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I lived in Savannah several years ago, but can't remember the name of the store I went to. I suppose that's not very helpful. I used to be posted to Hunter Army Airfield and I recall that I basically left the front gate and travelled straight for about two miles to a strip mall. The store was...

Can't your character change and grow in personality without a change in the numbers underneath? I'm with Psion. 17th level gets me ever spell in the game, depending on class. Mechanically, there is nothing new to aspire to except more spell slots, feats, hit points, etc., which I've already...

Possibly, but remember that, barring any glaring metagame motivation by the players, they wouldn't even know that the Lich-King exists in the setting unless the DM agreed that it was there. In other words, the players only know what the DM tells them about the setting. There are gross examples...

By including "actual facts", you've taken a step towards railroading. ;) Let's take the first one. The goblins absolutely had nothing to do with the attack and are being framed. If the PCs attacked the innocent goblins, then they're been duped by the villagers. But what if the players like...

It is absolutely the best thing to do. I was among those (perhaps the first?) to suggest it in the other thread. ;) In order to get the true difference in feel, I wouldn't tweak the psionic system at all. Give "sorcerers" all the advantages of psions, including the lack of verbal and somatic...

What qualifies as a meaningful player choice? I would suggest that they are making a meaningful choice. I'll go back to my Lich-King example. Fears about railroading are metagame fears, so we'll look at the example from a metagame point of view. The chain of clues has been interpreted by the...

It's difficult to argue this specifically since it is somewhat dependent on the specific situaion. But the first example I gave detailed how to handle a situation that, I thought, was dependent on context and story. The players aren't looking for a random Lich-King's lair, but *the*...

The trouble that the DM in the original post is having is a problem with adventure design, not with whimsical players. :) You have to become more familiar with the "No Myth" DMing style. As a DM, you should always avoid giving out specific and concrete information about the setting until you...

I don't have much to add on the PP issue, Henry, but I do have something on the racial side. If you're not explicitly tied to Eberron, then switch from Kalashtar to Elan (from the XPH). Kalashtar is such a weak race and Elan look human but have lots of alien background to work with. Change...

I don't recall the option for sorcerors to substitute higher level spell slots for lower level spell slots in RAW, but I haven't looked at 3.5 recently. As other posts in this thread suggest, however, if you've had to house-rule how sorcerer handles magic, then there's something lacking in the...

The sorcerer is a weaker choice because the niche and concept of the class has been so clearly improved upon in other published WotC books. The psion is the perfect flex-caster. The flexibility isn't just compartmentalized to spell levels, but across all spells (I'll cast the psionic terms and...

But it is the point, isn't it? Earlier, you said: If your players don't see it as unfair, then you seem to be suggesting that you would embrace the policy of giving missing players full XP. The players would be saying that they don't mind. They wouldn't be upset or feel like an injustice had...

What if every player at your table told you that they didn't mind if absent players got full XP, regardless of the reason for the absence? Would you institute a "full XP regardless of presence" policy?

This is precisely right. This is the succinct heart of the matter. Nicely done, Arravis. :)

My GenCon is quite as ENWorld-focused, but I managed to see a couple of folks that I can recall: Piratecat: Found him near the White Wolf booth one day (Saturday?) and we talked about Iron Heroes a bit. As advertised, he is a tremendously friendly and genial guy. We got along famously...

Yours is my favorite SRD, Sage, so thanks for your continued efforts. :)

You might also check out a new game called "Iron Heroes". It's a game in which all the classes are essentially fighters of one type or another. There's even a thief in there for your player who wants to play a thief. It's balanced so that the party can thrive without magical support of any...

As I recall, Mike has created a new NPC/villain system for the IH GM book that is supposed to wipe away fears like those that Zarathustran has. It's supposed to make villain creation a snap, something like "minutes per villain". If you think Mike has hit the mark with IH, then it's a fair bet...

Victrix, If you're going to be pressed for time and are going to rely on published advenures, you could do far worse than to pick up the new Shackled City Adventure Path book. It's a massive campaign that takes characters from 1st to 20th level. It was originally published serially in Dungeon...

The kalashtar weren't insular enough it seems, since there are no racial restrictions in Eberron regarding the use of psionics. Even the warforged are allowed to have psionic class levels (and idea which Keith admits in the Ask Keith Baker FAQ). As I mentioned in my previous post, it isn't...