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While I do enjoy it, it does come down to me doing it because no one else wants to do it.

I shall not drink the Kool-Aid. Neither shall those in the local LARP scene.

About 8-10 years ago, I'd say that The Source wasn't quite so good, but still better than Phoenix Games. Today? Hands-down, it's the best LGS in the region- not just the Cities. Dave Arneson and John Kovalic love the joint, and I've not yet heard any other big-wig to say otherwise. It's my...

Charging a modest fee is SOP in the LARP community, and that fee is there to cover expenses of any kind: site rental, provision of food/drink/props, paying for required personnel (happens for my LARP) to be on site, parking provisions, etc. Some call it "donations" or "tips", but that doesn't...

It came out during the thread that if money changes hands for any reason related to the game, then the license issue applies.

No holdovers, neither used as the DM nor accepted as a player.

I never tire of reading these stories.

Yes, using a class-based Base Defense Bonus progression is the way to go. Find a copy of Unearthed Arcana and use the rules there. I suggest that you allow this bonus to stack with armor and shields, as that is the simplest way to implement this variant rule in a way that replaces (for the...

Yes, he did and it is good to see him around here once more.

Deepwood Sniper from Masters of the Wild

It's good to see you around here again, SHARK!

I disagree that Palpatine's deformity was a pre-existing condition. The Visual Dictionary states that it was Windu's reflection of his Force Lightning that deformed him, making it impossible for Palpatine to continue with his nice guy facade.

Speaking of Rurouni Kenshin, how about Kenshin's sword- the sakabatou, or "reverse-bladed sword"? As it's just a katana with the edge on the inside, I'm inclined to use the bastard sword statblock with the damage changed to nonlethal and the damage type to Bashing. (Take a -4 penalty to the...

Read your Schiller, folks.

By stripping out Wil's column and the comics--especially Downer--there'd be enough room for another short adventure, a Side Trek, a few Critical Threats or something else that's a far better fit for the big adventure module magazine.

I would like the Monk and Barbarian to be rolled back into the Fighter as a set of Talents (as d20 Modern) and Feats. I would like the Sorcerer rolled into the Wizard in a similiar manner. I would like Druid to likewise be rolled into the Cleric. Move the Ranger, Paladin and Bard into...

I would like gnomes to be yanked from the core rules come 4th Edition and instead put in the relevant setting books, along with half-elves and half-orcs (which should be done as templates applied to men), thus reducing the PHB races to: Dwarves, Elves, Halflings and Men.

Mike Mearls made a very smart, insightful and useful observation in his LJ today. (You can find the post here.) This is a post about the "core story" of D&D, and how that can (and should) influence both the design of supplements as well as actual play.

If it's a distinction that actually makes a difference, then it must be reflected in the rules or it doesn't mean a thing.

I've had requests made of me before. Sometimes I grant them, and sometimes I don't; I reserve the right as the DM to deny such requests, and to fulfill them as I see fit should I decide to fulfill them at all. The group in my current game recently submitted some such requests, and I'm going to...