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The fall of khaiden-sharnogg Greetings! Here are some brief notes of the campaign environment and the various forces involved in the region. Semper Fidelis, SHARK The Fall of Khaiden-Sharnogg Khaiden-Sharnogg is a huge city of granite and marble, guarded by vast walls reaching to over 160'...

Vallorean Forces Greetings! Detailed here are brief summary of the group; as well as the Vallorean forces involved in the campaign into Sharnogg. Semper Fidelis, SHARK The Company of the Silver Dragon Aldred Vallion (M) Tethorna Vallorean Paladin 30 Description: Aldred is 7'0" tall, and...

Greetings! The storm of fire swept over thousands of screaming men, leaving huge piles of ash and great swaths of the slaughtered on the field of battle. Thousands moaned and wailed in searing agony as the magical fires swept over them, in wave after wave, again and again. It was the final...

Greetings! Gang, come on, now. When the poster--or any poster, really--says "4E has ruined my game!" or "WOTC...or those bastards! They've ruined D&D with this new edition! D&D is screwed now!" etc, etc, in the same way that they have made the analogy of the *House* or the *neighborhood*--by...

Greetings! Indeed, the internet has made the public's voices heard much more loudly and constantly, and the *access* to dissenting views is much more prevalent today than back in the days of old. As for Gary Gygax, yes, even then there were ideas and rules of his that people disputed. Gary...

Greetings! WOOT! I love this! Great stuff there. But ok, like Def mentioned though--even if 3E and 4E *DON'T* provide such evocative description and subsytem, is it really so difficult to make up your own? As to why 3E/4E doesn't provide such--I answered that as well in one of my posts in...

Greetings! I am in need of some artists that can do Black & White--or *Colour* drawings of some unusual humanoid creatures. I am hoping to find some excellent lion-men, elephant-men, hippo-men, deer-men, Minotaurs, Wolf-men, and Beastmen, for starters. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Greetings! Excellent points, all my friends! Indeed, whether you prefer *High Magic* or *Low Magic* campaigns, I have always maintained that it is the primary responsibility of the DM to maintain control over his campaign, to craft it, to guard it and insure that the campaign's fun, balance...

Greetings! Indeed, unless the DM has made special contingenices and gone through the work of extensively *fine-tuning* his 3.5E, et al campaign to specifically being a *Low-Magic* Campaign, then yes, it is generally true, and a necessity for characters to become essentially "Christmas Trees"...

Greetings! Hail, my friend! Well, of course! I use many such encounters--I forgot what the DMG calls them at the moment--"Fixed" and "Tailored" or something like that. Indeed, I have many areas that the PC's would die swiftly in if they were foolish enough to go there! I suppose I should have...

Greetings! Yep! That's right, Delta. That's why a good DM that *doesn't* want every encounter perfectly *balanced* can and should--make up some custom encounter tables that provide a range of possibilities of encountering weaker, equal, or stronger encounters.:) Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! I have a suspicion that many of you have these whole *illusionism* and *Plot* problems because you pre-script your campaign far too much, and thus set yourself up for these kinds of entangling problems. Worried about the party *not* going somewhere? Don't OVER SCRIPT everything so...

Greetings! Here is one item used in my campaigns. "Darthan" (The Hand of Judgement) Weapon Type: Light Mace Damage: 1d6 "Darthan" was crafted over 12 centuries ago by the holy priest Halbar, a high priest of the god Ullric. The mace is just over 3' in length, and crafted of black steel, and...

Greetings! Wow. I don't know. Maybe I'm just not *getting* what some of you are so ferociously arguing about. Balance? Don't balance? It's the DM's responsibility to balance? It's *not* the DM's responsibility to balance encounters? Gee whiz. Honestly, come on now. If you have a party that is...

Greetings! Well, I suppose some might consider such a style to be *video-gamey*--however, besides being fun for your group, there are at least two other strong benefits from your DM style; (1) The expanding adventures and plots, based on whether the group succeeds or fails in a quest; This...

Greetings! THANKS JACK7!:) Semper Fidelis, SHARK

Greetings! Indeed, *Mystery Scenarios* are largely group-dependent. Some people love mysteries--while others? Well, others may be entirely bored to tears or simply not have the aptitude or personality that enjoys *mysteries* Mysteries require certain kinds of personalies, aptitudes, and even...

Greetings! Well, I think when it comes to *Story*--I, as the DM, don't particularly have any *story* to tell, adhere to, or railroad the players into. The players in many ways build their own stories--from their own choices, their particular characters, their personal backgrounds. I add a...

Greetings! Hey my brother! Interesting stuff indeed! Yes, you're quite right. I dealt with many of 3E's problems in an elegant--and efficient--fashion. It does seem that 4E has some very nice improvements *hard-wired* in already, without the need to even make up house rules. That is very cool...

Greetings! Certainly, Herremann! Well, I use a Fate Point mechanic for player characters and select NPC's. Standard *adult* NPC's are in the 6th=12/15th level range. NPC's at 20th level and above are fairly common. Elite NPC's that are 30th level or higher are normal, and expected...