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Administer penalties for describing actions? "I swing viciously with my sword!" -2 to hit, -4 to damage "I hit him" no penalty!

I seem to recall there being "Massive damage" rules somewhere in the book. I don't feel like looking it up, but wasn't every point above 50 damage a +1 to the DC of a DC 10 fort save and if you fail you die? 120-50=70... 10+70=80 DC 80 fort save = Pretty dang tough

PDFforge is also a good one.

I've always been kind of a stingy DM. I've never liked TV a treasure, ever! I've always liked my players going through this game by the skin of their teeth. This doesn't mean I don't give out treasure, this means I'd try to find ways to give the players something else to look forward to. For...

I've asked my players several times not to do this. It distracts them from the game (they stop and try to properly pronounce everything) and it give me a headache trying to understand what they say. It's more trouble than what it's worth... at least in my games.

I prefer to use paladium book's hook line and sinker method. IE: Hook: the PC'S are trapped in a 10 foot by 10 foot room, there are doors on every wall and on the floor and ceiling. Each room is exactly the same as this. Line: remember the movie " cube", exactly like that. sinker: roll 1D6, on...

1: forgotten realms campaign setting 2: deities and demigods 3: ultimate NPCs 4: world's largest city 5: world's largest dungeon

I like telling the players that I play to win! I've done it for over two years with my current group and I plan on continuing to do it. Whenever I decided not to " play to win" my players start getting scared. I've even gone so far as to raise my hands and declare victory whenever there's a...

Well I for one am really excited, I had a lot of fun and 3.5 playing the monk! Even though in 4e I've only been a dungeon master, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the new class.

I find that swarms scare my PCs. The new lamia works pretty well along with the spider swarm. I end up adding the swarm template to alot of small creatures in my game just to make my PCs squirm a bit. It does get a little boring every now and again though... "Ugh, another swarm?" I read in...

I have a slightly annoying player. After every single battle while I'm packing up my damage tracking note papers he very insistantly reminds me: "Treasure?!" I'm pretty sure my PCs are all toting arround small treasuries of gold and items, but every one of my players swears they are not at their...

Write, write and write some more! Don't let lazy get in the way! I wish the best of luck to you. I've been writing with the intention to publish as well, and its definately a big thing to look at. At least for me it is.

Bear, I choose you! "Bear! Bear!" *roll a natural 20* It's SUPER EFFECTIVE!

Human females are a myth. Human males only breed with the elf girls that have cha 18, every D&D player knows that.

I once killed off the entire player party except for the Paladin. The BBEG I was using walked up to the paladin and offered: "Forsake your God and worship me, and I will raise your friends. Deny me and you, and your friends will suffer an eternity of awakened death." The player was genuinely...

How I spot my Munchkins? I look at the people I DM for... There they are!

I've never used a dinosaur as a villian of any kind. I avoid even looking at them as "real" monsters. That has never stopped one of my players from summoning one. Magic, by definition CAN do anything.

The longest campaign I ever did was 2 years long. On average, my campaigns last 1 year... Unless you count the fact that my campaigns follow the same back story and exist in the same game world that has been altered by the last games PCs actions. If that's the case then I started my "Campaign at...

At this point, I'd settle for a working chatbox with voice capabilities that has a dice roller/auto post attached. I mean anything more than nothing would make me happy now.

I used to have a FLGS, at this flgs I would get books and MAGIC at cost, and the guy would order whatever I wanted and it would be there "next week". The owners of that flgs fired that guy... and the store went out of buisness months later. (Months of not getting ANY income as opposed to getting...