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New photos added to the OP. Turns out my wife's camera was simply better at snapping miniatures. Orcs and goblins coming in just a nonce!

Yep, I found your post when I was searching for info on my new hobby. It was very helpful!

Now in attractive BLOG form! Please stop by and comment if you are interested in hearing more about this topic. New edit for July 2013: This is an old thread, but if you want to see my newest projects, just go to the last page. I always update here whenever I finish painting something. Thanks...

Peripherally related: Monsters of Sin / Kobold Quarterly

Then you don't want a relative scale, which changes depending on what die you roll. Assume that d6 is the smallest die. Instead of "max damage" or "minimum damage", just say that, for example, a miss occurs on a 1-3, a hit on a 4-9, a critical on a 10-12. Allow circumstantial or power-based...

These all sound neat, but I'm wary about the possible execution. You don't want the fighter's powers to simply be the rock to the wizard's magical scissors. That's no more fun than irresistible magic. So I would make sure that all the cool stuff you mention requires some sort of check first...

Hand of Evil, that's a good one! Dannyalcatraz, would you care to share something interesting and esoteric about shell-collecting, or one of the other hobbies you mentioned?

Munchkin-y means that the rules don't technically forbid it, but any self-confident GM would ban or limit it for being too silly or against the spirit of the rules as written. That's exactly what most people in this thread are saying they would do. You asked for opinions, and these are the...

Then why bother with the plant at all? You could just activate the invisible bits of pollen and the like in the air or on your enemies' clothes. My instinct in my ruling is to reward creativity while not encouraging munchkin-ism. Your stated stance, that a potted daisy has the same entangling...

What can you tell us about geeky hobbies that are outside what is commonly considered "geek culture?" By "geek culture", I mean the nexus between hobby gaming and genre fandom, with some overlapping interest in science and technology. By a geeky hobby, I mean a hobby that may seem strange to...

No one's mentioned the archer archetype for the fighter. Kobold Quarterly published an Elven Archer base class. I see no reason not to make it a generic magic archer class with no racial requirements, if you're into that.