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Wishes being common from a cast spell, nope, never saw a wish spell cast once in 25 years worth of gaming. Wishes being common from an item (ring, scroll, weapon, etc.), nope again for the same reason, though I remember owning some modules having these types of wish-granting treasures (I never...

I used neither option A or B as given in the OP. I always treated the +/- # as a Constitution modifer per HD. Thus for Hill Giants 8HD+1-2 was calculated as 8(HD+2) for tougher Hill Giants and 8(HD+1) for weaker Hill Giants, where HD was a randomly generated number based on the die type used...

Very often. NPCs/monsters in my campaigns are fairly quick to run away when they realize they are overmatched. Once upon a time, however, I in my ignorance treated my creatures as ignorant cattle being led to the slaughter, where I had them go toe to toe with the party until wiped out...

Retreat??? I'm having a very hard time just trying to think back over 26 years worth of gaming experience, where I witnessed players realize they were in such dire straights they actually did retreat (in any fashion, let alone orderly). Nope, can't think of any one instance of any retreating...

I have two of Steel Sqwire's Flipmats. For the price of $10.00 apiece, and the versatility of using any marker on them, they can't be beat. I have noticed that permanant marker can require a little extra elbow grease to clean off, especially if left on for several months. One of the nicer...

The problem with race class limits from earlier editions (specifically 1e AD&D), IMO, is they just don't make any sense for any reasons other than fluff (i.e. setting specific). I don't recall any mention in the early edition "core books" mentioning any setting specific information, in the way...

I have no fear of player reaction when a pc gets killed. My players appreciate the fact that I don't pull any punches on their behalf. Replacement characters are always ready to be worked in as soon as circumstances allow. Most of the time the replacements are equivalent to the deceased...

Yes, but finding a specific item wasn't very likely, unless it was rather low key, such as a +1 item, potion of healing, scroll of 1st level m-u/ill. spell(s), etc. Anything more potent would require commissioning a high level caster to make it for you (assuming one could be found). Which...

We used it, but no one actually bothered using the new classes or races as anything other than NPC's except for an occoasional Thief-Acrobat. I don't remember any issues in using any of the new material.

I learned to use the Treasure Type tables from the red Basic book, so I never actually bothered to read how to use them per the DMG or MM. Furthermore, I only read enough to interpret how the tables worked without bothering to read enough into how to apply the results. Most of the time, I only...

I tend to do a daily upkeep fee for food and lodgings when in civilized area's based on the input I recieve from the player as to how mean or expensive the characters tastes are running that day. The cost for these type of expenses I usually arrive at arbitrarily on the fly. When the party...

My biggest wow factor to UM are the maps and the dressing cards. I still use both to this day. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of using bits and pieces of those maps as seperate locations. I've never been through it as a player. Granted the marketing pitch kinda soured the whole experience...

Well, I was a soldier instead of a sailor and if anything my use of profanity has increased over the years. All the other adults in the group grew up pretty close to being "on the streets." So there's a generous amount of profanity in our games, most of which is out of character, and that...

I tend to use mine to determine the number of creatures for random encounters or any other time I want to generate a smaller random number at least as much as i use a D4 or D6 for similiar situations.

I'm currently playing Neverwinter Nights. I bought the collecters edition quite some time back, but my pc ran it so sluggishly I gave up on playing. Well, I put together a new pc this summer and finally get to play the game, I'm currently about 1/2way through the last chapter. At the moment...

Yes, to varying degree's. One city state may have the ability to travel between stars ( ala Star Trek or Star Wars), while another may be no further along than the medieval ages. And then magic also get's factored in to the mix. IMC, some cultures are distrustfull of magic and use technology...

IMC, all players have a pool of characters. If one players character dies, I try to work in a replacement taken from that players pool (their choice as to which) during that session. Character deaths are not all that uncommon, as i don't pull any punches and let the dice fall as they may...

I killed a character whose player wasn't there my last session, and it doesn't really matter. IMC, all players have a small pool of characters in the event of character death, I don't pull punches if the dice rolls go against the group. So when a character dies, theres a good chance I can...

Most of my campaigns never have a designated party leader. Depending on the mix of players, I have one (player) who usually ends up playing the party leader role, regardless of character role. Or there is no party leader (of any particular note, leastwise), where the players end up discussing...

I have the Campaign Cartographer 3 software. It was a free upgrade for me, because I bought CC2 Pro earlier in the year. Just got my physical copy yesterday. I've played around with it here and there, and have learned to make decent Overland maps by using just the basics. The basics don't...