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None of the dwarves wear clothes that fit them properly. They have trinkets, jewelry, and tools from many cultures. They look emaciated, have bright eyes and will occasionally shake as if they have a palsy that is mostly under control. The entrance to they're lair looks inviting and warm...

This is a strange thread. I've never witnessed ridicule or scorn from moderate optimization...and I'm in the 30+ club for role-playing experience. I guess managing to find your own way to enjoy the game without proselytizing it as being correct allows everyone a smoother platform toward...

Just recently I threw one lizardfolk druid cr5 against a party of 5th lvl PCs. The druid was in his own environment and had surprise so the encounter was easily a cr 7 or 8...or even 9 considering he had his crocodile animal companion. The PCs had limited movement (confined spaces) were 3/4...

While historically know as ‘Necromancy’ the study of life and death has contemporarily been labeled ‘Vivomancy’ to the learned few who brave the rigors of magical knowledge. Unlike many other schools of magic, classified by source and medium in terms of nomenclature, Vivomancy has long been...

Nomadic halfling caribou riders. They could have all sorts of legends revolving around the crystal dragon...perhaps even worship it.

Gary.

Seems to me D&D highlighted the different 'shiny bits' about Eberron to mask what is essentially a 'kitchen sink' setting. I've always found the radical repulsion and attraction rather perplexing. Or perhaps I'm just unusually apathetic.

Dear OP I feel very sorry for your brain's inability to process and store imaginative versus objective imagery. That is all.

Wow. That's really close to irony. I'm gonna call coincidence for now...but I'm fully expecting full bull-goose irony any second now.

We've pretty much given up on the ideal schedule. As a group we decided we like gaming enough to torture ourselves once a week. We chose a day that doesn't really work for anybody...we just know the next day will come quick. So once a week we can live with only a couple of hours of sleep...

While I share the sentimentality of Mearl's statement the definition is completely flawed. The same could be stated about football and hockey or darts and wrestling: while these involve shared experiences that keep us coming back, the idea that the inherent oneness of the product is the...

I've done this a few times. We have used skirmishing rules from several different games to play out battles...including a paper Forgotten Realms game with a million paper chits (the name escapes me), Warhammer, D&D Miniature rules, and even Shogun. I have also converted D&D PCs into...

I must admit, both of the times I mentioned earlier happened organically. I didn't intend to tell a sad story...I had plot points mapped out with triggers for motivation. The first example was really just a plot device for them to discover a secret room and introduce a new bad guy...I was...

Only twice that I recall. The first was when I had a beloved NPC die quietly in his chair while the players were celebrating a victory in his home with his wife and adopted son (the son was a PC). The NPC was a cantankerous old man with a heart of gold that funded the PCs from a very early...

I've cheated because it was a thrill to get away with it. I've cheated because it caused a funny situation. I've cheated for personal gain. I've cheated for the benefit of others. I’ve cheated for dramatic effect. I’ve cheated to prevent cheating. I find these threads full of useless...

Zombie cyborgs and lava pits.

Hello, my name is Wild Gazebo and I... Think Gary Gygax's writing comes off as ridiculous and pretentious at the same time. Feel that most Forgotten Realms characters are silly...but not good silly. Paradoxically, I love Raistlin from Dragonlance (I can't figure this one out). Love to...

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...and in the heat of the moment little Billy failed his wisdom check.

Let me be clear. There is no resolution problem or clarity program...it is the speed and awkwardness of the viewing plane that makes the pdfs annoying. I can view the whole page and read it...but must hold it quite close because the text is very small. Scrolling back and forth with the zoom...