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I'd recommend going with mood music that reminds you of something you like that involves the game you're running... it will suck you into the game more, and when you're sucked into the game more, so too will your players be. Just go with what you like. If it works for your players too, all the...

I didn't play or read Saltmarsh so I can't contribute there. But, I can say that I had a blast running the Tomb of Horrors, and I think my players had quite a good time with it too, and I think it's a really poorly designed module. "Non-sensical death traps" and lots of hokey dungeon dressing...

This actually sounds pretty cool. I like the bit of casting the greek pantheon as mere mortals... Anyway, curious to see where you go with it.

Not following the magic item guidelines makes the game a lot less enjoyable for me. I've played with quite a few DM's that don't understand the repercussions of not giving out magic items, but did it anyway. 18th level character with 16k gold of items I had. It wasn't fun doing nothing...

Could always have a few groups try to run through the Tomb of Horrors with pre-gen characters and see how it goes. That's what the module was designed for I guess. I don't really know how tournament games work though, so, hey.

aha, someone posted my pet peeve! I have a DM who does this ALL THE TIME. He gets annoyed when people start developing characters that have no strong relationships with anyone else... and denies he targets them. My pet peeve is very similar -- enemies of the party will target people the party...

I met some of my best friends through playing D&D w/ complete strangers! Well, that and a good number more scary socially retarded people. :)

Haha, it's flat out terrible, but it's fun because it's so terrible. I can certainly see why it's a classic... it was a blast to DM through the 3rd edition version as a one-shot... but, it was fun because it was just bad. I don't know how to describe it. The lethality is just... hokey. (And...

I might be willing to put some money down on this. Aren't there some online sites where you can place bets on virtually anything in a legally binding way? That'd probably be better than doing it on ENWorld officially... taxes, 4th edition hitmen, etc.

Nope, although I've definitely quit one group.

Sounds like the White Wolf guy just spouted off all the random nonsense that somehow got published in the Vampire: the Masquerade storyteller's handbook. Thankfully, they stopped letting people publish garbage THAT pretentious. Gaming without a story is fun, although not nearly as fun as...

Give me one random encounter, two-three if we're being hunted by something, and then into the mountain we go. Preferably, at most, half a session of overland trekking.

UA, XPH, SS, in that order. SS wasn't great but there was some stuff I've used quite a bit, and had some great monster games that I wouldn't trade away for anything.

No, only one of those estates is the one you built with the broken bodies of your slain enemies over the course of an aeon. Anywhere else might be nicer, have more screaming prisoners, etc, but it's just not HOME. :)

I'd probably stop gaming with a DM if they did that, unless it was a one-shot, and it was understood that it was a fun gesture. (This would make plenty of sense in Paranoia, etc.) A long standing character? Naw, I get emotionally attached, and I'd get pretty angry if this happened.

I generally buy signet rings... I generally have some hackneyed reason for my character to have it, too.

If by better you mean "cooler" then the answer is yes. The PCs should always be cooler than the NPCs. The PCs should always be better protagonists than NPCs. :)

I prefer the White Wolf method actually... just use she/her. Only using masculine terms is sexist, but only using feminine terms is sexist AND amusing. Of the poll options given, I like D&D's method the best.

Ran a game for a psion and a mage, both single classed, in 3.0. It was fun, although obviously very odd. Healing potions and fast little mage legs to run away with are necessary! :)

It absolutely affects me. After reading some developer rants, I haven't bought from them anymore. Similarly in music, if I find out a musician I liked is a jerk, I can't enjoy their music as much any longer, and I stop listening to them.