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As someone who is currently going through a somewhat similar situation, I can sympathize. Unfortunately, he is my friend, so I didn't have the stones to boot him. As a result, I'm about to lose one good player, and probably another within a short time due to his continual and repetitive...

Meh, I was at the Gleemax boards once or twice (once recently) and wasn't particularly impressed. I may check in now and then to see if anything worthwhile pops up, but I don't have much confidence in that right now. Besides, I'm pretty close to rounding out my 3.5 collection anyway. there's...

Fun is a definite primary concern for me, but I try to maintain a degree of plausability and order in my game world, or at least have a very good reason for a sudden "out of place" change. If robots suddenly showed up in my fanatsy medievalesque-world, I'd want a good reason why. If a jet...

As a DM, I don't even like levels 1 and 2 for many of the reasons listed. Just doesn't seem very fun. That's why I'm starting my characters for my next campaign out at 3rd level, but with 0xp. (With the normal xp requirement required to reach fourth. That way they can spend plenty of time...

Oh, I have quite a few of those. I'll say, at least, that I've learned from my errors. . . Hmmmmmm . . . I allowed Combat Rites from Diamondthrone.com into my AE game. The Ritual Warrior ended up becoming a "I have rite to bypass everything" monkey. It had the same effect as adding spells...

I'm not a big fan of raise dead spells either, largely because of the campaign implications it often has, and as others have mentioned I think it cheapens death. I just finished running an Arcana Evolved campaign where Raise magic was pretty rare anyway, but the characters could spend a Hero...

From what I remember of my 1ed days, we made to about 12th or 13th level in one of our last campaigns, before putting the characters into semi-retirement. After about two years of playing the same characters twice a week on average, most of us were ready for something new.

QFELT

Yes, I agree, jerkism must be purged from the (meta)game.

Or, drop down the levels of the assassins and use the whole "kill them in their sleep" method. By effectively hitting them when their out, you're upping the CR anyway. Maybe even take away their assassin levels so you don't have to worry about the death attack thing. Sneak attack damage should...

I run two and play in one. Two each week, and one every other sunday And I am a gaming slut, so yeah, just pass the Mountain Dew already and move on to the next post. . . .

Well put. . . and for example, it is very common for gambling addicts, for instance, to switch to drinking or drugging if they can't get their gambling fix. I've also worked with several individuals, who being admitted drug addicts or alcoholics and eventually recovering from their habit...

You were far too soft on him. You should have set fire to the family first. :] j/k :p But sure, I have no problem with players handing me notes, as long as it doesn't get ridiculous or overly distracting.

Yeah, I agree with TB here. Some players are so horrible that honesty or an explanation is a waste of time, and they'll just argue with you anyway to prove how "wrong" you are about them. Some just aren't working out, but are basically good people. Those are the ones I have the talk with...

I definitely get shocked looks when I say I'm a gamer. *shrug* I guess I look more like an ex quarterback, or club bouncer, than a DM . . . who knew?

As a fairly long time (10 years) worker in the mental health and substance abuse field, and Supervisor/Operator of an Employee Assistance Program, a possessor of a psychologically related degree, a person with a boatload of specialty training in addictions, and one who regularly...

A handbasket? Man, what a gip . . .

I voted for relatively equal power in the social (non-direct game aspects), subject to host fiat . . . 'cause, frankly, you're in their house. As long as their not being complete numbskulls, it all works out fine. As a DM and player, the DM gets the final say on aspects of the game. Its a lot...

Nice stuff, folks. Thanks and keep it coming. I am planning on doing an arena style intro just to get the players into the sytem, and then start adding in various IH elements as they become comfortable with it. Kind of a layered learning. Question: Is combat generally faster than in 3.5...

Pretty much just that. My former campaign is coming to a close in the next month or so and its possible that I might be running Iron Heroes. My players seem somewhat intrigued, and I'm really digging the concept, but I'd like to hear any experiences (good or bad) anyone else may have had...