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I thought THAC0 was a great idea when it came out, since it removed the need for tables (updating all the tables when you levelled up was a real pain). I also find it very easy to use, even though I haven't used it in an actual game for the best part of 2 decades. So maths wise, I don't care one...

That's why I like Eberron - you don't need a long discussion of what it is about. "Eberron is designed with two story poles in mind: pulp adventure and noir intrigue." And note the use of the word "designed" - the designer explains what the goals were, but we decide for ourselves how...

I believe it is a Scotsman playing an Egyptian with a Spanish name with a Scottish accent.

As Paul Farquhar already mentioned, Philip Marlowe is very much not any of those things. The other author I'm most familiar with, after Raymond Chandler, is Dashiell Hammett. His protagonists don't seem to meet that description either. Sam Spade is not a very nice man (and book-Spade comes...

I have a house rule that time freezes during a villainous monologue, so no interruptions are possible. I refuse to run a game if I can't monologue from time to time. The same rule applies to heroic monologues, but none of my players have ever used the opportunity to make one.

"Skewered" isn't actually one of Pathfinder's 693* conditions, so it was just poetic license. * actual number of conditions in the game may vary from amount stated

You could always have the enemy's pet parrot repeat the information to the PCs. Hey, it worked for James Bond ...

My closest call in a long time was actually last session (of Pathfinder 1st edition, 5th level characters). One of the players couldn't make it, so we were missing a fighter, and were facing down a harpoon-wielding half-orc barbarian and his minions. Our alchemist was slaughtering the minions...

If there is a 5th edition version, it needs to be renamed the Yeofolkry.

That was in Dark Sun.

PO had no interest in balance. Hopefully WotC does, so they have no need to learn that lesson. I seem to remember designing a Githyanki character which gained extra points (to spend on combat abilities) due to being unable to lie. I was only a teenager at the time, but even then I knew that was...

I'd be happy with a short setting document that had very basic setting details - deities and domains, and maybe some backgrounds, a discussion of races and subclasses, a brief timeline - and then opening Greyhawk up on DMs Guild with an express statement that people can write stuff for any time...

It's called the Free City because it is a city state. That doesn't make it very special, as there are a couple of other city states nearby, although Greyhawk is the biggest of them so it sometimes dominates its neighbours (depending which version of the setting you are using). Its rise to...

Some of us now have you to "thank" for it :)

Tower 2 has pretty much the same set-up, this time with elves who want 1/3 of your magic items. The PCs aren't on a quest to save the world. They are basically looting ruins for fun and profit. I suspect the reaction of most players to this set-up would be to decline to play the adventure. (Or...

Assuming you mean Greyhawk Ruins, the Dwarves do not "attack everybody". They refuse access to "their" tower unless the party agree to their terms. This may well lead to the PCs trying to force their way in, but it doesn't amount to they "should be attacked by PCs intent on exploring".

There is a Ghostwalk "Let's Read" on the Gaming Den. (They call it an "OSSR" over there.) Since it's the Gaming Den, it isn't "family friendly".

You might have seen it already, but the Alexandrian blog has lots of good ideas for improvements to Descent Into Avernus. Alexandrian on Avernus I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you here :)

I don't like them much either, but I can see why they did it. (Although I thought adding the key skills afterwards was part of the character generation process, rather than being an option.) If you're running a traditional free-form game then I agree it detracts from the distinct feel of...

And even if they do feel they have to use the current timeline, I have no doubt Paizo will come up with lots of new villains, threats and crises. And how many groups of players are heavily invested in defeating "Villain X", when their characters have never even met them? I doubt anybody in my...