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As in how combat applies to the larger story? Or how does combat come about? I guess I am a little unclear about where you are going with this question. We generally take the attitude that the characters do not know what is written on the character sheet. We try hard to separate player...

Roleplaying is what we do anytime we sit down at the table - combat is just one aspect of roleplaying. There are two questions I see in your original post. 1. How much combat takes place in your adventures? 2. How deep is the roleplaying in your adventures? Well, I believe that the game is...

What is basically being argued is that you gain more by focusing your skill points on a few skills rather than spreading out your skill points over multiple skills. If the entire party does this you will have the greatest chance for success at any given skill. By contrast, if the party chooses...

Wow! Those are just amazing. Since you asked for opinions... I would have to say the Bulette layout worked much better for me than the White Dragon. The attacks and defenses along the side were easy to quickly reference and I loved having the special attacks done in an easy to read format...

See and I was hoping for the D&D equivalent of Entourage's "Let's hug it out, bitch."

I disagree. I am both a 3.5 player/DM and a DDI subscriber. Aside from the character builder and some of the preview races, classes, and feats articles the rest of the information is very useful to us 3.5 folk. The dungeon adventures provide lots of good campaign ideas regardless of edition. As...

I voted "Other" as it is highly dependent on the type of game being run. If I am running a game in which it is important to understand the differences in the various cultures then I will allow them, but, in a more general campaign, I prefer the players to just stick to the basics.

Thanks for the link. I have not heard of this company before. I miss me some pig-snouted orcs. For human PCs and Dragons especially - I prefer the Dark Sword Miniatures, especially the Larry Elmore line. Welcome to Dark Sword Miniatures - Award Winning Fantasy Miniatures in Pewter

I am looking at something similar for my next 3.5 game. While the edition is different I think some of the ides may also work well for you. 1. Leveling up. 3 months for martial characters and 6 months for casters. The theory being it takes times to learn new combats techniques; it takes time to...

Allow me to give you a couple of examples... I was recently in a class on creative writing. One of the things we did in class was sit around in a circle and the professor started off by saying Five people walk into a bar. Then, we went around the circle with each person adding something to...

In my experience the game works best when I, as a DM, ask "who, what, when, and where?" and the players ask "why and how?" What I mean by this is that as a DM I set up scenarios and situations for the PCs to make choices and overcome challenges. Then, I react to the decisions that they make...

I disagree with this point. D&D is a great vehicle for telling a story. In fact, I will state that its best use is in telling a story. Everyone has editorial control. The DM over the larger story arc and the players over their individual characters. The existence of rules governing the...

While I agree that the names Wizards gives out are pretty bland and boring, I also understand that they are part of a multinational-publicly-traded company. And, as such, they understand that their products will end up in the hands of people who are not native English speakers. They need to be...

We use a a lot of Dwarven Forge for castle/cave/dungeon exploration. For wilderness exploration, we have quite a few pieces of terrain - hand-made mountains and hills, forests, lake, rivers, swamps. Much like you see used in Warhammer games. There is something about seeing a mini standing by...

BECMI Game: Players: Lord Malcolm of White Stone's Pass (Fighter) Sir Richard the Lion (Fighter) His Holiness Oliver, Bishop of Fallschurch (Cleric) Angus, The Dark Dwarf of Rockhome (Dwarf) Percy of the Woodland Realm (Elf) Arthur, The Green Wizard of Kent (Magic-User) Villains: Charles, Baron...

I agree that it is a sliding scale and not just a black-or-white-silly-or-serious kind of thing. First, where on that scale does a silly name appear? Second, in what context does the name interact with the world? Finally, does using it multiple times diminish its endearing quality? Let's take...

The point I am trying to make is that we have no idea what is really transpiring at the OP's game table. We have the OP's perspective but not the perspective of any other players or the DM. And yet here we are arguing over whether this DM is being a dick or not. Whether his restrictions are...

Within context, yes. However, if we are playing a game based largely on Tolkien and someone wants to bring in an Illithid Psion or a renegade Githyanki do we indulge him? I don't think so. If we are playing a game based in Sigil - sure, why not? But not one based in Middle Earth. I don't buy...

Ah, and here is where we differ. I have been playing in a campaign now for close to five years. It is very dark and grim. Four of us have been in the campaign since the beginning with a fifth player player coming in in year two. On occasion we have had others come and play only to find that...

I do, twice a month. The game is full of hopeless situations, philosophical debates, heated exchanges, and all the other tropes used in creating dramatic tension. The setting is very dire with little hope of success. I also, twice a month, play a game that is very lite and loose with lots of...