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what's in a name? I have several methods of generating names. I have photocopied name generators from recent issues of dragon magazine. These are nice because not only do you generate a name but you know what it means. Most of the old historical supplement books by TSR had lists of appropriate...

My top ten most anticipated new gaming releases: My top ten most anticipated new gaming releases: by Matt the Bastard DM The new edition of the Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne RPG by Guardians of Order (GOO) is my most anticipated release of the year. I LOVE all things Tekumel and I'm...

thoughts on good & evil Intent does not matter. Action matters. Mistakes should be atoned for if possible. But overall, the wholesale slaughter of anything (including animals) is not a good act. Genocide is not a good act. Period. Now if you're playing in a world where ALL the forces of evil...

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familiarity Not true--the mind is altered so that it can control the new body. Besides, the empathic link & other familiar powers are lost because it cannot keep supernatural abilities in its new form.

been there I've been through all sorts of stupid player politics. I've had a handful of players over the years whose sole motive in character design is to find gray areas in the rules and exploit them. My advice? Either tell them "no" or simply give the NPCs the same benefit that you allow the...

California California wishes to join. They'll bring "lube" and avocados.

Chateau D'Amberville I LOVED X5 Castle Amber as a kid; particularly the magical banquet that could alter stats or kill you. I fared pretty well, as I recall, but we never got to finish the adventure. I ran the adventure for the first group I DMed and used the setting again with another group...

Chateau D'Amberville oops! Posted twice...sorry.

Lovecraft on screen I'd have to say most movies that TRY to have a lovecraftian feel fail miserably. One of the best I've seen is the short "the weird music of Erich Zann" from "the Lurker in the Lobby" collection. I also think "the Ninth Gate" was AWESOME and quite Lovecraftian in...

wow That is incredible! How bored do ya hafta be to figure out how to make all those critters!?

Mr. Walsh I agree the "Standing Stones of Sundown" was quite good. Also, I recently ran "Perlman's Curiosity" and it had the intended effect--it drove my players nuts. They wanted to wring the wizard's neck by the time they were finished with the nilbog. I also combined the adventure with two...

Veteran Woohoo! I got a 266! I only need to do 8 or 9 more wacky things to get to "Game Master" level!! Hehehheheheh :cool:

Favorite "Dungeon" Adventures Without a doubt, my all time favorite Dungeon adventure is "the Mud Sorcerer's Tomb" in issue 37 -- a dungeon crawl with some lovely themes and background worked in (ancient cults, tomes of eldritch lore, horrible deadly traps, etc...) I linked that adventure with...

Cthuluism Christianity sucks! Ia! Ia! Cthulu Fhtagn!

the Best Solution Undoubtedly, the best solution to this dilemma is the use of the following argument resolution table. Roll 1d10, divide by 2 and consult the table for the method of argument resolution: 1. thumb war 2. rock, paper, scissors 3. coin flip 4. pencil fight 5. the DM is right

DM characters DMs playing characters is usually a bad idea. They tend to steal the party's glory. Also, the PCs tend to accuse the DM of favoritism. And finally, how can the DM have the character remain truly objective. The DM KNOWS where the next spiked pit is. The character should not. In any...

more points to ponder Response to the above arguments: -OK, but the blinding effect is not the part that has a duration (the settled dust does)--otherwise you'd have to save again every round to see if you go blind. -I'm not aware of any rule that says visual spells extend into the etherial...

50%=F I'd say the material looked about half usable (which is still an "F" in my book). The detail is good, but generic. I have seen enough generic fantasy D20 stuff I don't even wanna start bitching--I could fill pages. By "generic", I mean "all the races and classes are represented" Tolkien...

Salmon Ladder D20 I will buy the Epic Level Handbook, but it does sound a bit silly. I believe the parts that bugged me were climbers scaling completely smooth cielings (e.g. spider man) and characters with high swim checks swimming up a waterfall (anyone else get a picture of a brawny...