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Sea of Faith, a history of Islam and Christianity in the Mediteranian world.... its a great book filled with crazy historical figures (like the caliph who invited all the members of a rival faction to dinner id Damascus, then killed everyone who showed up... and the prince who realized it was...

I've used both, and prefer point by. Not that I'd have a problem with playing in rolling game (or running one if the players were dead set on using it). As a DM the point buy system lets my players create characters on their own, I can just say "32 points, all stats start at 8 before...

Early on in the days of 3rd I allowed clerics to use spells from any WotC product. At first that was allright, but as time went on clerics became more powerful by leaps and bounds. New books brought a host of new spells. After that I restricted clerics to the PHB only, with access to outside...

David Drake and S.M. Sterling did a good job making a planet into more then just "forest world" in their series "The General" (which I believe is now in an omnibus edition), as well as with the follow up book "The Chosen". As mentioned above, Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantons series has a wide...

It may be possible for a character to reach rank 0, but anything beyond that would be beyond the scope of a campaign. That would be the end for that character, as the final step in any accention/decention requires shuffling off the old mortal coil. God killing is more easily achieved, as the...

From my players PoV the setting changes greatly. My current group has been in 4 of my campaigns, spread out across ~700 years. My first campaing had an "all-powerful" church, later campaigns dealt with its fracturing power. The ravages of hobgoblin hordes were (and are) a feature of my game...

Chaos is everywhere, all magic users are evil, non-humans cannot be trusted (except dwarves)

I like to mix "real world" names with more fantastical names: Real world names: Civil Government, Central Territories, Silver Sea, Araby mythological name: Midgard, Polarion, Thule fantastical names: Serpent Cliffs, Pit of Words, Castle of Storms

I was realy supprised when I saw the preview a few months ago that explained the plot... I'd though that it was just Samuel L. Jackson vs. alot of snakes.

I can easily see how a DM could ban the create wonderous items feat. There are alot of items in there, and in the hands of a clever player they can be game breaking (even more so when you start allowing players to create their own items, or start allwoing those from non-core sources)

I've played lots of D&D (and d20) I also play Warhammer Fantasy RPG

When I fudge its usualy on attack or damage rolls. Its often done to save a party member if I misjudge an encounters toughness.

Personaly I like dragons that are crafty and full of sorcerous power. It lets them do realy crazy things... like eat every left handed person in a kingdom, or return every 50 years to ravage a kingdom, then come one day early on the 51st year.

1) because I enjoy the act of creating my own world. 2) its more interesting (to me) then published campaign settings. No setting I've found has the combination of elements that would would make it the best stting for me to run, so I've created my own. 3) I'd be hard pressed to name a...

I've used the same campaign setting in all my D&D games (though one campaing took place on the other side of the world, and so was in many ways a "new" setting). Each campaing has taken place over a different area, though there has been some overlap, adding a bit more detail to the world.

I've always prefered the WH elves to the D&D elves, a much more interesting bunch IMO. and WH Dark Elves are vastly more evil then the drow could ever hope to be...

Started playing my first year in college at at the ODU Sci-fi and Fantasy club. Joined because they played Battletech then moved on to Westend Starwars before being invited to a D&D game by one of the other players in the starwars group.

i was 17, some time durrng the 97-98 school year (my first year in college), at the Sci-Fi / Fantasy club... I'd been playing Westend Starwars and one of the guys invited me to his D&D game (AD&D). We played for a good while and I had a blast, but the game broke up before 3rd arrived.

I did experiment with a barbarian/sorcerer at one point. He was never very effective. Enough sorcerer levels to make his magic somewhat effective (beyond being able to cast mage armor on himself) cut deep into his combat effectiveness. Even with more barbarian levels he was still a bit...

Hey all, Check out this bit from Finland http://www.lordi.fi/ its quite good. You can find their music videos on youtube.