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Reading this post made me suddenly realize that all of my best campaigns are plots from old westerns, but I replaced Indians with Goblins, and Europeans with elves. :-P

I never saw the two D&D movies that were made. I was told they were beyond horrible, so I skipped them. Having said that, if a D&D movie were to be made, I think to make it stand out it will have to use the more unique settings. e.g. Eberron or Planescape. Forgotten Realms/Greyhawk/Dragonlance...

Personally, I really don't like "Virtual Magic Items". I make an exception for boosts to BaB and Saves. Those are just number boosters (EDWD Syndrome confers wonderful bonuses). I'm talking about items that confer specific effects. As a player, I get really frustrated when some enemy NPC gets...

Zad pretty much nailed everything I was going to say, but I'll put some words down anyway. Being a DM starting at this level seems to get much harder (and more fun) for me. 0) DM's motto: "Anything you can do, I can do better". After level 9 or so, PCs can do some pretty crazy things with...

Completely correct. Which is why I stipulated "Don't take the above too seriously, its just an example..." The Ring gates are a running joke in our group because at some point in a campaign many years ago someone used them to propel halflings over the castle walls. Of course, never...

I guess that depends on your interpretation of the setting. I've always believed that physics/chemistry applies as normal, unless otherwise noted (or interfered with magic). If you want to say if you mix charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter in D&D nothing happens, Great! its an entirely fictional...

I have always assumed guns existed, but are rarely used in Eberron because they are pointless in a magical setting. Much like how our soldiers don't carry crossbows today. Gunpowder certainly must exist, because alchemy is so widely practiced in this setting. They might not have used guns; but...

I'm interested in Pathfinder. I really like the idea of a long adventure purchased via subscriptions. I'm going to buy the first product when it is released in August, and based on that, maybe get the subscription. However I've never even looked at a Dungeon mag. so forgive my cluelessness...

Snide, verbally abusive replies from people who never bother to read the Original post. Essential Post or Sacred Cow?

In 4th Edition, There is no Monstrous Manual. All monsters are sold via randomly inserted plastic D&D Mini's boxes. These Mini will be a different scale of the older D&D Minis. To alleviate confusion, These D&D Minis will be called D&D Miniatures: 3rd Edition. Spells will no longer be printed...

Played with an Archivist over the weekend for the first time (Not me, another player). The Archivist is pretty awesome IMHO. When I first read it on paper was was unimpressed. Now I want one in every party I play with. He was the only "healer" in the party and did a good job of it, but it was...

Yeah, but they lack the utility of the original Polymorph. E.g. Trollshape. You can turn into a troll. Its very nice to turn into a troll when you want to bash something. But I found 90% of my uses with Polymorph as just to adapt to a non-combat problem. The New polymorph spells have their...

What bothers me about the idea of "ban it, since its broken" mentality is that it totally ignores Rule Zero. If I want to Polymorph into something crazy. My DM simply says "No". I think the designers should take a Cue from the D&D video games and make a finite list of possibilities if the...

In addition to the various VG music sites listed above, I strongly recommend going to your Local Public Library and checking out the Classical music section. Focus on early music and Baroque, and avoid anything written after 1700. Operas will frequently be 2 or 3 discs are usually quite well...

While I like the idea of trees, I guess I will have to see them in action to be convinced. I really like feats in 3.x. I can create interesting characters that are way outside typical archetypes that you might find in books. If they were to do 4e, I would hope to see an ability to create a...

*YOINK* This is an awesome idea. I'm going to elaborate on it and have My colossus shoot a giant lightning bolt in a wide swath on the ground or in the air to discourage flying PCs. Imagine the Monkeylord from Supreme Commander....

Mostly it an excuse to have a plot OTHER than "go kill this Lich by finding his phylactery". That, and making the players second guess themselves and their "employer" is always fun. If the player's as, the Lich will respond: "Since I don't know exactly where it is, I am not sure I can get...

That is actually how I always interpreted the Phylactery as well. Nothing stopping it from being a piece of an item I guess. e.g. A Gem in the hilt of the sword, but not the sword itself. I am more concerned with creative ways of protecting the phylactery than hiding it. While tasking a paladin...

Mwha ha ha, I like that one. Thanks for all of the ideas, please keep them coming! One idea I had for the the actual location of the phylactery was a Wondrous Item that would Cast Fabricate 3/day to create an exact copy of the phylactery, which gets spit out into a large room. After a couple...

I don't think this particular Lich has enough levels in Shadow Dancer for the "Hide in Plain Sight" ability. ZING!