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I've felt sadness and grief among players at the gaming table, but I can't ever recall someone actually shedding tears over the events of the game. That sense of loss you feel when a key character dies or sacrifices does stir the echoes of those feelings of losses I've experienced. It can...

School's out for summer, which means more gaming goodness for all of us as ForceUser will have more time on his hands. I'm guessing it will mean more updates as well...

In my last campaign, they were Hobbits.

1. Sepulchrave 2. Contact - Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil for the body count alone. 3. Wulf - Character POV for the original 3.0 Adventure Path 4. Forceuser 5. Piratecat

Generally, I come up with a basic theme for an area or race and match old historical names to them. For example, in a recent campaign, humans were Arthurian influences, Dwarves used Tolkien, Hobgoblins were Hungarian names, Celestial was Ancient Greek, etc. Then I used various historical or...

Some of both, generally sitting for role-playing and description and standing for combat.

I believe practiced spellcaster is actually in the Complete Arcane. I'm the aforementioned Mystic Theurge and the feat is must for any multi-classed wizard.

My gaming group uses the 3x5 cards almost exclusively. We do use the Whiteboard for many things, but initiative isn't one of them.

I put down 7-10 but its really more like 5 years 25 years ago and the last five years. Mind never stopped dreaming up campaign ideas in the interim, but didn't play a day for most of the late 80s and all of the 90s.

I'm a solid DM, my strengths are long-term plot and memorable themes. Not so good on NPC roleplaying and scene description. I'm also pretty good at incorporating the players chosen development paths into my greater story. I'm a better long-term campaign DM than a one-shot adventure DM. I...

I used the general philosophy that problems ignored grow into bigger problems. This isn't always the case, as sometime other NPCs resolved those problems. With Major Plot Points, I usually make the players pay for putting it off :]

Old School - When a Star Falls. Interesting story plus neat encounters. Modern - Forge of Fury. Great location that feels classic. Easy to adapt and modify. I only had one complaint about the dungeon.

Put me in the Tac-Tiles camp, best gaming tool I've seen in the past 5 years. I draw as I go in Dungeons, but just draw up the scene at the moment in outdoor situations.

I've played in two games under this system and I really like it. It definitely promotes a slightly different spell selection and approach too magic. Others have mentioned the lower reliance on evocation. Utility spells like Knock are much more useful. In addition, metamagic on the fly...

The best DMs of my teens years stop playing years ago when he got married and moved away. My other friend I played solo with all through HS went away to college and never played again.

An Owlbear ate my poor first level wizard.

For a DM, "Monty Haul"

I voted Paladin, he's a Prestige Paladin from UA, but he has always been a Paladin in approach and style. He's 4Fig/1Clr/4Pal My other character is a 3rd/3rd Wizard/Cleric who is going to be a Mystic Theurgist.

I definitely track xp and don't let the players know. The other DMs I play with do the same. I don't think our reasons are all the same, but here is mine. I don't want to players to do unrealistic things when they realized they are 100 xp short of the next level. Too often in my past...

Grease is among those most popular first level spells in my gaming group. Our arcane casters probably use this first level spell almost as any other. Between the crowd control, extra to hits, escape options and the promotion of sneak attack it almost always gets cast if you have it memmed...