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Your group has jerks in it. The last time I was with a group like that was years ago. The guys not only treated women like that they treated other guys like that. I was driving with one of them once and he didn't like the lane I was in so he grabbed the wheel. This was going at 60 - 70mph on...

Hey, if nothing else the character can offer a day's labor in exchange for a night's rest and some food. He'll never have to stay in a tavern again!

It's in there. I'm at work, so I can't look up the page, but its in there. So why am I writing if I can't help? Just to give a heads up. The wealth rules say that you can't spend all your money on one thing. I think the rules say that you can't spend more than 1/2 or 1/3 on a single item...

I just came accross a pretty cool mechanic in the Dying Earth RPG. If you've ever read Jack Vance's Dying Earth novels you know that the characters are, shall we say ... morally flexible. So in the RPG, all the characters start out with around six disadvantages (lecherous, gourmand, etc.) and...

In all sincerity, Joe, it's good. Well done, sir.

I don't have any ideas for your society yet, but WOW that is an amazing kick-butt name for an adventure!

I had a wacky homebrew based on fantasy Europe. The whole idea was to present the group with a timeline they could relate to and they point to their elf character's 1,500 year lifespans and say "hey! your character has already lived longer than some nations! Whatcha been doing with all that...

I agree. But I think the misapprehension occured when people started taking druids into dungeons. Druid spells tend to have a nice, long range. Perfect for outdoors, but when your line of sight is never more than 50' it becomes neigh useless. Check out Sepchulcrave's story hour for an...

Larry Elmore's use of background is vastly unappriciated. I like individual WAR paintings, but not overrall. Every one is the same thing: someone kicking butt. That's it. The Satyr in the 3.5 Monster Manual was especially disapointing in that regard. He's a decent enough artist I just wish...

Hmmm. I could buy that. The D&D power scale means that a 1st level fighter has absolutely no chance against a 5th level fighter. Hiring a small party would acknowledge that scale. Of course, that would put a bit of a weird spin on what it would be like to live in such a world, but that's a...

What's typically missing, for me at any rate, is a reason why all these kings and barons are hiring a small group of adventurers when for the same ammount of money they could levy an army.

All of the above dovetails neatly into my rant about powerful PCs who try to lay low and look like commoners and then are surprised when people treat them like crap. Sigh. Anyway, I think this is a good question if the 15th level guy isn't ostentatiously displaying power. I know a Navy SEAL...

I used to add merits/flaws to D&D every chance I got. I stopped doing it after awhile. The problem -- in my opinion -- is that the flaws can override the DMs plot and are then typically ignored. So if you have the flaw "an evil guy is hunting me" the DM can basically either: a) scrap the...

Why not go with "In Search of the Unknown"? Make a motif out of it.

I'd like to see more adventures that build in the need for social skill checks. Right now Diplomacy can change attitudes and at high levels it can change them by a lot. A "diplomat" character with high Diplomacy and Bluff can pretty much waltz through any module where the monsters are not...

In my opinion the dog-men and cat-men aren't what I think of when I think of furries. I'm completely OK with furry-bashing (yes, I am Johnny Smallminded), but these don't have the almost anime "feel" that I frequently see when presented with furries. They're definately more besitial and not...

You'll have to travel a bit, but the Game Parlor in Chantilly is very good. Sadly, it is far off the metro. You'll really need a car, a cab will be too expensive. http://www.gameparlor.com/Store/cstore.html There's a sci-fi store in Georgetown, but they don't have table games and because its...

Oh yeah! It's working like a champ! [B] Don't be silly, licking the books ruins the finish. You have to sniff them. But that's a very good point about the SRD. It's free and it allows people to reach their own decision to see if 3.5 meets their needs. I know a couple guys in my group who...

Well, from what I recall, the typical reason that extra-planers were interested in the Prime was "just 'cause". If it were me and I wanted a strong planar presence in my Prime-based game, I'd say it was because the Prime established the "baseline" for the other planes. So if the Prime becomes...

I hear it's a short list.