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To some degree, that is already a part of the current D&D edition. Magic leaves behind a lingering aura, and detect magic can reveal those auras. The more powerful the magic, the longer the aura persists. For creatures that can detect magic at will, spell use certainly alerts them to someone's...

In the Warhammer d20 campaign in which I play, there's a dwarven king named Agathor. Unfortunately, my wife and I had watched "The Birdcage" the day before, and when the DM said "Agathor," my wife heard "Agador" and burst out laughing. Now, we all refer to the dwarf as Agador, much to the DM's...

Besides using my laptop to keep files on the campaign, I also maintain a Yahoo groupsite where I store pictures, prestige classes allowed in the game, new equipment or spells the PCs have encountered and are now part of the game, etc., etc. This gives the players a central location where they...

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How can I log out of this site? I post official announcements of events for the company I work for under another name, and I cannot log out of Southern Oracle. Help, please.

After 22 years of DMing, I took a break and let another guy in our group run a Warhammer d20 campaign. When one of the other players was laid up for several months due to back surgery, I started a Star Wars d20 campaign. When the other player came back and another was out for awhile, we started...

Alas, Planescape products are one of those collectible anomalies...in many cases, copies of the books, box sets, and modules are going for more than they sold for when they were current. Of course, you can rest assured, most of them are worth what you'll pay for them.

That is too true...I had to use some heavy-handed tactics to get my group motivated.

Tales from the Infinite Staircase is an excellent compilation and can be used a number of ways. If you play in Forgotten Realms, it can be used as a bridge from Toril to the planes, and it ties into the adventure For Duty and Deity. It's also fine as written, or broken up into its individual...

In an ideal situation, I have everything I'll need for an adventure prepped beforehand and ready to go. The adventure proper I have as a word document, with the sections to be read aloud italicized and boxed to separate them from the rest of the text. I have links and notes within the body of...

Southern Oracle, a.k.a. Christopher Campbell Contributor to Bastion Press's Pale Designs: A Poisoner's Handbook "Fractious Factions" in Dragon #287 "Open Skies: The Silver Strike Guild" in Dragon #307 "Dweomered Dragon Scales" in Dragon #308 "Searing Flames: The Ecology of the...

There are rolls a DM should make in secret, so players are not tempted to metagame...Appraise checks for the value of treasure (indeed, I believe the Player's Handbook actually says the DM should roll), Knowledge checks (so the players don't know what DC they need and keep having people make...

With the advent of "godless" clerics and those who worship concepts, as well as druids, rangers, and paladins who cast divine spells but are not tied to one deity, I've slowly introduced the realization that the gods really ARE just powerful alien beings into my campaign. Of course, I run a...

Had a player with a monk character who was abandoning his order and cross-classing into sorcerer. He was in an inn with the rest of the party, and the barmaid happened to take a liking to him. After drinks and carousing in the common room, it was time to close up shop. The barmaid approached...

I recently ran a heavily modified version of this module as part of my Planescape campaign. ***SPOILERS*** The Happy Farmer Tavern was an aspect of the World Serpent Inn on this particular world. The humans in the Downs were the last remaining humans in the Greate...

Well, my next game is Sunday. Our group is trying to track down Oliver Thrace, a Tremere vampire who attempted to frame us in the eyes of Juan Lobos de Castillo, the Prince of San Francisco. My boss, Luthor von Grosshausen (of the La Sombra clan), is romancing Thrace's assistant, while...

It strengthened all my academics, helped me forge a lot of friendships over the years, provided a springboard for high school and college drama productions, introduced me to my brother-in-law, my wife, and the godfathers of our four kids, got me a job, and launched my RPG freelance writing...

Dude! Me and a couple guys from my gaming group were at Dice, Fun and Games for World Game Day, which is on the other side of Johnson City from Mountain Empire. Small world! I brought my 8-year-old daughter to play in the introductory adventure. She did pretty good as Lidda and even took...

It sounds to me like you need to write up a brief document explaining to all the players what you consider to be evil and what is not, what actions will cause the paladin to lose his paladinhood, and anything else that might impact alignment shifts and/or the loss of class abilities. As the DM...