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15/20, I watched the eyes but for the wrong reasons. I was trying to determine wether or not the person appeared to be relaxing, since smiling is a form of relaxation for the muscles involved.

I had election day off, and I get next Monday off. My company works or doesn't according to the local GM Assembly Plant schedule. For some stupid reason GM doesn't like losing 2 days worth of production in one week, they still lose two days of production for the month in addition to the...

I've used several methods. The most commmon being roll 4D6 reroll any 1's then drop the lowest score six times (seven times if using the Comeliness stat) and assign as desired. Or it's variant where 1's and 2's are rerolled before dropping the lowest result. Also used the table in the...

21 years as a GM, having started (seriously attempting to) in 1984. As to wether or not I'm any good, I couldn't say. However, I've got two friends I've been gaming with since 1991 (compared to other players who've come and gone) where we all take turns running seperate campaigns and have...

Lolth, it's the original name and the name I first came across and never saw to use any different.

We were able to pass out candy for the first time ever. Ususally I or my wife or the both of us had to work, which only left one of us to take our kids out (using vacation time on a few occassions) and no one at home to pass out candy. I didn't count how many children came through, but I...

Meepo was slain immeadiately by one of my players soon as he realized I was describing a Kobold. It went something to the effect of "It's a Kobold. I'm drawing (my sword) and attacking." Not that this guy's character necessarily knew a Kobold from a Goblin or anything else.

Yes, but other than alcohol and tobaco, I haven't had any players show much interest in having their characters using anything.

Fireball it is. The area of effect makes it much more utilitarian, not necessarily to clear out a bunch of mooks around the BBEG, but to clear the battlements during a siege, get the village to start burning in a much larger area... Granted the Lightning bolt is good for a surgical strike, and...

I like mapping. As a player I like to have a rough idea of the layout of a dungeon or complex I'm currently exploring. As a Gm, if it's a large extensive place, where many features look the same, I prefer to have someone in the party try to make a rough map or else they may end up lost...

"Just like Beggars Canyon back home."

I'm a huge WoT fan. Of the books that is, don't care too much for the D20 campaign. I've read through the entire series many times, because when a new release is scheduled I begin with book one all over again (which is badly falling apart now), and partly because I need something to read while...

While I didn't know about the encoded tags, I can't say I'm all that surprised. Nor am I all that happy about any other "Big Brother" applications the encoding opens up for other than tracking counterfit currency. While I'm not paranoid about conspiracy theories, I do value my privacy. And...

It would appear that the bonus to avoid combat situations, as provided by Boots of Escaping is significantly low when faced with missile fire (modern firearms in particular).

By Drowbane The one that sticks out best in my mind is Bloody Sheep Swallop, and Blood and Bloody Ashes (sometimes just Blood and Ashes). I seem to recall Conan swearing by Crom's Balls, in a black and white comic once. Swearing by any deities balls or bollocks (or other body parts)...

I don't allow spontaneous casting for divine spells. The way I see it, a divine spell is a specific prayer in conjunction with an accompanying rite. Where such rites are defined as any somatic and material components, possibly in conjunction within certain circumstances or conditions, such as...

I tried around 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) and recieved one of my all time I.E. messages (File 404, Server Not Found). This is the first chance I've had to try and check back in, glad to see everythings back up.

I had to go with the "something else entirely" option. I don't actually run anything produced by some one else. I developed my own system based on a point buy/xp expenditure system inspired by the Champions/Hero system using D% resolution inspired by the Rolemaster/MERP system. Playing is...

For planned encounters, I will have any treasure pre-determined. Though some of said treasure is generated randomly, such as I know there are 30 gaurds in the temple and each gaurd has 4-7 gold and 8-15 silver on their person. For random encounters, I generate treasure on the spot, usually from...

I'm very keen on characters naming their magical weapons. Especially the more powerful or unique ones or ones that will stick with a pc as a favored weapon. The same pretty much goes for any other piece of magical gear with which the character forms an attachment. In a 2E game I once ran, I...