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    Cinematic Recap?

    I love combat descriptions, and Eberron is supposed to be all about the cenematic swashbuckling flair. Unfortunately, I find that they often bog things down during the actual combat round. Some people I know (myself included to some degree) are even so afraid of being accused of metagaming that...
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    Proposed rules: Backwards Screen, End-of-Round Recap

    Here are two ideas for my game I'm considering implimenting in order to speed things up and help my players get into the game more: 1) Backwards Screen: I have a very nice DM screen I bought a while back, but I hardly ever use it. Sure, I roll behind it, but I almost never have to look at the...
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    Tropical Adventuring

    Considering my players are in Sharn right now, I'm wondering how I can drive home that this is a TROPICAL climate, not just a standard European cold-side-of-temperate climate? I know about the heat dangers in the DMG and I've developed my own table for Southern Brelandish weather, but I'm...
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    Modern Ravenloft?

    I was thinking about this the other day. d20 Modern and Ravenloft could be two great things that taste great together. All it would really require is updating the NPCs and perhaps adding a few more domains. Any thoughts on this?
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    Military base dungeon crawl: Need help with game idea

    On the outskirts of the city where my characters live, there is a military base that has been abandoned since the early 70s. It was sealed with lead and concrete, and occasional patrols ensure that the curious and conspiracy-minded can't get in. However, the patrols are not really so much to...
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    Top 10 Gamer Gripes

    We hear 'em all the time. Those complaints from players and GMs about Wizards or any other company that makes roleplaying games that get repeated ad nauseum. Enough is enough for me, and I'm going to respond to each complaint in turn: 1) "They're just in it for the money!" Thank you for that...
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    Rival gaming groups

    ast semester I had my first successful campaign. After many miserable failures, while running Exalted I managed to finally get things right. The game had its warts and disappointments, but it managed to limp its way through the semester. THis semester I decided to do something different. I...
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