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Hi, Gary. I've actually had question or two I've been dying to ask. Ed Greenwood: What's your opinion of his original work on the Forgotten Realms - i.e., the setting up until the point that TSR bought it (summed up in the "grey box" campaign set)? And, had things gone differently (i.e...

I should also include that, from levels 3-5, the only caster in my group's party was a bard. He and the ranger got plenty of uses out of their skills, as they were oftentimes the only way to solve a problem. Which, I guess, speaks pretty well for the d20 skill system - it allows some creative...

No need - synergy bonuses take care of that. At 2nd level, a character can be getting all kinds of bonuses in skill B, C, and D from taking 5 ranks in skill A. And, besides - you guys are crazy. (Or maybe I just run my game differently from other people... nahhh, you're all crazy.) The...

The main problem I have with the "Paladins kill evil, that's what they do, why do you think they have detect evil as a class skill?" argument, is this: Fine, see evil orc, slay evil orc, that's one thing - what happens the first time the barkeep scans evil? Or the city guard? The commoner on...

Ooh, I forgot one thing: Adventures... In the 3rd dimension!!! Seriously, I have acquired a reputation for large set piece battles that heavily utilize vertical movement and elevation. Usually there are two or three different "views" of the battleground sketched out on battlemats - top-down...

For me, as a DM, the "sweet spots" are 1st, 3rd, and 5th. 9 times out of 10, if I'm starting a "main" campaign, it's 1st level, no ifs, ands, or buts. (I've got nothing against ECL creatures, monsters, etc., but I like to start out simple.) In 2e I'd sometimes go as high as 2nd lvl, just...

YES!!! I can't get enough of FF monsters. The gambado, in particular, is (as we speak) laying in wait for my PCs down an out-of-the-way cavern passage in my current game. (There's a great write-up in the Creature Catalog.) I remember an amazing investigation-based adventure in an old Dungeon...

Literally almost every thing you listed - sounds like yours is a campaign I'd love to play in. In my current game, I haven't "uncovered" any of the various undercover agents of good (Harpers, in my FR campaign), and they haven't been out to sea, yet, but I've introduced the captain and crew of...

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Myself? RC D&D, no question. 2e just makes me cringe in so many ways, now (although there are a few later modules I'd love to run with that system). 1e is amazing, but if I was going to spend the time, I'd probably play Hackmaster instead. I've also been really into running 1e modules with...

I only chose games I've not yet played, or at least not in their current incarnations. My list: CoC6e - I've not yet had a chance to run BRP-based CoC (just the hated d20 version), I only own the 5e book, and I've never had a chance to play CoC at all. One of the guys in my group is a...

Two words: Get It. Great for reference (plenty of useable stuff here), great for a history lesson (you will understand 1e players a lot better once you've had a look in here), great just for a read. It's a classic. One question I have, though - and this'd be the place to ask it - is this...

Just gotta throw one thing in the mix: Without some romance (and the attendant squishy noises), you can't have the old 1e campaign arc, where you play your characters to 20th level, build strongholds/rule nations/become gods, and then play their kids (rinse and repeat). I always wanted to go...

New info, some new points: First, the setting: If the paladin follows Tyr, then they're going to have about the harshest interpretation of law and order and the least tolerance for chaotic and/or evil shenanigans of anybody around, so from a certain point of view that's to be expected...

Of course - I oversimplify. Big words, grand gestures, and all of that. Again, you're right in that - and the first type have a right to their kind of game, too, don't get me wrong. One example I just was lucky enough to experience first-hand (last night, in fact) was the campaign one of...

Haha, yeah, the BoUCK gets pretty out of control in a few... er... "places," too. In fact, there are a few tables in there that hew dangerously close to F.A.T.A.L.. *shudder*

I think you've got it, there - there's one breed of player that only cares about what character build options are in, and another that cares about how their character gets to interact with the world, and what kind of world they have to interact with. To the former, it doesn't matter what...

This is the long-term focus of one of my PCs - recover Thunderhome from the horrible beastie. As per 2e canon, none of the dwarves escaped to tell the tale, so no one outside Dragon Cultists know that there's a dracolich up there - but that's no fun, so this PC's father is the only living...

Here's the sticky points for me: a) The paladin acquiesed to the surrender and interrogation of the orc, if only by his silence. If he objected to taking the orc prisoner, he should have voiced this objection before they started pumping it for information. Accepting the surrender is am...

On this front, I purposely created a very sarcastic, tomboyish female character for the NPC love interest in my game, one that I felt like a) I could play convincingly, and b) wouldn't likely use dialogue that would make everybody squirm in their seats. (It should also be noted that, while the...