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After a few minutes with Marduke absent, the rest of the Follies head through the portal as well, weapons at the ready. As soon as you touch the portal, you're sucked through to its destination: a large room shaped somewhat like an upside-down wine glass. You immediately feel a soothing tingle...

The point about the rooms needing to be ever so slightly different is a very good one -- thank you for the advice! And it sounds like the consensus so far is that it's allowable from a rules standpoint. Does anyone think it shouldn't be OK, rules-wise?

First glance: a summary/description that grabs me, clear layout, easy to tell what it's like and if it will work for my group's make-up/levels/etc. Longer look: creative encounters, engaging writing, good organization, advice for the DM (playtesting notes -- which I've never seen in a D&D...

I've been itching to play or run Eberron since it came out -- although I'd prefer to play it than run it (which is unusual for me). So many things about this setting just line up for me. :)

I think most better than average DMs ask their players this question, so I'd hope that many of the answers to this poll are based on that knowledge. ;)

That's what I did, and although I've always assumed it worked, I guess I don't know for sure. I'll check next year. ;)

If someone builds completely identical rooms at different locations, can a character who has seen one room teleport to any of the others as if they were "very familiar" or "studied carefully" -- with no need to scry or otherwise actually observe the destination? Boy, that was a long sentence! I...

Option 3. I've printed out a few of mine, and I'd certainly do that if I was sharing material with my players (I don't have a laptop), but primarily I leave them on the computer. I also tend to put PDFs on my flash key, so I can have access to them anywhere -- and really, that's the main appeal...

Pretty good overall. I know most of my strengths (improvisation, support material, good knowledge of the game, quirky adventures) and weaknesses (memorable NPCs, preparation, striking the balance between too much/too little PC freedom), and I like trying new things and working on the stuff I'm...

Sure. :) There are five books in the second series: Trumps of Doom Blood of Amber Signs of Chaos Knight of Shadows Prince of Chaos Different feel in many ways, and fairly widely regarded as not being quite as good as the first five -- but very enjoyable IMO (and if you play the diceless RPG...

I've had some time to think about it, and I'm with you, Crothian: I've always had a major soft spot for these guys, and they show up in every game I run at some point. Such a silly monster, yet so enjoyable. :)

The DragonMech core rules are a great read -- one of the best d20 books I've read in quite some time, actually. The adventure, Shardsfall Quest, is also excellent, and it contains all of the "high note" elements of a great DM scenario; also a very good read. I just finished the third book, the...

Pre-3e I'll throw in a vote for my favorite pre-3e dungeon crawl: "The Crypt of Istaris," which came in the form of a Dungeon insert in Dragon #155. I love this adventure, and I've run it for several different groups over the years. It's got everything: a cohesive backstory, cool monsters...

Thus far we've had a sort of informal "wait and see" guideline -- I follow it, waiting a couple of days to see who else will way in, and most of you seem to follow it as well. Maybe we should scrap that, within reason -- perhaps change it to "wait one day at most, then move on." That would be...

The old grey FR boxed set had the alphabets for the major languages, including Dethek (the runes mentioned above); the other two that I can remember being included were Thorass and Espruar.

Capt. Aaron Decker, leader of SG-4 (Stargate) Sax, a dwarven cleric of no particular deity (Greyhawk) Make It Stop, half-orc fighter & my first 3e PC (Greyhawk) I DM much more often than I play, so Sax and Make are both from about 4-5 years ago! I also limited it to d20 games, because although...

For everyone except Marduke: Marduke is gone for several minutes. What do you do while he's gone, and do you go after him at some point? For Marduke only:

What is your single favorite D&D creature? Any ruleset, any product, any setting: the field is wide open. Please mention the creature's source, and delve into why it's your favorite. :)

What's scratching them up -- mini bases? They seem so tough, I'm surprised they're easy to scratch.

Last night it hit me that I'm just coasting along here -- the material for this part of the game is written, and we're moving so slowly that I haven't needed to be engaged for a little while. I know I just came back from a two week unannounced break, which doesn't give me room to get on anyone...