants to steal the boss's powers and use the...

An eclectic mix to be sure All of Zelazny's Amberites, including stats for the Trumps and the Pattern. (D&D) Both the good and bad guys from Yu Yu Hakusho, but especially the bad guys! (D&D or D20 Modern) G-Force aka Gatchaman (d20 Modern) Anita Blake et al. (d20 Modern, although honestly those...

How about this? The PC's are the ones who find the gate/barge/whatever lets them travel to Dino-World. Dino-World is the only setting they initially can access on the gate. Dino-World is an exploitable paradise, rich in natural resources, minerals, etc. The dinosaurs are the main danger, and...

Am I too late? Ever seen Mortal Kombat (movie or game doesn't matter.) Use Skorpion's lair - it's basically a huge scaffold/jungle gym that covers the entire arena. Now animate it. Cover some rungs with oil of slipperiness, and others with sovreign glue. Now flood the arena to a depth of say 5...

Call it a +2 circumstance bonus and be done. The real advantage of flying is that it renders you undetectable to tremorsense.

It's possible, but it's sure to be an uphill battle. Being "official" house organs was a strength for Dragon and Dungeon no doubt. Combine that with the history of both publications, and that's a lot of exposure. Even non-gamers are aware of Dragon magazine. It's demise was even reported on...

Wow. I want to play in this campaign! The first thought I had about both cultures was what do they make? That's always a big culture question for me. Primitive peoples use the materials around them as tools, in their art, and dwellings. Maybe these fleshweavers use living things as...

The only question that matters is "Do these features make the game more fun for everyone?" If everyone is enjoying these grey moral issues, then great, keep them in the game. If the group would rather not deal with such things in a game setting, then why keep them if they are disruptive?

Project Gutenberg is your fast, free friend! Check out The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking by Helen Stuart Campbell While it was originall published in 1839, I think you'll find a lot of those same dishes would be right at home in a fantasy tavern. Good hearty fare like boiled tongue...

Just turn the stereo on, crank the volume to 11 and play nothing. Mechanus might sound like that awful electronic hum.

I told my players at the start of the SCAP that "Monks don't really fit in here." Rather than come up with a different background that let a monk-style unarmed fighter fit in, she decided to build her own monk. Of course, she really wanted to have some spells too, so she built a...

XRP's Beast Builder really wowed me. I even wrote a review here on ENWorld for it. If you like making new monsters, this is THE book for you! Speaking of monsters, I really have enjoyed The Wanderers Guild books too. Monsters of the Boundless Blue was fun, and so was Monsters of the Endless...

For a villain? What's wrong with Horrid Wilting? I know I've heard of a spell that forces the target to begin drowning, as his lungs fill with conjured water. Can't remember where though. You could modify tree-stride into "puddle-jumper" which could be handy if there are enough water sources...

Here's the scenario. I'm running SCAP. The PC's are 10th level, and just beginning the Test of the Smoking Eye. We're using the optional character backgrounds from the SCAP hardcover, and I have a CN Human Warmage who is also is a perfect candidate for the test of the Smoking Eye . He's also...

There's a fun solution to this in the first edition X-Crawl game. That book has some spells that have a material components of a crisp $20 bill with the spell caster's name written on it. When the material component is used up, it actually is transmitted to the designer of the spell. The spell's...

Nightscape or Darkscape would be great. Darkness and vision rules are very rarely used in my games. They just involve too much bookkeeping, and add nothing to the fun of an encounter as is. Which is a shame really, because in movies and novels, the attack under cover of darkness is a staple of...

I've played four times, and I have yet to finish a game. OOTs is a LOT like the old GW game Talisman. Lots of wandering around whacking monsters and getting loot, with a hefty dose of screw your neighbor as well. It's a very funny game, and a lot of fun, but there is a pretty steep learning...

I'm running it right now, and my group is having a great time. Make no mistake, SCAP is a TOUGH campaign! We've had a handful of dead PC's already. The competition is rarely anything straight from the MM. Nearly every foe has been advanced, or had character levels added onto it. There are many...

QFT. I played with Brendan LaSalle (the creator) at Origins a few years ago, and it was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. I do agree with the other posters though that point out that the core book is full of setting material that just doesn't resonate. I'm not interested in the...