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Access to ancient history books from a historically lost era can be awesome for the PCs to find knowledge, forgotten spells, and new ruins to go plunder. A friendly healer (it doesn't really matter who or the how) can be awesome and more important than better gear. If the PCs are dead, their...

The Serpent of Ontokoth The mongrelfolk, or Trash of the Deep, have a legend of a great serpent like creature that moves through the Undersea. There is little proof of this myth, but large scales can be found in the water and no other creature matches them. The Mongrelfolk secretly hate that...

This is true, but a work around is to take the E6 approach. Your PCs are already 6th level, but you could cap the world at E8 or E10 to allow the PCs to really matter here. A world that caps at 8th level characters (or 8th level and feats) wouldn't have too many characters above 5th-6th level...

I once gave my players a door knob. When you held it at roughly doorknob height and turned it, the knob created a magic door opening the door lead to an extra dimensional mansion complete with an "seen" servant named with a terrible Jamaican accent. The party had a set amount of sq feet they...

This month has been really productive for my reading- I've read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk and the first Book of the South Shadow Games by Glen Cook. I'm working on the next Black Company Book Dreams of Steel, also working on The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (in case someone at a D&D forum didn't...

In the Land of the Falls is a growing threat the the mist elves- Kobolds. These small reptilian creatures are no threat individually, they are frail, weak, and cowardly. But they breed like rabbits, attack in numbers, and use tactics like choke points, poisons, and traps they feign retreat...

You could always try to force the PCs to make difficult decisions. I think combining some of Bagpuss and Radiating Gnome's ideas would work. You can have the soldiers moving though the town, forcing people into the church before they burn it while the pirate ships and fighting forces are trapped...

My list is identical to Stormonu's list plus some canvas, about a square yard to be folded up. I have a dream of making a rough map on canvas with chalk, or just writing notes when speaking would be unwise. Plus it can be used to hold something hot or something a PC wouldn't want to just grip...

I think Dungeonscape every time I read it I find something interesting to use as a player or GM. A close second would be Tome of Magic which I find awesome for introducing different magics to a low or no-magic world.

45. The enemies want to turn them (lycanthrope, vampire, curse, etc.) so they need them alive. 46. If no one returns with horror stories, how is the monster supposed to improve its horrifying reputation. One will be selected to be sent back after watching the rest of the party be killed. 47...

Another d10 system is the Corporation System. However, to get the giant action movie/anime style fights you may want to look at Feng Shui- the system uses 2d6, one positive and one negative, to modify the character's abilities. You can cut out the guns, and stick to the kung fu, if you want the...

I love this concept. I just read a blog last night talking about this. I wish I remembered the name, but I'm pretty sure I found it through the RPG Blog Alliance. Anyway, I would lower the chance of the PC being not dead to 10% (DrunkonDuty's idea about banning the resurrection effects is good...

I don't know exact numbers, but I averaged roughly running a game a week for 4-6 hours for the past 4 years at college. I can drop a whole semester, but I was running games a lot, or running multiple games a week sometimes which balances out the slower points. Add in about 90 minutes for prep a...

I would love to see games move away from the killings. Combat should have a goal such as defending someone/something, a running fight to escape (Mines of Moria but with a little more skirmishing on the run), and other objectives. I also want to see more games move away from the super high...

I would love to see something like this in more games. Burning Wheel is close with the Fight mechanic. If the attacker succeeds enough, he can declare where to strike. The defender can also declare what is open ("My legs are unguarded") which determines where the strike is going normally, then...

This is a really great idea. I want a game that makes the camaraderie of Lord of the Rings and the Black Company important. Where morale helps keep the characters going. I want to see the characters in a campaign trade stories around a camp fire. I want a Shadow of the Colossus style...

I agree. As for the game- I'd have to go with hammer or axe. I'm bored of swords at my tables, so I want a hammer or an axe. Or a spear if I can fight like a wuxia character or a spartan.

Dannyalcatraz made the points I was going to, so I'll just talk about why I choose certain weapons. It depends on the PC and the mechanic behind them. For some reason many RPGs give swords great abilities. If there is no strong reason for me to have my character use an inferior weapon, I...

It depends on the style of game you are going for. If you want dungeon crawls, then any skill that aids survival, exploration, or movement is very important. If you are looking for a social game, then persuasion, lying, and bargaining skills would be best. I think Burning Wheel does a great...

Morrus answered already, it's a holiday sale. The page you linked to even has a holiday banner across the top.