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Never fought one in tabletop (except as a Deus Ex, you get mindblasted into a coma, you wake up later…) Fought something similar in a larp once. A “I can’t believe it’s not a mind flayer” That was a farce. (From my POV) They can change their appearance, eat spell power (drain the mind) and...

For magic and steam engines that are really good games just off the top of my head are Iron Kingdoms and Deadlands. How is it different from learning any other background? Magic item cheaper than a simple bilge pump? Unlikely More reliable? Possibly but I'd be rather dubious about a ship...

The age of rail was so successful because it was a cheap method of travel, for the first time travel became affordable to the lower rungs of society. And how common would an 18th level wizard be? Would they really have the time and inclination to set up many of these?

Already in DnD but the cranium rat from Sigil, top of it's skull is translucent so you can see the brain pulsating underneath with an inner light. A dog and man who have had some traits swapped over, the dog talks and the man is dumb but very loyal. Horse that's skin is losing it's hair in...

Nitpicking a little but Ars Magica doesn't do that exactly (Uh, I am an edition behind mind as everyone down this way took one look at 5th ed and ditched it in favour of 4th) It states what is possible within the current boundaries of Hermetic Theory. This does not neccisarily apply to other...

Problem with torture when the player decides if the PC breaks or not is unless the penalties inflicted are going to be pretty long term, either permenant or difficult to shift there is little out of character motivation to stop the pain and give in. Probably because I've played in game systems...

Glass is good; all you taste is the drink. Metal is ok, doesn’t ruin the flavour too much. Plastic makes every thing taste mank. Plus they are so flimsy that if you are not careful picking them up you accidentally crushing it and end up wearing most of it. :\ Combine with poor club...

Belkar the saviour? Now that is a terrifying thought

Hazard by Richard Marx is hardly a barrel of laughs either. Seems there are hours of music to slit your wrist to out there. What a cheering thought.

DM is two words, Dungeon and Master, looks like 5 to me. Though by the sound of this campaign ST would fit more.

Most powerful item I ever got? A writ exempting my clerics chirch from paying tax and legalising the mustering of a militant order. Boy did the king regret that one. Most powerful MAGIC item? Until recently I'd have said a +2 axe or somesuch. Now one of my PC's is kicking round with Full...

*Shudder* That's one suppresed memory poping back to the surface. :( Haven't walked out on a game for those grounds but as a group we have thrown someone out on those grounds and told them not to come back until clean. It was a depressingly regular occurence. Some people don't learn. Not...

Oh I've seen people trip and fall, just not while attacking, only while backing rapidly away from someone on the offensive which I'd put under a bull rush from opponent rather than a fumble on an attack. And as for pulling muscles, done it myself a few times, never noticed it during the fight...

Heroic fantasy game? That doesn’t even sound like a game, let alone heroic. I have played in a few “games” like that (fortunately not for a long time), where all you want to ask is if the GM can hand you the script to rehearse because you sure as hell don’t have free will and all you are there...

To be fair anything by Placebo is quite depressing. I had to cut them from my MP3 player because the random function managed to put together a combo that meant I'd often come close to losing the will to live by the time I'd got to work every morning. Not exactly the early morning pick me up I...

I’m generally against critical failures in “heroic” or high fantasy games such as DnD. (Uh, not that I’d ever describe the groups I play with as heroic, at best not completely mercenary) Slows the game down, doesn’t add to the enjoyment and is usually rather unrealistic. I can’t remember...

From War of the Worlds "Forever Autumn"

I put down 20 - 30 %, it varries wildly depending on the group and the system but this pretty much sums up my DnD experiences. Problem with DnD is you pretty much have to get into fights to improve. For other games I'm currently playing in Ghoul (soon to be Vampire) works out at 2% combat (I'm...

While I rate New Croburzon (though I don't like the changes Iron Council brought in - I liked the secret police the way they were), Armarda, Sigil, Camorr and Tal Varrar highly my favourite has got to be 5 Fingers. The city paladins fear to enter, who's patron "saint" of gamblers is an...

When GM'ing: Take notes of the names of all the NPC's I introduce, somehow the minor throw away ones always end up being important. Prepare for the game. Don't lose my notes. Know the plot better than the players. (Asking the players what the hell is going on is just embarasing) DnD...