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I've been following this thread with some interest, since I am in the position of playing (albeit not all D&D) with several groups, and they treat this exact point in a variety of ways. One group, where we play both Mage: the Sorcerers Crusade and Shadowrun, the focus is very much on...

Ewwwww!!!! "Is there anybody there?" "A-tchoo!" *SPLAT* "Yup!"

:o Why thank you! Well, I like to include a lot of influences in my games. I have used stories which use homosexuality as an important element, and people's reactions to it (indeed it formed a central thread to a 10 year Vampire game). I guess #3 is about tradition and heterosexism. Of...

Ummm... let's think of ones based loosely around realworld events: a merchant approaches the party asking for help in discovering what has happened to his teenage son; it turns out the young man has eloped with a (male) wizard, who is using magic to hide him. A town council, desperately...

Regarding the Black Death: Though there were many different beliefs espoused for its causes across Europe, one that I like was the spread of a miasma from the East. Stories circulated of a great rift in the earth, far away in China, wherefrom a toxic cloud arose, and was born by teh winds...

I actually like that there are so many settings around! They showcase ideas of the possible, hopefully with the consequences of those possibilities. However therea re a few things I am not fond of in a world (it's too much to say 'lame' or 'hate'): Wworlds based on D&D that still try and...

I suspect (and in good role-player fashion, without ANY supporting evidence!), that the reason it's a Clerical spell is that it's hung up on the "Animate" term. Since the only other use of animation is with the undead, then it's a Positive/Negative energy thing. Now Wizards are allowed access to...

Since it shields any actual physical contact with the summoned entity, then logicaly any summoned creature that uses a part of itself to attack will be shielded away. Of course that doesn't answer the question of what happens when a summoned creature is given a mundane weapon to make the attacks...

I think people have been a little unfair to Aethelstan in this. He has set out his stall and argued it, rather than setting of a fire and waltzing away. I can only suggest though Aeth that whilst you may feel that a 'slightly ranty' opener inspires debate it can also rile people. A more...

Well, I agree that there ought to be a fair few silly, frivolous wishes. Even though people know that some things might come true, there's something in people that makes them behave in a childish way. So there'll be some wishes to adjust the sizes of certain parts of various people's anatomy...

Yup! having Spell Resistance is a two-way street. You never need do anything to get a chance at out and out resisting offensive spells. But you must accept that it takes an effort to guarantee you get a friendly spell. After all, you don't have to, but your friendly spellcaster might well be...

If you've never looked at it, take a look at the Ars Magica RPG from Atlas Games (the 4th edition rulebook can be downloaded for free!). Though set in a version of the Middle Ages, its key premise is that the world is actually like the peasantry imagined it, filled with demons and faeries...

I'm tempted to say that dominate is one of those classically neutral acts. It isn't particularly pleasant, as it strips away the will and turns the subject into a slave. But at the same time, it isn't anywhere near as nasty as just out-and-out killing another, or crippling them permanently or...

Indeed, I have heard the system as posited in 3.X as being 'Zelazneyan' rather than Vancian. The distinction is a subtle one, but unlike Tsyr I prefer the feel of the approach to the 'burned out mind'. That said, I would rather take it the next step, and adopt Monte's approach in Arcana...

'Sense of wonder' and 'magic' rarely go together in an adventuring-style RPG. Generally because most of the ideas bandied about to introduce a sense of wonder are really means to introduce a greater sense of uncertainty about the effects and effectiveness of magic. When your character is relying...

I think the reason that you find it difficult to build such a character in D&D, doghead, is that it simply isn't the model that D&D uses. The presumption built into the design for PCs is that greater competence equates to greater level. Thus the skilled woodsman is likely a moderate level Rogue...

Deep breath, jasamcarl! :) I happen to agree with you, but I think we ought to keep the temperature down. I suspect this discussion is just winding in on itself now.

Throwing another couple of words in: congeal (emphasises the state change back to solid) cohere (emphasises that the material sticks to itself) and if diaglo will forgive: recoalesce (the coming together again).

Your memory serves you fairly well, Softwind. The setting is Bluffside. And indeed, the Adamantine Security Council is assiduous in protecting the mined material. Can't say I blame them since this stuff is amongst the most precious of materials in the whole world!

I think I am gonna chime in once again with the Complete Book of Elves. If for no otehr reason than this is the book that got everyone thinking it was okay to have these Chaotic Good elves running Lawful Evil societies, but because it was Elves doing it that was okay and not LE at all! ;) And...