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A background for a weapon is always cool. The Weapons of Legacy book is nothing but items that have names and backgrounds. I usually only write out a background for my intelligent weapons and then give that story to the player as if the weapon told it to him. I recently just read one of those...

That's a lot of great info. More than I expected. Thanks for the replies so far. There is a lot for me to mine ideas from in one page! Luckily, we're playing a fantasy game and not a real world earth militaristic simulation game. So I really don't think using terms such as "squad" is going to...

This is a scenario that I have planned down the road. The PCs may change before that point and I may get new players in the group by then (we're short a player at the moment). So the exact builds are not set in stone. I was just mining for ideas/opinions to prepare for it ahead of time. Maybe...

I'm wanting to have a war and put the party in a "squad" that they get to scout around with. I want to give each PC a military title for their role in the squad. What role would a soldier have for each D&D class? Like, cleric would be medic? Ranger would be scout?

Oh that's right. I even have that Forgotten Temple book and looked at it early on when people mentioned it in this thread. I didn't read it, just skimmed it. I didn't realize he played a big part in RttToEE (or big influence). I thought it was just a passing mention within the plot. Now it makes...

Probably over half of the replies are voting for Tharazdun. I had not even heard of him until I started this thread. I looked him up and read up on the cult. There was very little information about either. What did exist didn't really inspire me. So I chose to go with Vecna instead because I've...

I don't think you can tip a bag of holding and pour the contents out. I think you have to turn the bag inside out to "dump" the contents out? If so, then wouldn't the reverse work the same? You can pour things in the bag? I still see the bag of holding working like a portal or gate spell...

That's pretty cool. The great dice rolls may have helped a lot too. I hope you gave her those "lucky" dice. :p I'm sure yer cousin will end up playing too (she'll force him into it). Is she going to be the DM?

There are lots of frameworks for Maptool. What Gilladian is referring to is making Maptool as automated as possible. But you don't even need a framework to successfully use Maptool in your game. You don't even need any macros. It depends on how automated you want to get. You can simply use it as...

I would treat it like a magical portal or a gate. It can be open without materials being sucked in. That's pretty much what these items are anyway. Portable portals to another plane.

I think I'm going to use a cult of Vecna since I've always been intrigued with Vecna. I can do a lot with his followers to make things interesting. I'm having a difficult time figuring out how to work them into the plot. I'm trying to run a Rod of Seven parts scenario where the party is looking...

As long as I've played D&D, I've never gone to an RPG convention or played at a FLGS. But I recently joined a meetup group in my area and signed up to DM a game there. But maybe I should join a game as a player. I'm not really interested in a new system (I don't like learning new rules), but I...

The PCs enter a new town. It's far away from any major cities but close enough to a well traveled road. The town sees its fair share of visitors, but there is no reason for any to stay long. It has a modest population that mostly takes care of themselves. What buildings/professions does a town...

I don't have any experience with many other games besides D&D, so that's interesting. I've actually had a player say the same thing once when trying to dictate to me how the game world should work outside of the PCs actual control/influence. Thing is, I DM because I like my style of DMing. My...

Can you elaborate on this a bit? What sort of things do your players actually do that takes less work off of the DM? I'm drawing a blank on how the rulebooks (D&D anyway) put more of the work on the player. The only thing I can think of is making it easier for players to learn the rules (which...

Back when I was researching which software to use, Maptool was the winner hands down. It was free, had better features, and the interface was clean. I use Maptool and I love it. The support forums for it are really good too. You'll get an answer to any questions within minutes. :p It's also...

Out of curiosity, what exactly was the situation? What sort of "loose with the rules" stuff were you doing that he didn't like? A lot of people are saying things like, "2e was rules heavy". But did your group actually play the edition rules heavy? I know there were a lot of sourcebooks and...

This is a Planescape game, so I can work any groups into the game. I suppose it doesn't have to be a cult of a deity. Just a known D&D group that I can use as antagonists. I'm creating an adventure for the party to look for the Rod of Seven Parts and doing it similar to how it was written in...

I need to introduce an evil cult to be used as antagonists. I'm interested in a cult of an existing D&D god. What was your favorite cult of a deity and why?

I'm not a big fan of rules. My old friends and I winged a lot of rules back in AD&D. I barely even knew how spells worked back then. I used spells without ever reading their description (my interpretation). I'm not saying that was a good thing. It wasn't. I really had to bone up on my 3.5 rules...