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That was the point I was trying to make. Dears' book is specifically about Egbert who was the root of all of those stories, and incidentily, the Tom Hanks movie 'Dungeons and Dragons'.

No Second Amendment right for spell casters One odd point I never hear enough of is how the non-magic wielding population is supposed to deal with it. We all know that the mage is the best choice to be the brewer because of the game mechanics but what about the more psychological and emotional...

1. You can never have too much rope. 2. Lock picks don’t fit into boots comfortably. 3. Swimming in plate mail is never the correct choice. 4. Always choose the flame-retardant robes when you can. I’ll leave some for others to make up. There are so many…

Like Nagol said in point #1 decide on the structure. Decide what you want the adventure to accomplish. The next part is a little more time consuming. Look at each main encounter/session and decide how it should turn out. Jot these down like you would an outline for a school paper. Now, for...

What ever happened to, what ever happened to, what ever happened to the dolphins? It’s surprising but no one yet has mentioned the kid who was eaten/disappeared/died in the steam tunnels under (insert name of out of state university). The media was all over this one back in the early ‘80s’...

If you don't like it, don't use it. The game still works without it and you don't have to worry about the game hanging on non-weapon knowledge for a successful run. Maybe assuming that most adventurers can build a fire without a kit might be much but going with the base that most adventurers are...

Yes it is...

The Evil High Priest, when cornered in his lair at the end of the adventure, scored a ‘three-fer’. First when told by the oh-so-proper Captain of the Guard/Paladin that they were here to stop his plan to flee justice. The EHP tisked his best Tim Curry and said “Bad Timing.” “Now, you know...

A little bit of a tale… I have earned an appellation. I was a Captain in the US Army. I was the Captain of a Ship (and social group) in the SCA. As you can see in my photo (yes, that’s really me) I smoke a pipe. And I do so when I game, act, philosophize, and go out in public. For many...

Carbunccle bite? The wizards familure lands a crit? Failed savings throw on that all-night drinking binge?

Best of luck finding those books. They have been gone a long time. Though I own each, using them has been 'hit and miss'. The crusades and Rome gave a wealth of ideas for my Birthright game. Viking information seems to creep into every barb character. The Greeks didn't get much attention...

Not so much a concern then, but with the economy today this can't work the way it used to. Then again, The older hardbacks were preferable to the soft's because of durability issues, particularly the bindings and the glue. But starting about 3rd ed the quality of the HBs started to fall also...

This is probably just a case of the wife not being in the limelight. Not really enough to say but I have encountered (and gotten exp for defeating) difficult players and the significant other is the hardest one to deal with. The weapons are legendary: “you’re more interested in this game than...

Come on guys. She's just playing in character...Every group needs a Cassandra to ignore. You just arn't doing your part, like, arranging the sacrifice...

Sorry I’m late guys. Please, don’t get up. It’s ok… Ahem. Like Klaus stated much earlier, there was too much focus on realm specific products. Soat pegged it exactly; once your group had chosen what the setting was you didn’t often get outside of it. Dark Sun, Planescape, Red Steel, Maztica...

60% Bad marketing. 10% Language/pronunciation problems. 10% Time. 20% Failure of consequence. The first two have been covered, so I'll hit the other last two. Time. Not time to play, but time for preparation on the part of the GM and the March of Time for the character. Any game involving...

Not at all. The hero overcoming adversity and eventually succeding is the meat and potatos of any adventure stuff. To avoid the mess that comes with trying to get PC's to surrender; you might start a few hours later, say, in the holding tank, after the sentencing, or being transported to the...

Np. Keeping the players out of the initial action allows for your plan to unfold without the players mucking things up. For the plan you have, it works well as a backdrop. Simple, efficent for starting the war, Clear cut. I don't know what sort of political heirarchy you are using but...

Masque of the Red Death. Birthright. Mechwarrior. GDW Traveller. Teenagers from Outer Space. Can't even find people wanting to try these... :.-(

Don't for get the rest. It's all his name. :P