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This article on D20 Modern was recently published on plotting murder mysteries. Even with it's emphasis on Modern day, I think you'll find it very helpful: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20031118a Also, listen to Jamm- I ran "Night of the Vampire" for my Mystara 3e game...

Definately quite cool. The fate of Lodz was one of those things that I didn't see coming, and yet fit perfectly. The only thing I didn't like was the fire cliffhanger; I'd prefer to know the fates than having to wait however long until next season (gotta be at least several months, right?) A...

I've got it. It's pretty much what they advertise- a large assortment of talent trees that you can add into the game. Like any other crunch collection, there's going to be stuff some like and stuff others don't. The Strong talents are about what you'd expect: bonuses to grappling, throwing...

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/reference.aspx I find Encarta to be quite handy for researching game stuff. Especially if it's historical- you can get a much better overview, whereas there's no telling what individual sites will focus on. You might want to take a look at things like...

Well, I certainly didn't mean to cause personal pain in the company. :p On that note, I'll just gloss over how little I use epic-level rules... Anyhow, I can definately see how it would be better for you to publish more compatible, mainstream rules. Swashbuckling would be one of those highly...

I bought it. I like it. Especially the integration of background/flavor text with rules. There's an almost even split between the two, and everything blends together extremely well. Usually when a product tries to balance the two, nothing fits together and it ends up not really pulling off...

Just one bump to see if anyone has any comments...

I also think the idea with the snake was Lodz'. The website write-up on hbo.com also makes it sound that way. I do think that Ruthie will come back- she seemed to be a pretty strongly-written character. How this would effect Apollonia is hard to say. Though in that first scene with her and...

Damn that's a long article. I haven't more than skimmed it, really, but when did Dick's name suddenly become synonymous with action movies? The article writer keeps referring to the connection, for some reason. I've read a lot of PKD, and I never considered them to be "action stories". Blade...

Evidently I've been running horror games all this time and didn't know it! :p Great preview. I'm definately getting this book when it comes out.

Well, there go all my ideas out the window. This is why I never liked the so-called "creative writing" classes that I took in college. Their version of creativity seemed mostly to involve aping whatever stories or journals the professor liked. If you can't do outright fantastic stuff, take a...

I think approach is going to vary with the group. If you know the players well enough that they won't mind a surprise, then leave things vague. If it's newer people you're dealing with, then you'll probably want to give them a better idea of what's going on. I agree with Whiskers- an ongoing...

Chiming in from not-quite-so-rural Missouri... I actually do buy adventures, just not all that many. I'd say the biggest thing I look for are original or well-thought ideas. If it's yet another dungeon crawl or magic item hunt, then I'm going to ignore it. I can fill a cave with orcs on my own...

Talk of the swashbuckler in TCW reminded me that I never finalized the swordsman class I'd been working on a while back. So, I decided to put it up here for review. It's just another take on a lightly-armored fighter, focusing on blades, etc etc. The main basis was the spear-fighter from Wheel...

Well, I was going to suggest having them rescue a cleric from one of the dungeons, but you'll probably get more mileage out of Crothian's idea. Also, wands of curing are pretty inexpensive considering what you get out of them. But I'm not familiar enough with AU classes to know whether or not...

It's an odd sort of plotting- as it becomes more and more apparent that Justin's the bad guy, less time is spent on him. I'm guessing that's because he's getting things together much quicker than Ben is. And, of course, shows will always focus on the good guys. I do like then new dimension in...

Awesome series. I agree- the last episode was the best yet. Especially the "baptism" scene. I'm almost certain that the man with the tree tattoos is Scutter. Though, now that I re-read your post, I don't see anything to indicate otherwise. Ah well. At any rate, whomever acquired the carnival...

I'll second Wraith on his opinion of "Countdown". What it basically does is fill in the rest of the world, while the original DG book focused more on the US government and the Greys and all that. Countdown doesn't even really require the original book, which I don't have- and I've still gotten...

First off, the last post reminds me of one of my favorite places to rip off creepy moments: old "Twilight Zone" episodes- the original b&w ones. I'm thinking of an episode (can't remember the name) which essentially postulated that everyone has a doppelganger- an evil double from nearby...

So are these going to be older versions of Bond and Indie? Some other ideas: Buckaroo Bonzai Remo Williams Marty, Doc, and the Delorean time machine the character who makes Max Headroom (can't remember name) characters from the SG-1 show (I don't watch it, so can't name any) Dirty Harry (a bit...