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I'm with the "no" camp, but nice job attempting to "Pick" which "Pocket" category of creatures drow are. +10 Red mage style points.

Count me in. I might even try to pull together a Deadlands one-shot for it.

A few magic words: * Non-lethal damage * Hold (x) spells * Entangling spells (web, EBT, iron bands) * Wall spells * Overwhelming force (players should know to back down when the upper gallery of a building suddenly fills up with archers) * Hostages (you don't have to render the whole party...

Leap-frogging with GlassJaw: Obstacle: Train top Chase Type: Transitional (foot-train, horse-train, car-train, aerial-train) Description: The prey has leapt aboard a speeding train/monorail/lightning-rail and is racing towards the engine! Rules: Either a jump or climb check to get aboard...

Don't forget the value of mundane items as gifts to NPCs. The Baroness will be offended if you try to give her a sack of 1,000 GP (she is not a harlot, afterall, and might have her husband, the Baron, have you drawn and qaurtered for offending her honor). That being said, the coral tiara you...

One of the hazards of keeping books on a gaming table is that sometimes dice end up leaning against them, resulting in an unreadable result. These, and clear off the table rolls are re-rolled. That being said, I don't know what it says about the DEX and BAB of some players that they can't...

Just a thought-- any BBEG whose primary attack method is magic missile will have invested in skills (e.g., spot) or magics (e.g., fairy fire) which let him use his powers. Afterall, you don't become a BBEG by being an easily defeated chump. Depending on the dungeon setting, I like the idea of...

Dream Wizards (sort of behind White Flint, off of the pike) used to be an excellent FLGS, but is not a little bit more into CCGs and mini games. They have an okay stock of table top products, although I have not been there in a while. Surely there is a gaming shop which serves the UMD College...

Notice how it does not so much burn as smoulder.

I'm a big fan of the grand finale where, after defeating the evil Mind Flayer "Mother Brain" the adventurers have to make a series of insanely challenging jump checks to climb their way out of the dungeon by means of a secret passage which runs directly up from the final chamber (and which they...

I hate to be the lone voice of pacifism here, but if your players don't want to fight, then you have better things to be doing as a DM than forcing combat down their throats. Gamers come to the table for many reasons. Some like to kill things and take their treasure. Some like to roleplay exotic...

kexp.org that's KEXP in Seattle. Listening to it is like a cross between being a second edition Shadowrun rocker and a third edition Or'zet hipster.

I'd have to disagree on the skirmish damage. The scout is trying his darndest to hit the [orc]. Just because the [dwarf] is in the way doesn't negate the skirmish damage, which is applied to the attack regardless of what gets hit.

Hurricanes can be great fun for nautical campaigns. Nothing puts the fear of God in players like pirates to windward and a terrible storm bearing down fast. A storm lets you drive players to whatever safe harbor ("hurricane hole") is nearest by. Then, when the storm begins to calm, horrible...

Star Wars d6 is the one true Star Wars RPG. Rebel roleplayers, rejoice! Still, I sympathize. It is always sad to see a product that folks like go. You would have thought that all of the commercial tie-ins for episodes 1-3 would have produced all manner of modules.

I've got to side with JGS. There are better things to do in the WLD than hunt and peck for food and water. That being said, the search for reliable supplies of of food and drink makes for an excellent "encounter" early on and adds to feelings of being trapped. Later in the dungeon, you could...

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So I was thinking today about playing a character who would eventually grow into a Justicar PrC--probably from a cleric background (as that's what I promised the group I would play next campaign). The character concept is something like a wandering lawman, a la Kane from Kung Fu. Now, the...

* As for competitions, I would not include any which can be determined by a single roll of the d20. String things out a bit. Add witty dialogue between PCs and NPCs depending on how the event is going. * Add noise from the crowd (won't it surprise the party rogue, who has been trying to keep a...

When my geekier friends got married (not my geekiest, but give them time) they got me a copy of "A Traveller's Guide to Mars." I've never been able to figure out why they asked me to be a groomsman if they wanted to send me to another planet....