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Oh I agree Felon; I am not that fond of the Rogue as it stands. I like my characters more mobile and away from being hit.

I don't know about the monk but it would be possible for a Ki character to be a controller via mundane effects if you go with the Wushu that seems to prevade many 4E powers. How about clouds of shurikens and darts to slow enemies, or mini-caltrops, making dangerous ground. Poison might be a...

I think the Fagin thing could really work given the Vizier's background, and it is a rather original take on the whole "Lich in the catacombs" thing. Let us know how else we might help you?

I like to run sandboxes, and have sometimes had the same problem. There are a number of solutions that I am sure you are aware of but here they are anyway to remind you; 1) Some of the arguments could be because the players don't have enough info to make an informed choice or have too much...

Are there any limitations on size; you mentioned them in an earlier thread but I notice there are none here?

You can make time travel work so that whatever the PCs do, it somehow leads to the actual events, as recorded. I like this type of time travel because it means that the Pcs can walk wound the past and do what they like, insulated by the idea that whatever happens, it has already happened and...

Paladin; maybe you could take your ideas but be a little more subtle. It is always tempting as a new DM to use your power but beware of this; showing most PCs how weak they are is seldom a good idea. This is because one of the most important reasons for playing the game is to feel your...

I like what they did with trolls in Beowulf and Grendel; a recent film from Scandinavia/Canada. There the troll seemed to reproduce by mating with human females who would then give birth to a troll baby that was always male. This gives lots of great plot hooks for trolls carrying off women...

I agree that people did say things against EGG, even back in the day. But the answer to the OP goes alot deeper than that. The real question is "When did we stop trusting." The fact we extend this to game designers is a consequence of a breakdown in trust between people in general. In the...

Hi again Stone Angel. I have been kicking a few ideas around and here is what I have come up with. Note that I have not assumed what the PCs will do, instead I have tried just to come up with some idea of NPC motivations and to think of ways for the PCs to involve themselves somehow. Since...

Hi Prisoner6! A nice idea indeed; I especially like the young gods. It reminds me of reading parts of the Silmarillion, when the Elves awaken before even the Sun and Moon have first risen. A few questions for you, to get your creative juices flowing. If the world is only a thousand years...

I noticed a few weeks ago that sale prices of 3.5E books on Ebay are very high and that the books seem to be keeping their value very well; indeed the often sell for higher prices than they originally retailed for. I suspect that 3.5E is far from dead.

Hello Stone-Angel! Welcome back to ENWorld! I think I would run this campaign as a "war of independance" rather than a "save the world" type thing. Say, for example, that MANY of the people who live in Scion's Vale are descended from your Lich Vizier; after all he has had a few hundred years...

ShadyDM; I think the comment on your avatar might have influenced Jack99's opinion. It says you are a "$E skeptic", so it might be natural for people to assume you don't really like the game. I don't mind either way but some people mind a great deal it seems.............

Not at all; Dragon Warriors predates that video-game by a long way I think. Dragon Warrior video-game came out in about 1989 whereas the RPG dates from the early 1980s.

The problem with all D&D magic is the point and shoot aspect of it. It is about as magical in feel as a 357 magnum much of the time. Here are some things I have done in the past to try and put back the magic in various RPGs. They tend to only work well in story driven campaigns and I have never...

I do wonder why people play fantasy games, if all they want is kick-ass power. Surely this is the kind of thing that is better played out in Sci-Fi with all its metal-gear heavy-powered weaponry. Having said this, I think the problem goes back to the roots of D&D and is not edition specific...

If you want someone close to the PC become evil, then you have the following possibilities that I can think of; 1) The use of one of your 4 artefacts or others, working off forbidden magic, actually corrupts the user slowly. So this character gradually becomes more and more corrupted until...

I am glad my musings were of some help. Please change anything and everything I wrote; I just did it to give you a sounding board since getting past the "blank page" is always the hard part in campaign design. Once you have something to interact with (I like that, I don't like that) then it is...

Hi TwinBahamat! I am not sure if I can help you, but here is one story that could tie some of the elements you are thinking about into a coherent story that could serve as the basis for an epic adventure. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Long ago, the...