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I don't see why PC death is the only thing that could engender a sense of horror. What about the possibility of the players being driven mad? If you home-brew some monsters (or just tweak some--ghosts and the 'psionic' creatures like mind flayers and intellect devourers come to mind) you could...

By the way, sounds like a great campaign.

My only issue with all this would be that players might try to use reincarnate as a cheap and easy way to overcome poor decisions/bad luck. If the players role played it well--making it obvious how much of a dangerous and frightening ordeal reincarnation is--I don't see it as much of a problem...

I still have some problems with this (and I know this isn't a terribly serious analysis). When David fought Goliat he was still a boy, without (I would argue) any character levels. I realize this is supposed to be David before he is king, but if he's a mid-level fighter (probably when he was...

Why doesn't David have any levels in bard? He was skilled with the harp and could lull King Saul to sleep when he was having trouble getting to sleep.

As far as dealing with demons (and other fiends), I see two main options: They are extremely powerful forces that act as independent nations (sort of). They are overt, military threats. The other option is that they are subtle, working behind the scenes. The Screwtape Letters could provide...

My point (which I didn't convey very well), was that if you have renaissance-level military technology you need to look first at how that's going to affect the world. Military tech tends to drive everything else because the powers with the strongest militaries tend to dominate everyone else...

I'd say the two biggest military innovations were gunpowder (and more specifically, cannons) and the development of the long range sailing vessel. Once cannons became popular in Europe, the castle system was rendered obsolete. Within a few decades, the network hugely expensive of defensive...

I think there are 2 separate issues here: trying to ensure you're the best DM you can be, and feeling good about it. Even if you do a great job DM'ing a session you might feel like a failure because you are aware of and remember every little mistake you made. Your players might not notice your...

I should explain a few of my answers: In a fantasy world where some creatures can change their form (e.g. dragons), someone might commit bestiality without even realizing it. Cannibalism is perfectly acceptable among some races (e.g. lizardfolk). Genocide could be a goal of many evil races. 1st...

Probably not the best way to change someone's mind, IMO.

Depending on how deities get their power, the fact that the cult exists could be a threat to the cosmic balance. If a new god of pleasure or beauty or something (not necessarily an evil god) is pulling away worshipers from an established god who stands against deities of an evil pantheon, this...

A pet peeve for me is being injured so badly you fall unconscious, then the cleric casts the weakest healing spell he has and you're back on your feet in time to take your next turn (I guess taking turns in combat is also a pet peeve, but I can put up with it for the sake of speed at the...

The sound track from the original Conan movie is one of my favorites.

I believe dwarves would out source much of their food production by trading the goods they mine and/or craft to humans who provide them with food. Most dwarven cities would be underground and accessible only by an opening in the mountain side (which is heavily defended and easily defensible)...

I remember an episode of the old (live action) Batman TV show where he found his way out of a maze by always keeping the wall on his right...so go right.

The foot is 12 inches because that's how long Charlemagne's foot was. It used to be that the foot was always re-calculated to be the length of the current monarch's foot (and thus might vary from kingdom to kingdom), but Charlemagne standardized it and declared it permanent throughout the HRE...

Yeah, I didn't like it when they went to the decimalized currency system. It was part of the drift away from a medieval setting to a modern setting with people dressed up in medieval clothes.

D&D is (supposed to be) a medieval fantasy game. Why would you want to drop a medieval measurement system in lieu of a modern one? Measuring distance in feet and weight/mass in pounds and ounces helps maintain the medieval feel.

Gnome is the way to go for wizard because of the Intelligence bonus (the Fatbeard in me still thinks gnomes should only be illusionists, but that's my problem). The +2 to Intelligence isn't huge, but over the course of an adventuring career (or even a few sessions) a +1 to hit on spell attacks...