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The Planescape boxed set changed the way I approached campaign design. Something about the majesty and intrigue of Sigil and the factions grabbed ahold of my heart, and I've tried to pass that on to my players ever since.

In 3.5, identify tells you all the powers a magic item has. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil has a mechanical bird used by the cultists in Homlett to see people approaching the mill. You can have a similar bird shadow the party, with a chance every now and then of someone spotting the...

Thank you, Shemeska. Your work is always top-notch as well, and you are without a doubt THE poster child (poster fiend?) for Planescape out there on the Wizards boards. The fact that you stay in character and still manage to communicate politely, effectively, and entertainingly is a credit to...

Calm emotions. Not only has it saved our group from superior forces by preventing hostilities, but it's great when used on barbarians because it knocks them out of raging. And since you can only rage once during a given encounter, they're fatigued... :) I also have to give it up for...

I think part of the problem is perception. Standard fantasy is a pseudo-medieval European setting with which most people are passingly familiar...even people that don't game recognize a wizard, dragon, or ghost based on a description. Visions of the future are highly specialized and deviate...

By your definition, the Planewalker project is not a conversion. They have advanced the timeline 5 years after Faction War, changed the hierarchy of the remaining factions, added new factions, added new skills, feats, PC races, etc., and added new rules thought appropriate but not necessarily...

Under normal circumstances (when operating as a business), people are assigned a specific portion of a project with a deadline. There are consequences for not meeting the deadline, and completed work is passed through several other hands to be refined. Bad ideas tend to be weeded out (or at...

Mr. Sernett's shifting the focus of the magazine toward players, presumably because Dungeon is a DM's magazine. The new ecology format is player info only -- no DM notes, no modifications, variants, or roleplaying guidelines -- only things that would be useful for a player to know about that...

Mr. Sernett turned down the aasimar, ankheg, kraken, will-o-wisp, tiefling, duergar, and jann from me, but gave the green light for three others. :) Interestingly, the one he asked for first has already been done according to your list... *Edited to add the duergar to the list.

As recommended by this week's Minis article on the Wizards of the Coast chatsite, have them encounter three vrocks (EL 12) and be sure to use their dance of ruin ability.

As I finally got my issue early enough to contribute to one of these threads, I'll be happy to help you out. :) The "Xenophilia" races are the adu'jas, a race of plant-people who schooled the elves when that race was young; the gruwaars, a bestial fey race devoted to trickery; the golmoids...

After reading this issue, I'd have to say the cover is a shifter with its biter and render abilities turned "on." It doesn't explicitly say that, but that's the connection I make between the cover and the contents.

Not to worry, you got everything. :)

There are two other sources that can provide a little insight into the Plane of Mirrors; both are 2nd edition supplements. The first is Tales from the Infinite Staircase and the second is Ravenloft's Carnival. Tales from the Infinite Staircase has an adventure called "Reflections" set in the...

That is precisely the case...my 3.5 campaign is set in the Forgotten Realms, and I have a plethora of 3E and 2E material for that setting. I only use pre-written adventures...I don't have the time to make my own stuff. I don't necessarily worry about it. I judge the adventures based on their...

I have a player whose first character under me was named Resu Cigam (magic user backwards). I recognized that immediately, but it took me awhile to catch onto his next character in our Forgotten Realms game named Flenus (sun elf backwards). Another player had a monk named Tiger Claw that only...

I run an online game on Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; I couldn't tell you how old my players are or what they do! :) On Sundays I run a face-to-face game from 2:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.; I'm 33 and I'm a night shift supervisor, two players (around my age) are factory workers, one is a college...

Sorry, it was a last minute thing...I saw a post WizO_Dabus made on the Wizards of the Coast message boards. You could sign up now and be ready for next month... :D

Sage Advice with Skip Williams starts in 10 minutes in the Wizards Presents! room of the Wizards of the Coast chat site if anyone is interested.

The Wizards of the Coast chat site also has gaming rooms available for reservation, complete with dicebots. You can find their gaming calendar at http://www.geocities.com/wizo_dabus and you can email WizO_Dabus at dabus@wizardsmoderator.com to reserve a room. If a game is a last minute sorta...