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I'd just like to say that I wish somebody was feeding me right now. With each post read, my pyrex full of ramen (post working the closing shift) has become less and less appetizing. It's cookie time.

I'd suggest changing what you offer online once you're ready to publish the setting. So you'd start off with having all your beta stuff online for everybody to see, use, test. Then the book comes along. Take down the beta versions, and to get the whole package, they have to buy it. But still...

We play at two people's houses, switching off every other week. At one place, the hostess makes something. Oftentimes it is spaghetti, and then occasionally patty melts, alfredo pasta, stuffed shells, or something of the like. We have a vegetarian in our group, so it's all either meatless (in...

Sock gnomes take my socks. They are allied with the chapstick gnomes.

I think that your friend has ALMOST hit the nail on the head...but the thing he's missing is a big one. One of the big things about creating a protagonist in a book/movie/play/whathaveyou is that the protagonist isn't just a "good guy." The protagonist is the person who the audiance...

AIM is your friend. So are phonecards. Call your mom every day to talk about stuff that's going on. The cafeteria is a good place to meet people, especially other freshmen who are in the same state you are. Something to remember is that part of the homesickness you're feeling isn't just...

In our group, the standard is that one cannot spend more than half of one's gold on a single item. People still usually diversify their equipment anyway. I once told people they could spend it however they wanted, but keep in mind that if they blew all their money on one thing, they'd be very...

Gamer Girl Stereotypes Girls don't REALLY roleplay. They're just there because their boyfriends are. Girls don't learn the rules as well/easily as guys. They're not interested in learning the rules because they're just there because their boyfriends are, or because... Girls aren't into the...

Windex Multisurface. The Vinegar formula. It's clear instead of blue, has a white label. It's good stuff. Gets all the old residue off my mat without taking off the ink lines (and since i made my mat myself with a sharpie on the same kind of vinyl the regular mats are made on, this is quite...

...ONE book I can go through for all my magic item needs? I'm sold! A feat compendium would be even more useful.

I have magic shops, and they're large and just about anything can be bought there. Players can walk in and buy anything from the DMG without usually even roleplaying it out. Items not in the DMG are subject to approval and usually cost +10%. I think that everyone's qualms about having shops...

In my games, if the player gets a copy of the character sheet to me, another player runs the PC for the game. They usually don't take much part in roleplaying, and are played very cautiously in combat. They CAN die, but it's generally understood that great effort will be put into them NOT...

Another vote for chessex. I like my dice to be pretty, and I love the swirly pearly colors of the fancy chessex dice. My best set came from a little shop in Georgia, and they're all brown and gold and copper and red and a little bit of blue. Sounds weird, but they're beautiful, and they roll...

I'm a woman, so I didn't vote in the poll. Maybe one of the things she might want to think about in her book is the thing that makeup simulates. I can't give too many specifics as I saw the documentary awhile ago, but some research should turn up some interesting little facts like...

I love this thread. My hardcore story remains DMing with a kidney stone. Curse you, kidney stones.... Now, reading all the stories of guys who've had to book it when the wife went into labor, I want to hear from a lady gamer who played when SHE was in labor. Now THAT'D be hardcore.

4-6 would be my favorite. My best game had 5, and it was a perfect balance of enough people to get the job done and not so many that everyone couldn't be heard. The dynamic was great with that game. Unfortunately, right now I've got extremes to either end. The "day" game currently has three...

Woman DM chiming in! DMing is like (name of obscure regional card game here. In Michigan, it's Euchre). Easy to do, hard to do well. But take heart! For as long as you're willing to put a lot of work into it, you will improve. I do recommend finding someone to teach you, both about gaming...

I consider railroading to be primarily two problems: 1) There is no choice, and not even an illusion of choice. The PCs are forced to follow the DM's story because there is nothing else to do, there's an uber-NPC making them do it, or they are somehow compelled. This is bad, but IMO, not as...

Actual numbers 1-20. Well, one face is blank, because the chocolate has to go into the mold. They look pretty good. They taste even better. And they even roll! No one's ever fumbled with a chocolate d20. (No, thats not the face I left blank. It didn't seem fair.) I tried scanning one...

Or art prints, action figures, anime, star trek stuff, star wars stuff, batman, geeky apparrel, magic cards, hero clix, and...lots of stuff! The Monkeydragon will be selling her wares at the Motor City Comic Con. It's always a grand time, and it'd be awesome to see some en world people there...