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Well, "disaster" is too strong a word really, so forgive the exaggeration. :) I love painting minis and sometimes I will surprise people with minis to represent PC, NPCs, monsters, etc. I suprised a fellow player with a mini of his character (a young necromancer dressed in grey and black) and...

Kid -> I'm talking about MOC. I feel a little guilty asking him to when two (actually three depending on who you count) others play almost as infrequently as he does nowadays. :\ I had thought about having him run the orkling monk that is one of Trax's background NPCs (if she's OK with that)...

I bought it as an impulse buy - I was at Wizard World this last weekend and discovered that one of the dealers was selling D&D books at 40% discount. Stormwrack was the only book I didn't have already unfortunately (because at that rate I would have bought a whole lot more), so I snagged it.

Thanks for the replies. Two things I'm most worried about is that some people will feel slighted ("Hey, why she'd get to make a character and I didn't?") and that they will feel "demoted" (good term, Universe), so your comments struck a chord with me. I'm so nervous about bringing it up that I...

Hello all, I have something that's been bugging me a little and so I'd like some input. We have a rather large group of about 10 players, but out of that number only 5 are really core players - that is, they show up to every game and play in every campaign. The infrequent players are good...

What's a false-dragon? ;) Actually, the trick with the amber is really neat. I think more of the same would be very fun: passing off natural occurances/chemical reactions/etc. as major magic. Some links for inspiration: http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Educational_Resources/Experiments/

I hadn't seen them before, so no I had not used them. :) These would be nice bound up in a document/PDF of some kind (if they're not already - I didn't see one though). At first, I thought I wouldn't use the random attack table, but then I realized it's just a nice list of interesting combat...

Wildly off-topic: Hey! You wrote those? Can I say that the Banking Guild PDF was one of the inspirations for my new campaign? You rock! :D Edit: Yes, I have clocks in my game and some magical clockwork as well. I have big love for the steampunk.

I am sorry you are going through this at any rate. :\ One thing I will say, though, after reading through this thread - it wouldn't hurt to check with your post office still, especially if you had to register a change of address through the post office to receive your other mail. I know our...

DMCal - I know this doesn't solve the bad service issue, but have you tried buying individual issues online? Lots of RPG web sites offer individual issues for sale. I know this doesn't help if you are a subscriber now, but if you choose not to subscribe in the future and still want to get the...

heh. This is going into the files for gaming inspiration.... :]

I second this. In Chicago (where I live) there is a tannery on the Chicago River. You would not believe the smell, especially in the summer. The neighborhood near it (which strangely enough is rather expensive and posh) smells like a cross between raw sewage and rotten eggs.

My game is set in London, so I keep a guidebook published by Lonely Planet nearby in case I need to find a place or street name very quickly. It's not accurate for the time period, but I don't worry about that too much.

Literary references aside, I might have to borrow that - my D&D game is set in 19th century England and this word (like orgone) really fits. I can see the wizards of my world sort of like mad scientists experimenting with electricity. Orgone could be the raw magical energy and one thaum might be...

heh. :] The only thing I have to add about that is that I was more interested in ease of play than accuracy of certain things. Historical figures and events (or "fluff") are one thing, but translating "realistic" firearms into d20 rules is another thing entirely. KidCharlemagne's setting uses...

Really? I mean, that's what that rule was supposed to do? Damn, that's weird.

Was that weird for you at all, though? Sometimes I think, "damn, I'm weird - I've never even seen these people, let alone met them in person." :\ On a different topic, I can't help but notice the number of writers or would-be writers on the forums. That's neat! Do you belong to any writing...

Shhhh! They're not supposed to know that last part! ;) That one broke, unfortunately. I hope not - of course, since our group is mostly Americans, nobody's perfect. :lol:

I am a 34-year-old girl (female? woman? none of those words sound good). I was a shy child who lacked confidence; I liked to read fantasy books and comics and play make-believe, so when I found out about D&D it was a natural fit. I was also a gymnast, though not a good one, and much of my early...

Quickleaf - weird, I hadn't read that part of the rules and that's how we've been playing it anyway. I guess someone in my group had actually read them. How embarrassing. :o "Closing the gap" is an interesting idea. It reminds me of something that we used in 2E, that past a certain level the...