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I've handed out a vorpal weapon twice in my 11 years of regular DMing. The first time was during our DL Classics campaign back in '97. My brother was playing Orson, a human berserker (inspired by Record of the Lodoss Wars, of course), and he claimed the vorpal two-hander in Fistandantilus'...

My buddy named his magical axe "Raptor" back when we first started playing ('92, 2E Dragonlance). Since then, I've been doing most of the naming as DM: Garund: +6 intelligent adamantine lightning blast greataxe. The Twin Shades: Glaurung and Glaurang (yes, taken in part from Tolkien): paired...

I had a PC touch a prismatic sphere once. ;)

I try to create a diversity in my orcs. Lowland orcs barely have a nose, and are either gray-, yellow-, or green-skinned. I tend to describe mountain orcs as having pigish snouts and a larger build, with gray or brown skin. Not that I give the PCs some kind of sociological breakdown of the...

In response to the OP, as DM, I often "cheat," though I don't necessarily get that guilty feeling you get when you are actually cheating at something. That's probably because I don't think it's cheating. I fudge rolls here and there. I've never fudged rolls to kill a good, solid PC. I've...

I'm the DM, so my character has never had ioun stones. :( I've DMed many wizards, and the two that are most memorable to me are Kalex (elf wizard from our old 2E campaign... retired at level 19) and Khaltarah (another elf wizard who was just retired at level 29 last year). They both had...

I've always ruled that the wish ends with the use of the word "and." I agree with what others have said. What you want is too much for the wish spell. If your DM allows it, so be it. I wouldn't. If anything, just use the wish to mass-teleport the group to a safe location where the group can...

Because they pray... PRAY! That's right they pray... PRAY! They have to pray just to make it today! :o

I also like the kuo toa in the previews. I hope there's one in a "being hewn down brutally" pose to reflect our Night Below campaign years back. ;)

Are there any rules out there (or suggestions) for extracting poison from animals and monsters for use on weapons? For example: could an assassin somehow extract the poison from a wyvern's tail for later use (or perhaps for sale later)? Any ideas or suggestions concerning that?

Hi, folks. This might sound like a noobish question, but I'll ask nonetheless: Could a rogue or scout, while within an opponent's threat range, tumble through or past that opponent without provoking an attack of opportunity? In other words, if someone trained in tumble is locked in melee...

I started Age of Worms in the Forgotten Realms setting last April. We play roughly twice a month, and I'm only now starting the second half of the fourth module, "Hall of Harsh Reflections," Dungeon #127. Granted, I threw in a few side quests in there (including Dymrak Dread and Sons of...

My PCs would have to pay for a true resurrection to avoid losing the level (provided they can find a cleric capable and willing). Of course, raise dead is cheaper and easier to come by, so the issue of the level comes into play. Sometimes players see it as an excuse to try a new PC. I've...

Many posters are touching on the idea that either the player or the DM must change his/her way of thinking in order for the game to work, and I agree. In my own case, I changed. In fact, I embrace powergaming anymore. With my current group, we all work together and discuss how the PCs could...

These last two ideas are exactly the kind of thing powergamers pounce on immediately. The DM is altering the reality of the game in order to hamstring players that are "too good." Powergamers wait for this to happen, and they raise holy hell when it does.

Good call. Gish is a great album. Even while running the Gityanki Incursion campaign for a year and a half, I never once uttered the word "gish." Not sure why. I just didn't.

I like most FR books by Greenwood, especially Elminster in Hell, Silverfall, Elminster in Myth Drannor, and the Shadows of the Avatar trilogy: Shadows of Doom, Cloak of Shadows, and All Shadows Fled. Elaine Cunningham's Elfshadow is an FR favorite. Salvatore's Legacy, Starless Night, and...

No tojanda? Curses! :p

OK. Confusion solved. I apologize for any rudeness. ;)

Yeah, you can't kill the PC. He will definitely whine and assume that you're killing him because he's too good. In fact, I'm sure that's why he powergames, so that if anything bad happens to his character, he can automatically assume that you're fudging things. I have a powergamer player. If...