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Incorporating player background material into your game can be tricky and is not for everyone (some people hate it as you can see in this thread) but with the right group it can be very rewarding and can act as an instant and effective hook. You just have to negotiate with your players what they...

A week to go - time for a quick bump!

A 'paladin' king-hit someone in broad daylight and killed them. I am not surprised you were surprised!

In a campaign a friend of mine ran long ago, one of the starting characters was an evil sorceress's apprentice. She more a slave of the witch really. She only knew a couple of spells - taught to her so that she could do menial work around the tower, but she was smart in how she used them. We...

Put a coin in the bottom of their drink or, if you are in a hurry, just hit them over the back of the head with a sap. By the time they have woken up it will be too late.

Wine, these days. A study showed recently that more people drink wine than beer in Oz (I don't think it was funded by the wine companies either!) At least it isn't alcopops...

And to think I always thought RaHoWa stood for Racist Homophobic Wankfest. Actually, I still do.

Game design: Terry Gilliam Monster Manual: David Attenborough and HR Giger - Natural and Supernatural respectively GMs: David Bowie

I think it's important to note that the OP is essentially discussing dungeoneering, almost a subgenre of gaming, which has a long and storied history. And I think the point that these environments need not represent some natural order is well made. The dungeon can be a game within a game, where...

Nah, it was just a silly joke about how you mistake what a thread might be about because of the title.

Look, if they say so nicely, I have no problem if someone doesn't wants\ to play in my game. I mean, my style of game isn't for everyone. Admittedly, though, I think even the best, most self-secure GM would feel a little hurt at the rejection, but you have to remind yourself that a lot of...

I thought this was going to be a thread about Jaws... :(

That's nothing! My old critical fumbles deck* was made from the patches of skin torn from the stubbed toes of a thousand failed skateboarders. Any skin ripped cleanly off was discarded. Only where some feeble attempt at first aid ended in a white, soap like patch of clammy flesh being held to...

Can I play Black Leaf?

Wik, I am sad that you are distressed. And indeed, as you say, the odds are not 1 in 216,000. However, if you read my post, the first which made mention of the statistic in question, you might find that the odds referred to are actually 1 in 21,600 - not 216,000. You also might find that I was...

Given: You had better hope he comes through!

Given Ian Livingstone is also on the list, I am guessing Fighting Fantasy Steve Jackson

So, those of you who said yes without actually saying what - examples, please?

I'd argue against the taking the player aside at a later. Why bring on the confrontation in a time and place where he can deny it and resent you for it. IMHO, the best way is simply to ask the GM to insist that all rolls be made in the open. You don't need to reveal who you think is cheating to...

Movies and TV do it. Books do it. Theatre and musicals do it and even a good song can do it. They can bring you to tears. So, if RPG's are akin to these other art forms it prompts the question: do they have the ability to really affect your emotions? I am not talking about thrills, scares or...