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I know this might sound repeated as its used in the Underdark, but glowing moss could work in your favour. If the wall was never designed to be lived in, having a natural light source conveniently available for the new residence could be taken as a sign of why they moved in.

Nice (and a bit late, if you ask me). It's about two PHBs late. :hmm:

If anything, it completely inspired me to wing it on all game nights (except during playtests). It became so apparent afterwards that delivery is the most important element, not the planning. I have a couple other stories involving missing dice, but there's so much of those kicking around our...

I wanted to start a new tradition with an annual Hallowe'en game. Had just picked up Horror Rules and thought it would be good fun. We even set it up that each player would create their lead characters, but they could create any additional supporting cast as they thought of it. These...

The DM rolls dice. "Holy crap! Did you guys see that?!" Everyone shakes their heads. "Good."

We may be a little late, but Emerald Press PDF Publishing now has a Facebook page and we wanted to come up with an idea to encourage fans. Then we thought that was a really lame idea, but possibly lame enough to work. The first 50 people to register as fans to our Facebook page will receive a...

As requested, we are going to have a similar contest for our upcoming 4e release, Dark Classes: Assassin, but with a twist. I'm going to provide an assassin PC in full stats (possibly 5th level) with three paragraphs to start a short story. From there, each entry must make full use of the...

We're in the midst of putting together a new 4e class and want to make sure it's chocked full of goodness... or evilness, as the case may be. Dark Classes: Assassin will contain a complete new class for the assassin, a martial striker. Already on tap for the PDF release are... - over 70...

My girlfriend just got cable in her apartment and since I'm pretty much living here, I haven't been able to make the time and sneak in a review at work. I know I already slated time in May to work on a second draft regardless of any outcomes here. But having it done in this context will work...

OK, everyone watch for subtle references to lost-lost family members in the next draft from Wik.

Thanks for the critique. There's still a fair bit of work to be done (which is why I'm in favour of a revised draft rather than an additional handbook for the next round) and I will work on the clarity of the rules. The idea behind Ignition was to create a magic system that was as open-ended...

THE AWAKENING First off, I liked the concept. Stephen King writes the 4400. I have always loved using lost memories and a sense of entering a new, unexplored world to invite players to a new game – it puts them on equal footing with their characters. With that, I was curious to see how the...

EIGHTFOLD This one definitely comes across as a game where the rules have been built around the story and that makes for an awesome roleplaying game. And I mean role-playing. The System Personally, I like more attributes (or ability scores, whatever they may be called for whichever game), but...

DEEP BLACK The concept for this one is cool, but somehow weakened by inconsistencies. Nothing impossible to fix without overhauling, but worth a revision or two. The System I’ve had to re-read these rules a few times, mostly because I was getting lost in the Juice. If I pull out a gun and...

All of this sounds like the expectation is to have each act covered in one session and that doesn't have to be the case. Our campaign is built on this very same priniciple (we're actually on "season 2" of the campaign), but each act takes as long as it takes. When it's all said and done, if...

Any mathematical symbol, shape, or representation of measurement would work (although you'd probably want to use something with a bit more flair than a triangle). For the Book of Alignment, we used a perfect, empty circle to represent Law and then variations on that symbol for the other...

Make it part of a grab action. Agreed on the combat advantage because you need to sneak up on the target. Make a Dexterity vs Reflex attack and the garotte inflicts 1d6 damage. Sustaining the garotte is a standard action (instead of minor for sustaining a grab) because of the specific...

Agreed. Best to you and keep us posted.

Emerald Press PDF Publishing is in 4E.

How about something simpler like a second draft? Work out the kinks from this round, style it up a bit, and submit something with more depth. Expand the pages to 70 and allow us fine tune what's been done before? I know Ignition could definitely benefit from that.