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Okay, I think my character sheet is pretty well complete. Let me know if you guys see anything that needs to be fixed, or have any suggestions. I think I grabbed up all the major divine spells I'm going to want, but if I'm missing something, holler at me. I tried not to get too cheesy with...

Here's Renard! I think I got everything. Race: Human Class: Archivist 7/Loremaster 3 Level: 10 Experience: 45,942 Alignment: TN Languages: Common, Undercommon, Dwarven, Celestial, Abyssal, Terran, Aboleth Deity: Polytheist (invokes various deities for different purposes). Reveres Oghma above...

Temple of Elemental Evil is pretty cool, except for the whole "click a thousand times to loot a corpse" thing. Is there a patch that fixes that? I really, really want to like the game, but when the whole game is killing things and taking their stuff, I need to be able to, umm, take their stuff. :p

I thought Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 were okay, but they had some serious issues. The engine was really clunky and poorly optimized, so even on today's gaming rigs it's still ridiculously slow. Also, the writing was really not up to the high standards Black Isle set with Planescape: Torment and...

Here are my three choices. Now that I've written them, I'm pretty much in love with all three of them, so go ahead and pick whatever seems to fit the group best. Renard Foucault, expert on the Underdark, standing at the precipice of maddening revelation. (second from the left) --------------...

Yoroshiku!

Have you taken a look at the Beguiler class from the PHB2? That'd fit your description perfectly, I think, and they're a boatload of fun to play.

I was intending on playing the Archivist as a healer/diviner sort of guy, so don't worry about making another Cleric-y character unless you want to. I'm not trying to edge anyone out, though--you can never have too many divine casters!

I'd like to take a crack at playing the tall guy with the staff and beard. I'm picturing him as an Archivist (Heroes of Horror). Charming enough, but obsessed with learning the Ultimate Truth, and somewhat shell-shocked from some of the more horrific discoveries he's made in researching the gods...

I'm sorry to report that I won't be able to keep updating Down and Out in Altdorf. I've enjoyed working on it, and have been very lucky to have such creative, character-focused writers as players. Bad news as that is, the reason I'm leaving is pretty good news--I'm devoting the time I would have...

Good news, bad news I'm sorry to report that I won't be able to keep updating Legacy of the Stone Assembly. I've enjoyed working on it, and have been very lucky to have such creative, character-focused writers as players. Bad news as that is, the reason I'm leaving is pretty good news--I'm...

"I suppose so," said Sandro, suspiciously. "Why, exactly, are you trying to speak with her so urgently? You mentioned that you need her advice--what is it you're working on?" Sandro set the hookah's mouthpiece on the metal plate surrounding the shisha bowl, and removed the glowing coal from the...

I'm using Boston Unveiled for setting, plot hooks, and NPCs, but I've put my own twist on some things of course. Glad to hear you're thinking of STing Mage! I recommend Tome of the Mysteries as the first supplemental book to pick up. It adds rules for alchemy, explains magic in greater detail...

After breakfast, Helmut led the group through the streets of Altdorf's lower wards for a few miles. The cobblestone streets were puddled with rain and crowded with the hungry and desperate. Beggars clammered for alms, shaking their lead cups and shouting, "Clink f'rus, guv'nah!" Under dark gray...

Thorn felt the spirit realm close to her in this place. They weren't all that far from civilization out here, but she felt it wouldn't take much more that a small nudge to push something across the gauntlet, or to pull something through. There was a lingering presence of magic recently cast in...

They passed through a bead curtain into the cozy, windowless back room. The air was thick with cannabis smoke, and a number of beanbag chairs and Japanese-style cushions sat around a small table with a purple hookah. Sandro, a bearded man in his late thirties wearing an MIT sweatshirt, sat in a...

More than anything, a game needs a setting that players will want to interact with. Without that, no roleplaying can happen. I think there's also an upper limit to the number of rules you can have to adjudicate situations, since looking through books is not roleplaying. That limit will differ...

The entryway to the farmhouse was decorated in a folksy mixture of country handicrafts and hippie regalia. Many potted plants, now dormant, hung in macramé hammocks. A handmade wooden shoe shelf sat next to the door, half full with muddy work boots, snowshoes, and battered sneakers. Near it was...

Feel better, WD! Sorry for the delay from my end, too--We've been bogged down at work, shorthanded, (...blah blah blah excuses excuses :o) Nope, you're doing just what I hope you'll do. I like it when players drive the action.

The next morning, they awoke to a piping hot breakfast of gritty coffee, runny eggs, pork scraps, stale biscuits and thin gravy. Helmut and his wife sat with them, but try as she might, Helmut's wife couldn't get him to do more than push his food around his plate. He was well dressed for the...