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Remember that the Paladin's detection is obvious; when he concentrates on the ability, people will be able to tell. Anyone who wants to conceal his evilness need only move around. Remember that under most circumstances, simply having an evil aura isn't sufficient reason to attack. The person...

I think cohorts, when used properly, offer the opportunity for troupe play very similar to how it was handled in Ars Magica.

Anyone who makes enemies of powerful people should expect big trouble. The modern equivalent of this would be sending an assassin with a high-powered rifle and an advanced scope. Before you do this, consider the implications for the person who would do it. First of all, hiring the...

Any civilized society has rules about how trials are to be conducted. The medieval "might makes right" mentality was limited to a very small number of high-ranking noblemen; almost everyone actually had to abide by the rule of law. Of course, you can make your game world as anarchistic as you...

I will tell a player that his heart skips a beat when he sees the Sea Hag rising from the waves, but unless he fails his save, he doesn't lose the strength. Basically, if there isn't a mechanic for it, then the player decides. That being said, the player is always free to allow the dice to decide.

I allow my characters to ready actions at any time... PC's and NPC's both. It's not 'out of combat' though... As soon as anyone readies an action, I go to "combat time".... counting off rounds, letting people do things only on their turn, etc. Readying the action is basically their first...

In Dungeons and Dragons, anything over 25,000 people is a "metropolis" Remember that Medieval London and Ancient Rome were among the pinnacle cities of their time. If you REALLY want to have that kind of urban sprawl, you can just start stacking up the metropolises next to each other. I...

I think the "crunch boom" will be going away soon. As you say, there's just soooo much out there. Instead, I think what will sell are modular tools that DM's can use to build their own game settings. A game setting is more specific than a campaign setting; it's the individual setting for his...

The older I get, the less enchanted I am with hugely complex systems. I'm beginning, more and more, to like Empire, even with all its limitations.

I did them for my gameworld in a week, probably a total of ten hours work.

This is what I do.

Personally, I don't think it's the fault of the publishers that PrC's are uninteresting. IMC, you can't enter a prestige class without the appropriate contacts. I list what prestige classes are known, and where they are known to exist; you have to actually go there and study with them to take...

When I sent a message asking about a statblock updated to 3.5, I got a message that it was 'in development'. Given that the first one was developed on the ENboards, and that there's no traffic on this issue that I can see, I can only assume that this development is going on in such a way that I...

By now, they know better.

Is it me, or are these guys intended as an OGL replacement for the lost Mind Flayers? They're even described as looking something like "Flayers of the Mind".

I didn't bother reading the article because I only use OGL races.

Hmm, is there something wrong?

I don't mind stat-boosts. It seems like one of the first things that magic would do.

Look. The game is about hard choices. Yeah, there are a lot of feats out there. Yeah, a lot of them are really cool. You want all of them. Tough. The proper answer to "Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?" is to choose one, and say, "I'll have another one the next time I visit the ice cream...

This is an important issue. After having encountered this myself, I am resolved to avoid it in the future. Either the females and young will be dangerous in and of themselves (such as dragons) or they will be off-stage for the adventure. For example, if an orc horde invades, they will all...