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I absolutely love how this dude is claiming to take umbrage for another DM. He's offended because another DM had to handle a *correct!* ruling in game. "You made Mike do something as a DM that was within the rules and it obviously upset [-]me[/-] him! How could you do that to [-]me[/-]...

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Is there any chance that the ambushers would be amenable to taking prisoners instead of killing the PCs outright? That way if some of them fall in the ambush, they can be rescued or attempt an escape. If they all fall, they can all escape. To make this not feel like a complete cop-out, make...

I'd like to say that my DM'ing has gotten better in recent years, while my tricks and tactics have gotten worse...I've been exposed to different gaming styles than the one I was immersed in from my very first days of gaming (where I essentially taught my close group of friends how to play -...

I've been describing it as The Goonies meets E.T. meets Jurassic Park. It's got that childlike sense of exploration and wonder that The Goonies oozed, the sentimentality and earnestness that permeated E.T., and the sense of obvious dread and audience awareness that something bad was coming from...

I did particularly enjoy the Macbeth adaptation I did, and that's the one adventure I ran that I wish I still had the notes for. I really liked what I did, and it was so long ago, I've forgotten the specifics. =/ Regardless, if the story is something you're passionate about and really enjoy...

I've done this twice. Once, I basically turned the events occurring in Macbeth into an adventure, via the guise of a powerful enchantment cast on the PCs by a high level Bard (;)) while they slept. The PCs existed inside the play, stuff went down, but the party had the ability to influence and...

Flying bear...kills two... ... MY GOD. The owlbear has evolved.

If you've got a lenient/reasonable/willing to entertain off-the-wall-ideas DM, couldn't you just sell him on the fact that any Sentinel's companion animal would be exceptional for it's species? Maybe the biggest, smartest Jhakar in the wastes was called by the primal spirits and directed to...

I have a player running a Wilden Sentinel Druid in a Dark Sun game, and I allowed him to just substitute a medium-sized scorpion for the bear. I pitched a number of different monsters from the Dark Sun books as potential replacements, and he just decided to go with a big ole' scorpion, which is...

It's a shame I'm not playing in a 4e game currently - just running one. I'd absolutely eat this up if I were. As it stands the only group I get to play with is running Dresden Files RPG right now. But, still, good luck with this project. When the final product is done, I'd certainly be...

Yeah, it certainly does look pretty.

I have sooooo much Dresden Files to get through. Currently about 75% of the way through White Knight, and then I plan to take a break from Dresden to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Hunger Games.

I'm reminded of Brandon Sanderson's Koloss from the Mistborn series. They're big, nasty, impossibly strong, blue-skinned humanoids who never stop growing. The largest of them are the longest lived, and the most violent and feared. The smallest are roughly man-sized and sit lowest on the...

Planescape for me as well. At the very least, if I somehow manage not to offend someone more deadly than myself (likely everyone) and can remain beneath the notice of the Lady of Pain, I stand a good shot at potentially finding my way home at some point. :)

CB and Compendium. The Monster Builder will be nice when it's complete (Hey, I can hope!), and I still have high hopes for the Virtual Game Table.

I was disappointed as well, but then I remembered that it's Unearthed Arcana, and essentially just words on a page with no testing or balancing within the actual framework of the rules. So, the article is essentially, "Here's a bunch of options, none of which are particularly satisfying or...

I used one as a security system in an ancestral tomb. It was a sprawling complex used by an order of evil-ish religious knights. Occasionally, one would volunteer their bodies to be used to guard the tombs against would-be grave robbers, and they'd be turned into a Crypt Thing. I made my...

Shepherd. They're clued-in to guide the Avenger and keep him/her on the rails. They're people the Avenger can trust. And they're people the Avenger can look to for protection.

I like your solution. It's certainly better than saying you've got splattered frog remains with an unconcious fighter laying on top of them because the frog was too small to contain the fighter. In fact, your ruling is probably exactly how I would have handled the situation. Clever power use...