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Nobackground to add, but Eureka does make 28mm figures to help the players get into the setting. http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_147&sort=3a

I've used good aligned Ogre Magi a couple of times. They are intelligent enough for players to believe the alignment shift, but at the same time intelligent enough to try to deceive the players and the players know it. It works well when you're trying to keep the players guessing.

Several years ago a friend of mine bought an old dilapidated victorian house that exuded "haunted" by its very appearance. To top it off every one said it was, including several notable state politicians who had stayed in it during the legislative sessions. Scoffing at the suggestion my...

You would almost have to use a mold, but as has been said, the metal is likely to be soft i.e. gold or silver. On top of that you'll need to cast each tooth and then sew them together. And a button will probably still be necessary for strength - look at jeans. The real questions is why...

If the players expect the death of one side or the other as the only outcome then don't be suprised when they fight to the death. Use some simple forshadowing and rumors to present them with the other outcomes you want. If you want the players to acknowledge the rogue is the better then have a...

I've played all of the mentioned games except Synnibar and have to say that as klunky as they were they were playable, albeit often with a bit of guessing at what the authors intended. The worst in my experience was Man, Myth, and Magic. Nice production values but the rules were written by a...

For my Sunday game, 49 times last year, averaging a little over five hours each, so 250 hours a year plus a few odd pick up games. In hind sight it seems like too much, but as my wife plays too I'll chalk it up to family time instead of me time.

We use the battlemat for allmost all melee combats, but I also find myself frequently using the battlemat for roleplaying as my players like to split up and there's a few that always want to be in two places at once. To avoid this I'll simply draw an oval label it "professor's house" or whatever...

One of my players is using a figure that came as an extra in Foundry's Nymphs line. It is a small (waist high) female with folded arms wearing a long coat and wearing an unobtrusive tricorn hat and buckled shoes. Curly hair sticks out from the back of the hat. I've been unable to get a good...

A while back one of our PC's died during a trek across the desert. A few minutes later the player had his new PC - a hermit who hadn't seen another living soul in months. He was nuttier than a fruitcake, abhored all gods (he believed, he just didn't like them), and was bound and determined to...

For my new game I expect to have only two or three of the five players not quite once a month, maybe once every five sessions. Knowing that I'd have this problem I had each player submit a copy of their PC at 2nd level (they're starting at 4th) for "Flashback" adventuers. When I have a group...

We just started doing this. What prompted me was a sale on 3x5 notecards at Staples. I picked up 1000 for under 10 bucks, so since I've been printing off both standard items with a picture and text from the SRD and others for magic items. The standard items are a little bit overkill, but the...

This site http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/hadrian-wall/article_hadrianswall-forts.htm has a nice map of a Roman fort for 500 or so men (a cohort) from Hadrian's wall. A garrison town would likely spring up around such a thing if it staid in place for anytime, so this may be a good...

I found it only takes a few minutes to repaint shoulderpads, shields, clothes, etc. Even just a colored dot on the base can be used to differentiate.

With regards to the misslabeling, IMC there are no "disposable" containers - people reuse whenever possible, so while a potion from a high end shop might be labeled, that same bottle with the labeled inscribed might contain something different when bought from a hedge wizard in a backwater town...

I had the same problem with a player a few years ago. I was less afraid of cheating and more frustrated by her taking the time to pick up the die and double check the other side before she could announce the roll with certainty. I went with the buying her some dice, but she refused to use...

Once I started putting figs for the familiars on the table I found that familiar deaths rose dramatically.

Keep in mind that modern sand prices would have nothing to do with historic ones due to the cost of transportation. Look around the internet and you should find what the Romans paid for the sand used in the colliseum. It was imported from Africa.

The answer is very variable based on climate, moisture, and air flow. Ancient Egyptian tombs have been found with wood intact after several millenia. Likewise I have been in mines that have been closed only for five or six decades and seen blue jeans rotted away to near nothing. The dryer and...

Forested mountains in deserts are rare but not unheard of, the Atlas mountains are the closest I can think of. They "catch" some moisture that might otherwise go by, but are still quite dry. A desert in the low area is unlikely, but if you went with Catavarie's suggestion and made it a plain...