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In my current campaign's setting, honorifics are a Pretty Big Deal. So far the PCs haven't had to deal with them much (we're only 2 games in, and starting at level 1). Still, I've spent some time outlining things; my players even ask me about it unprompted--we've played several games based...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand" hits some real creepy buttons. It's not instrumental-only or "ambient," though.

So Google is trying to sell you on mail-order brides via EN World? Nice! A captive audience for any campaign.

I seem to remember a William Gibson book that dealt with a replicator prototype. I think it may have been Idoru but I could be wrong.

jonesy I can't tell if you're just being facetious at me, or agreeing.

...Was he... Peeing?! O.o

Iain M Banks wrote an interesting series called Culture dealing with a post commodity economy. I think a point is missing in the preceding analyses: services remain finite and thus scarce, unless you are also bending the force of infinite material towards self replicating AI. Expertise remains...

There's a priesthood in my campaign who must performed divinations when asked if it's at all feasible.Their god is a god of prophecy and trickery. I predict hilarious results forthwith.

My first pnp games were also 3e (surprisingly not 3.5 specifically). I love using maps and minis, but my liquidity isn't great enough to afford the accessories. :) I find that a sufficiently disciplined mind doesn't suffer either way. As long as you have one of those brains in the group, you can...

Personally... I keep my public & semi-public stuff organized on a private forum for my players. They're responsible for knowing where it is if they need to access it (in other words, look it up yourself; don't pester me about the pantheon when I'm trying to resolve a combat). I use 4 pieces of...

Speaking of "starting an item shop, adventures result," there's a cute indie game called Reccettear: An Item Shop's Tale which is ripe with hilarious ideas to be plucked if a campaign ever did take the shopkeeper turn. (The game is also addictive...)

I haven't really had a chance to read much 4e (though I'd love to try a game someday), but I've read that it handles item rewards and magical items much differently from 3.x. That made me curious about how other DMs & players running "low magic" worlds handle magic items, especially weapons and...

That's the type of ending that clever guy was parodying, I think. The "shocking twist"! Those are fun to try to predict, but difficult to make unexpected.

When my players ask me for something, I usually consider the following: is the request rational in the context of setting and context? is the request compliant with the rules of our game? what is the substance--the motivation, result, and consequence--of the request, if I grant it? Will it...

You can find more related things at snopes.com: Rape Victim Lured by Child I believe the old lady thing is linked in that article as well. (I went to quote the chain email, but then discovered it was FREAKISHLY long, plus capslock... Blocks of it.) Personally, I use the conspiracy things less...

So I was idly browsing http://www.snopes.com, debunking yet another email from my (beloved) grandmother, who is convinced I'm going to be raped for 1. wearing loose clothes, 2. helping lost children, and 3. using public restrooms, when the notion occurred to me that Snopes's trove of miscellany...

Spiders are more terrifying every day. :( Brown recluses are migrating north, and now even more terrifying hunting spiders?! At least they only eat other spiders. @_@

While I bet a lot of us here might want to indulge in a heroine or two, or maybe a whole harem, the drug is "heroin." If we're gonna discuss an editor, let's respect the difference between women and substances. ;) I have to admit, when I picked up a BoVD as a teen, I was pretty underwhelmed by...

At least for 3.x, the Rules Compendium has good information on the social skills and guidelines on how a successful (or unsuccessful) check shapes an NPC's reaction towards the PC, and what that reaction should (roughly) entail. There's really no reason for loyal NPC guard to allow hostile PCs...

The idea has occurred to me! But I don't know if I'm fluent enough with the system to attempt a rules rewrite... I also wanted to know if this guide had already been updated, because I don't like duplicating work, heh. I've tried searching up the subject a few times, but given that this topic...