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Well, I'd put a slightly different twist on things. Not to have the bard be a passive or even captive audience, but make it appear as if the bard is actually ordering things or at least in league. The Demon will go out of its way to ruin the reputation of the bard. When at higher level, several...

Unfortunately, the specific file seems to be missing / corrupted on the wayback machine... thanks for the pointer though...

Aside from issues around definitions of sand-boxes et.al., the main question is, I believe, how to handle PC's doing stuff the DM has not prepped for in any way. Well, what I generally do is the following: - make stuff up! listen to the comments of the players and feed off their fears / worries...

I have a question. When googling around for RPG's playable by kids, this game is mentioned several times as a rules light version of DnD in 32 pages. It is supposedly a free game, put out by somebody as a fan-game. I cannot find a copy anywhere on the intertubes however, so I thought I'd ask...

The biggest issue I have with 'game balance' is that in my opinion, trying to achieve game balance through all manner of mechanical / mathematical means is a theoretical issue that bears little impact in real gameplay. In the end, the balance is decided upon by the DM. No matter how I try to...

Well, some ideas more pertaining to the forge itself come to mind: Automatic mastery: when using the forge, anyone can craft weapons and armor as though a master armorer. Someone who is already a master armorer gains additional benefits (depending upon system used, these can be craft bonusses...

Although I agree with your assessment that each group has it's own pacing, one way to deal with this is to build into the adventure several 'cliffhanger points' which form logical points to stop te game and name them so. Maybe even complete with suggestions for XP to date etc. Depending upon the...

I understand your point. Howere there are two things here, first is to make the mod cheaper, the other is, do both, have the larger adventures for those who want them en series of smaller ones for those who want those. The market is too fragmented / there are too many different types of DM to...

Well, on the whole size/number of encounter issues, what is the problem with 16 or 32 page adventures that level up only once, or maybe even do not provide enough XP to level up at all? Design adventures based on average playtime for ONE session. Which can be played in about 3 hours and are...

Add props. Props are always good. Handouts for treasure maps, for ship/deck plans (to be printed out as small maps or as miniature scale maps), for 'wanted' posters, for cryptic letters leading to treasures or solutions to (magical) mysteries. Add info on flags. Pirate flags, flags that denote...

Well, I probably do not have the time to really participate, but this does not stop me from throwing in some ideas for others. As to light hearted ideas, what if the PC's are actually lab-animals who have somehow escaped. They need to explore the facility they are in and try to escape. Think...

Although I never met him (nor Gary for that matter), he is one of the two great giants who started this thing. It feels as if both 'Creater Gods' have passed and we now enter a new era. It is a sad day indeed. Dave, rest in peace and my sincerest thanks for (co)creating this wonderful game of...

Well, myself, never having caved in for the plasticrack miniatures (once I'd get started, I would spend WAAY too much money on that stuff), I went the cheap way and bought dozens of different kinds of game pieces (pawns in various shapes, sizes and colors, markers, cilinders etc.) from a game...

I haven't played IRL for too long to remember. Currently, job, young kids (one of 2 years and one 4 months old) and all that draw too much time away. Also, being in the Netherlands, players are not plenty and easy to find. Furthermore, my preferences for 1st or 2nd edition DnD do not help mucht...

Best wishes, praying for a good recovery and strength to you and the girls. Hope the girls are holding up as well, young kids feel and understand more then you realize sometimes (I have two sons, 4 months old and 2 years old). Sincerely, Whisper72

Well... thinking of a cool book about a fictionalized sack of Troy, the treasury is empty. The King needed to pay for all his armies, assassins etc. in trying to stave off the advance of the players. There is simply nothing left. The last batch of treasure was paid to several major assassin's...

Well, not simple reprints, but rather like the Rules Cyclopedia was in essence a reprint of the whole BECMI series, I would be interested in single book 'super' editions of OD&D, a new printing of the RC and similar treatment of the 'core' ADnD 1E and 2E books as a single 1E tome and a single 2E...

Damn... and there I thought you meant that there were free supplements available for the Town of Yggsburg.... bummer....

Hmmm... you seem to link it to the monster itself rather than the encounter in the broader sense. I think it would definately be a good idea to, beforehand, think how the players/PC's could solve the problem / advance the storyline if you will without killing the monster. One way to reinterpret...

Well, some thoughts come to mind. The smaller races (kobolds / goblins) have always been bullied by the larger. They do not trust them and want payback. They will suggest all manner of attack strategies with the larger races as 'shock troops' ensuring their decimation by the common enemy...