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For my old Palladium campaign I used to have to keep a very accurate campaign chronology because; a) there were three moons in the sky, each with different phase behaviour. b) there were therefore 3 separate calendar systems in use by various cultures. c) magic varied with the phase of one of...

An excellent summary Truename! So just a few bad apples in an otherwise sound apple-cart? Perhaps these bad eggs have just tarred the whole AP with the same brush? I read Rescue at Rivenroar and was seriously unimpressed with the ending. I think I have skimmed all the others and all that...

Hey Shroomy! How dare you inject some actual data into this discussion! That is just not DONE on an internet messageboard. Seriously though; I do talk some rubbish sometimes don't I :p? What is your explanation for how these adventures have turned out? Do you think they were rushed out? Low...

Using the Classic Traveller (or Mongoose Traveller) as a system to run Star Trek could be done, in fact I think a friend of mine did so when were at school 20 yrs ago (using CT; we did not have a time machine). The problem is that Traveller was built to represent "hard SF" not "space-opera"...

There is some great debate on these threads. The problem with Muslim scholars according to one authority, is that they each tended to create their own obtruse and abstract notations for things like maths that made sharing their work with others VERY difficult. Some even wrote in code to...

They did indeed. I am now wondering if this might be why it took about 6 years for WoTC to start producing decent 3.5E adventures (Red Hand of Doom etc)? Forgive my musings..........................

I wonder if this is what happens when you decide to contract out your adventure work to freelancers (who were not privy to the experience of creating 4E like Mearls et al)? I also wonder if this is what you get when you fire half the staff who created 4E because now the bedrock of the system...

The aunt's reaction will depend upon a number of variables; 1) What was her relationship with her sister? if you feel she loved her then this will make any reunion with the Rogue PC warmer. If she and her sister were not close or quarreled or were even rivals, she may view the PCs appearance...

Hi Jack! I think no player minds their character dying if their death means something. The trick is to be ready to run with their death and make it special and heroic. This is easy to do when it is a decision by the player that leads to the black gates. It is not so easy when it is just some...

I can only echo what everyone else has been saying; for the last week or so, my ENWorld connection has been appalling (could connect about 1 hr in 5) and this is from two completely independent internet set-ups (work/home). What is going on?

Here is a couple of ideas I have used in the past. Some of these work much better if the DM is on board, though some can't be bothered with the extra work.............. 1) Make it seem as if your mage is often conversing with things that the other PCs cannot perceive; as if spirits and...

My daughter's first character met her end in noblest fashion. Let me sing to you of the Death of Hayowen of Crendon, and may her deeds inspire you to seek battle and never to lay down till your last breath. The scene; a wooden fort crowns a snow strewn hill and guards an ancient canyon through...

I once used different coins for each realm as an integral part of the stories I used to tell. Haven't for a while, but that is just because I haven't tried to tell that type of story for a while. Varied coinage for its own sake is pointless; if it has no effect on a story, then why have it...

Hi Jack7! I wasn't really thinking of the total genius when I wrote the above; just the way that science was taught in that time as a model for one way of introducing science into the skills system. That isn't to say that this is the only way to use science in D&D, I just wanted to put some...

Most of the sciences, at least as we think about them, did not really exist in the medieval world. The problem with all the above replies is that they are coming at science from a modern perspective. For example, talkig about different types of molluscs. Well until Linnaeus (1700s), we did not...

It is my pleasure mate; The floating Corpse in particular was an inspired idea.

Game is a 3.5E Undermountain campaign that has been running for 1 year and I have just made 11th level. Original Party; Night-storm (Barbarian) Tarek Linden (me; Human Duskblade; died lvl 3) Alek (Human Scout) Murta (Human Dread Necromancer) Zloba (Dwarf Cleric) Agata (Gnome Illusionist)...

That is extremely generous of you Morrus! If you are going to credit me then please use my real name; Stephen Dove. Thanks again mate! Incidentally, if you ever want any cartography done in the future (I have some skill with battlemaps), give me a shout as I would like some practise tasks...

Threadcromancy! For anyone who hasn't seen it, Morrus has posted the completed map of Ragos here (post 59). http://www.enworld.org/forum/e-n-publishing/246587-pre-order-your-war-burning-sky-campaign-saga-hardcover-now-save-25-full-price-3.html It looks like a good number of our ideas made...

Yea-Hey! This map looks great and I can see that some of my own creations, as well as those of other EN Worlders, are on this map! Mercian's Walk and the River of Ice are ALIVE!!!! The bloated Corpse Lake Barge is also obvious (Wik's creation I believe). Thanks alot for posting this Morrus!