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Or bring this stuff into play by running more roleplaying sessions, and less combat. In a city adventure, combat isn't important, it's interacting with NPCs, coming up with unusual ideas, and trying not to p*ss of the wrong parties. (: Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

TAVERN BRAWLS!!! LOTS AND LOTS OF TAVERN BRAWLS!!! Stupidity + Non-lethal combat <> TPK. Oh, and 7th level town guards. Fun. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Hmmm... Looks like you've manage to encourage roleplaying through powergaming "bennies"? Dunno if EnWorld runs columns (RPGnet has some), but I'd really like to see any advice you can provide on using "bennies" (eg. dice re-rolls, pointing out class abilities) to encourage powergames to roleplay...

Forget innovation. (: I divide d20 products into "glory projects" and "GM Aids". Glory projects are anything that can be described as having "new" in front of it: New campaign worlds, new prestige classes, new spells, new monsters, new races, new magic items, etc. IMO, That's what's saturated...

Scarred Land's Wilderness & Wastelands: Finally, a campaign world book that understands what "Show 'em, don't tell 'em" means. Johnn Four's NPC Essentials: Even knows how to use the PDF format correctly. EQ RPG GMG: Neat setting, kewl items, powerz joo can make from skillz. Cedric. aka...

Isn't that Good behavior? I thought Robin Hood, for example, was Chaotic Good, because he fought for the good of the people, but only by taking on the Sheriff, who'd be Lawful, given that he represented the government. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Well, if SKR sans WotC is as good as Monte Cook without same, I'll be looking forward to some very good product indeed. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

In my pre-teen years, I remember the GM rolling a 1d4 to see if someone "attacking" a vampire managed to grab her t*t. Hey, at least the White Wolf LARPers have a better female to male ratio than D&D. (; Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Absolutely. Pick up Johnn Four's "NPC Essentials" and turn to arch-enemies. 2nd level isn't the level I'd pick to encounter legendary monsters. But a LE villain can send lesser bad guys for the PCs to meet, eventually leading to hearing about this bad guy -- and you don't have to tell the...

None of the above. Lawful implies some sort of organization and planning. Lawful Evil is a pretty simple example. Just look at any (ahem) dictatorship or tyrannical government. If you're asking about Lawful Neutral behavior, or even "can an Paladin act this way", I'd vote in the poll...

Try out Panicware.com's Pop-Up Stopper. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

My pet PDF requests come from the aborted "Creature Compendium" back in 2e. Good idea, too ahead of its time. With a PDF, you can print out multiple disposable pages. If, for tonight's adventure, you only need monsters B D and F, why bother bringing along the whole alphabet of monsters? I...

Wilderness and Wastelands. BEST supplement I've ever read. EVER. Why? Because it's the only sourcebook I know that follows the rule "Show, don't tell". Most campaign books are dry boring text that **tells** you how "unique" the world is. W&W **shows** you what the Scarred Lands really is...

One random thought is a town adventure: * Tavern brawls: Tactics? What tactics? (: Everyone's drunk and blowing off steam. Players can rely upon creativity (improvised weapons, jumping off tablees, swinging from support beams) for variety, rather than tactics. * Town guards: Sure, charge them...

I can't stand reading fiction, low-brow as that statement may seem. However, I've read comments that gaming fiction isn't as good as other published fiction (so there! (: My main problem with game fiction is that I'd rather have more game material to read. If I wanted to read fiction, I'd buy a...

Y'know, sometimes I wonder why **players** have character sheets. (: I mean, if you described yourself, you'd probably use descriptive adjectives like "weak" "medium" "strong", rather than numbers and stats. Kewl magic loot would be described as "The wonderous blade of hoo-hah that slew a dozen...

Evil GM: (Dumps bag-o-plastic miniatures on table.) Munchkin player: "Aha! So these are the only monsters we'll be facing!" Evil GM: "In the first room, yes." Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

Re: - I have a simple requisite: Can only buy a book if I know I'll use it! Of course, the definition of "use" is often a slippery slope, lol. Cedric. aka. Washu! ^O^

There ya go. Painters of GW armies will tell you that they concentrate their painting work on the "stars" and do a base paint on the "rank and file" miniatures. D&D miniatures are compatible with existing metal miniatures, so you can hand-pick your "star" figures, while using the random figs...

Situation A: The Ranger catches up with the party about an hour later and tells them that he saw all the sailors leave the guard as if they were set free. Upon some information gathering from the locals of the town, he found out that sailors are permitted to taking non-citizens of the town...