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Creamsteak, you have my sympathies. Spiders are my nemesis (nemeses?). I've had friends vacation in other countries and return with stories of spiders a foot long, which jump from wall to wall when you try to squish them. BRRRRR!!! I believe the spiders I've fought all my life have currently...

With all the debate about the recent Hasbro/WotC layoffs, I found myself wondering how many D&D books the market will actually support. When do we reach saturation? We already have the 3 core books, the Forgotten Realms, Deities & Demigods, the class books, the Epic Level Handbook, the Psionics...

kreynolds: Well, if it's your perception that the six-second rule completely hamstrings & handicaps the players, then the rule is not for you. If you've never tried it, or observed it, however, then you're basing your conclusion solely upon your imagination. When I introduced this rule, I was...

kreynolds: The rule works much better in practice than it appears to in theory. If the players are aware of the combat environment, the miniatures are all set up, they know their attack bonuses & damage, then six seconds is plenty of time to say, "I attack the orc in front of me". Roll the dice...

Hmmm... tough situation. Are you inclined to be merciful? If not, your answer is simple: the Druid dies. However, this could be a wonderful opportunity for another plot hook, if you can tie it in. Great way to teach the reckless Druid (or his player) a lesson, let him live, and introduce some...

This is fantastic news! I've been without my Dranko fix for too, too long. Party on, Sagiro!

This is one of the more enjoyable threads I've read recently. I'm very touched by the families that have been "brought together" by roleplaying. That's awesome! For those whose familes have rejected them on some level for playing, you have my sympathy and my hopes that their eyes will one day be...

In the last campaing that I DM'd, I used a six-second rule for combat. Before combat began, I would explain the situation, set up the minis, have everyone calculate their attack bonuses & prepare. Jot down the initiative order, then tell each player they have six seconds to act. Count down the...

Monte & Maerdwyn: Thanks for the great links! Looks like some excellent information there. Please excuse me while I go absorb... :)

I'm looking for online resources that will give me a good feel for medieval life - people, culture, economy, government, infrastructure. Can you folks point me in the right direction?

Y'know, I think we all have the potential to be elitist, in our own way. It's easy to slap a label on a particular person or group, and then denigrate them because their ideology/methodology is different from our own. I think this tendency has been ingrained in humans since the very beginning...

I'm designing a low-level sorceror. He'll be created using a sneaky-spy sort of model, meaning that he's more of an infiltrator than a direct combatant. I plan to give him a level of monk or thief to round him out somewhat, and he may add to that later, but sorceror is his primary class. Let's...

Couple of questions. First, the Spider Climb spell requires bare feet & hands; I assume that a Spider Climbing character therefore must use both hands & feet to travel on ceilings, etc. Does this mean a Spider Climbing character cannot cast spells or attack with a ranged weapon, since they need...

This is a great MoM link: Master of Magic Damn what a great game.

Lizard: Hear, hear!! Erol Otus is da man; my favorite D&D artist of all time. I actually saw his credits in a computer game in the last few years (or was it Jeff Dee?). Who could forget Erol's kelpies from White Plume Mountain?

My take on the psy war: I agree with Garmorn in that you must decide the path your Psy War will follow. I used the Psychic Warrior to create a Jedi-type character, and played him to 8th level: Race: Human, for the extra feat & skill points. This class is heavily feat-based, IMHO. Abilities...

I'm trying to create a turn-based system for managing the kingdoms & cities in my home-grown campaign. Ideally, I'd like a system that I can use with any D&D campaign setting, one that meshes well with 3E but isn't too complicated. Specifically, I want to determine how much revenue a city takes...

Anyone ever play the Master of Magic computer game? Just like Master of Orion, except in a fantasy setting, with spells replacing technology. Ever since I read the Realms Management article in the latest Dragon (#293, I think), I've been interested in using some of these elements in a custom...

So, is this info top secret, am I in the wrong forum, or does nobody plan at this level? Oh, I get it - all the DMs who spend this much time devising a detailed campaign world have no time left to surf the boards - they're all working on campaign stats!! ;)

I'm developing a home-grown campaign setting, and I'm curious to what the stats are for other folks' campaign worlds. If you don't mind, would you answer the following questions about your campaign setting? How big is your campaign setting in terms of the square miles of land masses? How many...