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Same thing happened to me... Here I am, first level wizard/rogue (the game is adnd and we're using a multiclass system where we divide XP over the two classes), a wood-elf in Forgotten realms. The party is preparing to defend a village and I'm going back to that crazy wizard's tower to seek...

Easy and cheap source... One nice and easy and CHEAP way of starting with DnD is the wealth of PDF's out there. They offer everything from nicely formated SRD's, to entire campaign settings, including source for variant rules, adventures, how-to's, monsters, etc. And unless you like to do...

Actualy playing in 2 adnd 2e games I'm currently involved in 2 campaigns in 2e One playing in the forgotten realsm (about 40 % houserules) One playing in birthright (about 10% houserules) And loving it! (I'm also running a DnD3.0 game and a warhammer campaign, and on occasion play in a...

My 2 €cents... a) GG has a much longer track record and has been involved much more prominently in public side of things (working concentions, guest DM'ing etc.) b) In RPG's, the writers, artists and designers are a lot more "visible" while in CCG's, because of it's high profile competitions...

Your both right I guess, but it still kills the "performance". But a sugestion Thanee made a few posts back sure is worth a try: make the rolls and then play based on that, that way, the critical failure becomes part of the "performance" and doesn't break the flow. As a DM I would even be...

Bit more detail about the harp... In that particular session, I don't think I went on too long. There was interaction going on (the rogue had not just taken my harp but removed the strings and hing the de-stringed instrument on the elf's backpack. It was on the elf's back I noticed my harp ...

That would be the extreme the other way arround (where roleplaying gets in the way of the game) but I see your point. Let me just add this: your absolutely right that one player hogging the spotlight is no good either, but there's one other aspect I've come accross. Picture this: new group, 5...

one example of what might anoy ... Actualy this is exactly what I meant (but kinda didn't realy get accross I guess). This is what I mean with dice rolling getting in the way. Not just the actual rolling that actualy interupts the flow of a "performance" but where the dice contradict the...

Hmm, I just replied to the "Do you USE/HATE DM Management Software?" thread and it kinda got me thinking. Every so often, when I'm well settled in character and the whole group is realy grooving, there's these little game related things you have to do that just break the mood of the session or...

Hmm must be my longest post to date... I started using a laptop at the table because of two reasons: I wanted quick lookup of reference texts and I wanted an option to do certain types of roll's without the PC's noticing anything (like for instance the tell-tale ratle of dice behind the...

And then there's a desk.... Stuff on my desk: - empty cans (mostly ice-tea) - stack of Friends DVD's - stack of music CD's (ready to fill up my MP3 player) - a computer & printer (obviously) - pens en pencils and scrap paper - a sh*tload of roleplaying books (4 x 1 meter stacks, yes I do...

OK then... Well then, I'm from Belgium and behind Drakhe you'll find Guido, a 39 year old IT specialist whose passions are (in no particular order) computers( as user/profesional/gamer), P&P RPG(DnD3e, ADnD2, Warhammer, Starwars, 7th sea, harn, hackmaster, L5R, ...), music (pasive & active, I...

Do you ask people who don't cook to stop eating? Personaly, I think it's rather the other way arround: A DM that never plays may be a bigger problem, if he demands a performance beyond what a player is about. It takes effort to DM (prepping, understanding the rules so you can arbitrate...

First of all, this is no attack on anybody, I don't want to stir any more fire, I just want to add an observation of mine, namely: A lot of people I know have the same problem with HM as the one you state, 8 volume Hacklopedia... BUT: almost all of those same people don't complain one bit for...

Reason for pronunciation... I've been mulling over this for the last couple of days and just now, I figured out why I originaly pronounced it drow (go). I figured drow(go) because drow(cow) sounded British to me and since most gamers I know are either US folks or use American english as...

Hackmaster in reverse 3) yes I bought them all! Because I collect the series, because they are just great fun (and they do add one very interesting aspect: each entry has a YIELD box that details what parts are usable and for what!) 2) Can't realy say, don't have a basis for comparison...

Forget age, share an interest (or plain old fun) I've never had any problem finding a gaming group as I've never made age an issue. Some stats: Sunndi Avengers (my main Dnd group, me DM) 10-15 : 1, 15-20 : 2, 20-25 : 1, 30-35 : 1, 40-45 : 1 Der Dicken Mörder (Warhammer group, me DM) 15-20...

Funny how people's minds change over the years... For years, it was drow(oh), and I didn't like drow(cow) at all (don't ask me why,it's pure feeling). But then I played hordes of the underdark (NWN) and gotten used to hearing drow(cow) that I kinda switched. here's a proposition: why not use...

The diplomatic way Personaly I don't realy care wether everybody has about the same level or xp. XP (and resulting level up) should be a reward for good rollplaying, not the goal of the game, but that's just my opinion. I now there's a good deal of folk arround who's goal is XP, and I respect...

Interesting point and then my 2 bits... First of all an interesting point I noticed in this thread: If you could stop piracy instantly, the large majority of pirates would not buy the product anyway. This certainly questions the sanity of working against piracy. It also forces you to...