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DSL through Donet at work (where I usually come to Enworld from). Roadrunner at home.

Yes, I am a DIY GM. I run games based on my own system, there are no 2nd or 3rd party materials available, so I have to come up with the the adventures (without spending hours trying to do conversions).

Vraille, I'm with you on the idiot going slow w/out lights in poor visibility. I rear ended someone once under similiar circumstances because I didn't know the idiot was there until it was too late. Only in this case the moron had stopped and put the vehicle in park in the middle of the lane...

Don't forget the dandified expensive clothing and accesories, all in predominately pastel hues and shades. Perhaps your character should always have a small mirror handy.

Meh, looks like the free trial version of Google-Earth to me minus a few bells and whistles. I can find my house no problem (though the wiki has an much updated photo compared to Google-Earth). Work still isn't showing up in any of the higher resolutions. Hellhound, IIRC, Google-Earth...

I don't often use traps in the games I run. As the OP said, it's reduced pretty much to a simple die roll to overcome a trap, something I don't care much for. So when I do use a trap, it's fairly obvious and the party is forced to find a way to bypass it. More of a challenge and obstacle than...

I GM almost exclusively for my group. Most of my 26 years experience gaming has been as a GM. When I do play, it sometimes feels kinda weird not to be the one running the show.

I've been playing for 26 year now. Campaigns have become more episodic in nature. Less emphasis is placed on RAW, winging it by the seat of the pants is the norm. More emphasis is placed on things working more like the real world than a bunch of fantastic things placed together all slap-dash...

WOTC gets absolutely none of my money. The last items I bought from them were the 3.0 core books (phb, dmg, mm) the FR Setting Compendium and the Unapproachable East FR Compendium (which I ended up giving away). I downloaded the SRD for any 3.5 needs. I'm not likely to buy anything from WOTC...

The article stated mouth to mouth may not be necessary for Cardiac Arrest situations only. Unless one is a trained professional medical type, how do you know, beyond a doubt, the person on the ground in need of CPR is suffering from some form of Cardiac Arrest. I imagine one can't tell (for...

Thanks for the link. I gave it a quick listen, I like it when bands allow audio samples of their music on their sites. Unfortunately these guys are not my style of metal.

The earliest presentation of Astaroth, in the D&D game (that I am aware of), comes from an an article entitled "The Politics of Hell" by Alexander von Thorn, Issue #28 Dragon Magazine, August 1979. He is presented as a devil, an arch-devil and treasurer of hell. The article provides stats (1e...

Most of the time, my players have their characters loot the body, slit the throat (to make sure they are dead) and then leave the corpse to rot. If they're afraid the corpse may somehow be able to come after them later, they'll resort to cremation, as best as possible based on the situation.

I've tried going the posterboard route, to create a GM screen. Had to run a second strip of posterboard along the bottom edge, so it would stand up onit's own. Added a second strip along the top as well for added stability. The whole thing is kinda flimsy, too much so for my taste. I don't...

I only buy milk from a grocery store. I only buy it in the gallon size. I only buy 2%. I always buy the cheapest brand (typically the store brand), but nothing that's been marked down for discount (meaning no worries about an expiration date).

My company works directly for a General Motors Assembly plant (so we are down when they are, if not necesarily paid for the Holiday). GM takes off for: New Years Day MLK Day Good Friday & the Monday following Easter Memorial Day Labor Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas...

I choose the Neither option. My wife and I work at the same company, only she's in management and works first shift and about an hour into 2nd shift. I work 2nd shift then stay up all night to get her up for work in the morning. Weekdays, I get to see her for a total of about an hour and a...

I'll buy the core books for any new editions, for posterity's sake, more than any other reason. I own most of the 1e rule-books, the "core" 2e books (and a few of the earlier supplements, especially FR), all the "basic" boxed sets, one of the "original" boxed sets and the 3.0 core books...

Anymore I use a homebrew setting. It's been influnced by Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, such that magic and hi-tech can co-exist side by side, where one can bolster the other. Some places are heavy in magic use, some places are heavy in tech use, some places balance the two, while in...

I mixed 1e and 2e materials all the time. Whichever editions manual was closest at hand, was the one that got grabbed and consulted. For the most part they seemed to be highly interchangeable. And everyone at my table had fun. I never really paid any attention to the differences, I just...