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Honestly, you need to get yourself a subscription to Dungeon Magazine and you'll never be short of adventures you can link into a campaign. I had a subscription for two years and have enough adventures that I've run campaigns for two groups with them and only used a couple for both (and only...

Oh boy do I, Jamis Buck a long time ago had in it's download section databases for the Tomeraider application that contained the entire 3.0 Monster Manual, a Spell database for all the classes and prestige classes in the PHB and DMG, and also a complete database of feats from the PHB (and I...

Gneech, If you feel like hiking down to Woodbridge I am in the process of kicking off an Eberron campaign. So far the party has a Human Monk, a Warforged Fighter, and an Elven Rogue. Nice, simple characters. The most oddball thing about the characters is that I allowed the Monk to have Vow...

Sounds like familiar red, blue, and green boxed sets I once knew fondly. :) I think WotC stole that from TSR.

You mean there are enough "Preppie Gamers" out there to constitute a stereotype? Geez... I don't feel so alone anymore. Signs of a Preppie Gamer: 1) Avoids the FNGS due to the smell and the aversion to associating with CCG gamers. 2) Meets potential role-players in the role-playing section...

I've got a complaint about Players that goes right along with this. Players who won't bite the adventure hook even if you jam it down their throats DM - After searching the bodies of the rogues who leapt out of the alley to attack the party you find a note. It is a contract on the lives of...

I just finished watching a Sherlock Holmes movie (Basil Rathbone) with the intent of taking the story, tweaking it a bit and using it for an Eberron game I am gearing up to run. While I was watching it I made notes on the victims, the villain, the motive, and how the villain was caught. With...

Gotta be A Paladin in Hell for me.

I picked the Underdark. However, if I had a choice for my favorite Forgotten Realms region book of all time I'd have to say a toss up between Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast and Volo's Guide to Cormyr. I LOVED those books!

I'll agree that the current incarnation of D&D lends itself to a tactical wargame feel and I've found that in some groups that can inhibit roleplaying. Put the Battlemat away and agree not to use it for the campaign. I've found that seems to help bring the role-playing back though you can also...

IMHO NO. Classic was great for its time but the game and people's tastes have evolved. Now I don't think the d20 system is perfect by any means but unless I create a system myself I'll never have the perfect system for me. However, I am still hanging on to my old Red Boxed basic set to use it...

Life is too short to game with a bad group. Unfortunately unless you knew the good players before they joined I doubt you'll be able to pry them away unless they too are dissatisfied with the game. You need to talk with them one-on-one to get a feel for their opinion of the game and the DM's...

My last group was similar. The other players got into the Tactical Wargame aspect of the game where I wanted role-playing and NPC interaction. There were nights where the DM couldn't make it and the guys would still want to get together to make characters and have them fight to see who could...

Yeah, I ran a Midnight game with no Channeller so basically no healer. I didn't care for it too much as a GM because I was caught in a tight spot. If I didn't pull my punches the party could end up getting killed over the course of a few encounters simply because they didn't have a couple of...

One thing I miss but will probably be flamed for is minimum stats for classes. Back in the day if you were able to roll stats that allowed you to play a Paladin then that was a pretty special thing. If you played with groups who actually rolled dice in order to generate stats it was a rarity...

Honestly I'd highly suggest you treat it as you say Jordan has and make it a common, everyday thing and don't draw too much attention to it. I've only ever actually seen it work a long time ago in a Vampire: The Masquerade group I was in. All of the players were mature and we were all friends...

I had to vote for a few. For one I seem to be in a gamer's no-man's land. I have to go to work really early so mid-week gaming is out. This invariably leaves only Friday nights or Sunday afternoons open and my wife can put on a real guilt trip if she comes home from work on Friday tired or in...

Got the Red Box in '81 and have played ever since (I still have the red books and dice from the red box though the box is no more). Unfortunately, I've not played since January as I can't find a group where our schedules mesh well. I love being a daddy now but it may be the death of my gaming...

Try an Artificier Warlock! You'd absolutely rule when it comes to creating magic items since both classes use similar rules and both get abilities that assist in doing it. I've also found Warlocks to be great substitutes for Wizards and Sorcerers if you want to throw "spells" but don't want to...

Werewolf 1E was my introduction to WoD. In fact, the only reason I bought VtM at all was as source material for enemies of the pack. I had many good times playing and running Werewolf. In fact, Werewolf was my usual "introduction" game for people who had never played WoD. Take a hack & slash...