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I'd definitely go for a 'carrot' approach rather than a 'stick' one. Reward the players who focus on the language, but don't punish the ones who ignore it. Being scholarly isn't for everyone. The way I'd do it is to make all magic items tied to this language. Make all magical command words...

Great report, Merric! I'll be eagerly tuning in next week to see how the exploration went. Floshin Manor was the other location my group playtested, so I'd love to compare notes once you're finished. Very nice details on the Swan's Nest, by the way. The double chimney was a very clever clue...

I thought this was going to be another thread about 'gold as XP', but I was pleasantly proven wrong. This seems like a really interesting idea with a lot of potential. I could see it working very well in 5th Edition especially, with the flat math making pure "plusses" from level less...

I had the chance to run this adventure during the internal playtest, so I'm getting a huge kick out of your play reports, Merric. My group also had the idea to go after Julkoun. I also felt it necessary to have a random encounter on the road, but I ambushed them with some unmounted goblins...

I'm playing a warlock in our internal playtest game right now, and I'm really enjoying it. Wish I could say more. :D

During the lead-up to 4th Edition, my buddy ran an Epic 3.5 game. Well, it ended in a TPK, and we found ourselves with a couple of months to fill. He and I (being the most common DMs) decided to create a shared setting where we would run our games from there on out. We drew up a continent...

The very best article I ever read about dungeon design is this one, called 'Jacquaying The Dungeon'. http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon Nothing I've read has ever instilled the desire to create so strongly as this one.

My group had a lot of fun with the "Domain-Building System". We had a few border skirmishes while the fighter raided the rogue for pieces, but once the rogue finished his keep, there was no getting inside. Then we ran out of lego.

I will never go back to rolling every round. It's way faster to keep the same result, way less confusing on a round by round basis, and it helps people strategize if they can predict when people will act.

As a quick example or three, here are some that I've already typed up:

Hello folks! I'm running a Traveller game, and one of my characters is an entertainer. She's fairly well-known, sitting at Social Standing 11, and we've decided that she was quite successful. Not a superstar, but definitely a well-known artist. The ship is just pulling into port, and I'm...

I do agree with a number of posters here; I think advantage / disadvantage is best handed out as a circumstantial bonus at the table, rather than something granted by half a dozen class abilities. There is room, I think, for +2 bonuses so long as they don't stack with other such bonuses. One...

Good catch. Also, I found the snarky descriptions of the Olympic sports to be very funny. :)

I'll take that bet. There's no way the tactical grid will be tied into the main rules. We'd have seen it somewhere by now. When I DM'ed 5th Edition at PAX, they strongly encouraged us to use Theatre Of The Mind instead of a grid. In fact, they insisted we use it for at least the first...

Do you even listen to yourself? Throwing a trident with two hands and arguing that it counts for a melee feat because it's listed as a melee weapon? Good luck with your petition, sir.

I would absolutely play. :)

Playing one in the internal test right now. Tremendous fun. :)

My group isn't fond of psionics, but we have one player who loves them and asks to include them in every game. Finally, we agreed. For the first two sessions, he used 'detect hostile intent' on every single NPC encountered, at every single interaction. No matter how friendly they seemed...

Sir, I'm happy for you, that you have everything figured out. This thread was talking about spells with the potential to cause problems. Sure, many of them can be countered with a bit of common sense on the part of the DM, but that doesn't change the fact that these spells have the potential...

Haha... I'm just covering the vanilla, easy cheese. My buddy built a high level wizard whose opening salvo was quickened maximized enlarged enervation (using a metamagic rod for quickened) followed by a maximized enlarged enervation. That's 12 levels. Still no save.