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For the people who'd disallow cross-gender play, what about transgendered players? Contrary to what people assume, you can't always tell - especially if the person has only started transitioning, is pre- or non-op, and/or has chosen not to disclose this information. Would they get to play...

I'll be honest and say that my reasons for disliking Forgotten Realms are not at all logical or rational. They don't make sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, I don't like Forgotten Realms. Personally, I'm just bored with it. It's become too familiar, too quantified, and this doesn't evoke...

Something I've done that players have really enjoyed is giving them a little bit of "DM Power." In other words, let the players create the world with you. In my case, I often invite them to take the narrative reins for a bit (within a few guidelines), especially when it's related to their...

I've been waiting for someone to say this for years.

For my own selfish reasons, what system would you choose?

Screw you, I loved that show!

Thank. You. Thank. You. IMXP, it's not just the presentation that has to be different, but the game experience itself. What I'm looking for, most of all, is a setting that not only says, "I have to play this!" but also "I have to play this with 4th edition D&D!" and "This won't feel like any...

A criticism I've had of most magic systems, freeform or no, is how effortless it is. I really don't mind powerful magic. I actually like it. What I do mind is magic that just happens . . . because. I guess I could blame lazy design, since so many magic systems detail what you can do rather than...

In many cases, magic is a trump card, not another tool in the shed. So it always comes off as difficult to balance magicians against mundanes without arbitrarily limiting what magicians are capable of. Although, I've been intrigued by the idea of creating a system around various acts of magic...

I really, really like this idea. It reminds me of something I read in Emma Bull's War for the Oaks where there was an illusion contest between a brownie (I think) and a Sidhe. The Sidhe created this glorious castle in the sky complete with flapping banners and such. The brownie made an apple and...

Damnit! Right when I get somewhat close to finished with my unofficial First Age Sourcebook for Decipher Games, this comes out! Although I do have a Cinematic Unisystem version I did kicking around somewhere. And Dramatikos - that would work well too. Crap.

My parents seemed more concerned about who I was playing with than what I was playing. My father, in particular, thought it . . . inappropriate for me to spend hours on end surrounded by men, especially if it involved me going over to someone's house. As far as my mother was concerned, compared...

IMXP, the people who call others "oversensitive" about racism and sexism are generally not the ones on the receiving end of such treatment, so it tends to make their assumptions about things pretty suspect. :erm:

Blasphemy!!!!!

IMXP, cooperative worldbuilding does a lot to help players feel invested in the game. If you think about it, players already do that when they create backstories for their characters complete with NPCs, plot hooks, etc. The DMG2 just takes it to another level so that they're not passive...

I just got a sense of foreboding about a live-action Aquaman movie.

Not so much campaign first as narrative first. It depends on what kind of gaming experience I want to have. Setting and system are not so much about the world itself as it is about the gaming experience they try to create. Call of Cthulhu, World of Darkness, and Unknown Armies are all horror...

For me as a player, it's about agency. I need to be able to make meaningful choices. And by meaningful, I'm talking about different actions leading to different consequences. That doesn't mean I have to avoid situations where I must choose between 2 or more bad options, but I do want the effects...

I'd love for something like this to be supported by 4e's mechanics, but alas.

Fleet-footed might be a wise investment for a feat.