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falling rocks or barrels al-la traditional video games always work well on inclines, think donkey kong the original.

This sounds like a super cool idea. The first thing i would ask is: what is the world without humanoids like? is it hostile and volitile, with gigantic and predatory beasts roaming everywhere freely? is there plenty of plant life? what types of Mounts are available (Horses and mounts play a...

Yeah I know...i hate PDF books and the main book is kinda steep. I may just use the couple of rules that i like (CMB and the XP budget encounter buiilder) and call it good. $50 for a somewhat rehash of all the 3.5 I already have is a little rough

one of my favorites I have doen is the Sword of WHAT THE!?! and the Scabbard of That's better. when you draw the sword you get a fish or something else rediculous and a hilt, you then must exclaim WHAT THE!?! and then put it back in the scabbard and then it will come back out a +2 shortsword...

what I often do in cases like this is allow the character to discover through roleplay that his family items are actually artifacts and he "unlocks" the abilities of the Item as he grows in knowledge/power. similar to the 3.5 weapons of legacy book, but more customized and with less rules in...

I have always imagined that familliars retain all of thier abilities upon a wizard's death. the wizard looses a bunch of XP if the familliar dies, which to me seems that the familliar and the wizard are forver bonded even after death. I am REALLY intreigued as uising a Familliar as a BBEG fora...

Was going to say the same thing..i have always wanted to either play in or DM a game on a boat, but I have never braved the task for lack of ideas to keep things interresting on the open seas.

i actually have a vague familiarity with 3 kingdoms and with some other asian elements. Its not so much creating the setting I am having problems with as it is creating storylines/adventures. I watched Kung Fu panda recently which inspired me to get back on the OA train. Here is kind of...

I almost always run a cherry picked game. I dont allow PHB gnome, I use the Dragonlance CS one. I disallow Charisma casting (sorcer/bard). Wizards must be specialists, and some other things I cant remember. These are all explained by the campaign world (sorcerers are not available on the...

I have always run games in a classic fantasy setting and want to try and broaden my horizons. I have greated a pretty cool asian campaign setting, I just need a good story. I based the nations of the asian themed continent on my homebrew world on the story of the chineese zodiac. each of the...

Goods and Gear from Kenzer and Company has rules for weapons of liek 4 or 5 different levels of quality along with pricing and stats for EVERYTHING...hirelings, ladies of the evening, spices, makeup, clothes, weapons, pets..EVERYTHING its a really really good book for gear (non-magic) Goods...

One of my few qualms with 3rd edition was the streamlining of spell effects. I imagine that keeping the save or die spells doesnt change the system much tho. I DO still own the 3.5 books. I hated how all spells in 3.X had one of the same 4-5 durations, ranges and areas of effect. I missed...

too many pages of this thread to check, but incase it hasnt been mentioned: http://www.enworld.org/forum/pathfinder-rpg-discussion/275481-necromancer-games-alive-sort.html

The more i read of pathfinder, the more i like it. I haven t gotten to the spells section yet, but that could be a dealbreaker. I know they had to mess with alot of them due to balance issues. seems like the only thing i dont care for is how they handled polymorph. Never been a problem in my...

I loved 3.5 dont get me wrong, but what I DIDNT liek about it was how it slowly but surely crept away from the flavor of traditional fantasy. I hated ebberon and most of the monsters created in the later MM (IV and V) were just plain silly. I also though that alot of the core classes and...

I am an oldschool D&D player at heart, i still play 3.5 and splash elements of 2.0 and even 1.0 into my games. I recently have been considering getting into pathfinder as I love the 3.5 system for the most part, and it appears that Pathfinder has ironed out some kinks from the system. However it...

That all depends on WHICH Shoe you are speaking of...Certainly it is not just a random loafer or sneaker typing on a computer......OR IS IT... But seriously: I will probably try some combo of all the listed ideas...My campaign world is currently working on being overrun by Yuan-Ti so maybe i...

the more i read this thread, the more and more likely i think I may be to just have a character building session instead of having peopel bring characters. it seems like it will work out for the best, even if it basically means starting a week later than intended Thanks for all the feedback...

The problem with this is that there are hundreds of DM's (with greater, equal or lesser skill) that will do it for free and people will always take a freebie over a charged service (even if the game is slightly less fun than yours). There are too many free DM's to make money doing it because the...

I actually have a "No laptops at the table while RPG-ing" rule. I find that in almost all cases it detracts from the game. Between other distractions like AIM and web games or even news articles. I have alot of 3.X pdf files and i never have my laptop at the table during a game, i print off...