Search results

Hi All, Some time ago, one the of the PCs in my Victoria D&D game found a treasure map which leads to a sunken ship, which is rumored to contain some of Napoleon's loot. I've been in a creative rut lately, however, and I'd like suggestions for interesting treasure, especially of the non-magical...

Hey all, I subscribe to a weekly newsletter called Flavorpill that lists local happenings (I live in Chicago, but they have newsletters for other cities, too). Anyway, this week's email has this intriguing bit in it: "Final Fantasy perform the concept album Dungeons & Dragons fans have been...

We were discussing dice rituals in our group. One of our friends has the worst luck and also the worst taste in dice - his are quite ugly - and Dread October came up with this Dice-orcism. These are his words, unedited. Enjoy! Day One - Step 1: Lay all dice on a table. Step 2: Surround...

Hello everyone! I've never tried this before, so I am testing the waters. :) I'm thinking about running a PbP in my Victoria D&D setting. Briefly, it is D&D played in an "alternate-reality" 19th century Earth. It's called Victoria because I tend to run games at least starting in London, but it...

While poking around on Wizards' site, I saw this mini game called Dreamblade: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dbm/welcome I hadn't noticed it before and I don't think I'd seen it mentioned here. The minis actually look pretty cool - I don't play mini games myself (unless you count D&D...

I started the PopCultureCrap group out of boredom two years ago - I was tired of all the off-topic chatter on other groups I moderate or belong to and I thought it would help reduce it. I thought it would be a neat idea just have somewhere to talk about TV, commercials, movies, comic books, etc...

While researching a project for my job, I stumbled across something wonderful: MIT's OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/about-ocw.htm Lectures, study materials and bibliographies for several courses in several departments, some with video or audio components. Lots of...

Hello all, I hope this request isn't too annoying. In a horrible coincidence, both of the boards on which I post the Ambergate story hour crashed within a month of each other and I think along the way I have lost a part of story. Most of the story was written and saved locally; however, I...

Hey all, This time of year always makes me feel nostalgic, so I thought it would be neat to discuss what you thought were the highlights (and lowlights) of the Year in Gaming. Some ideas for discussion: Best/worst moments in a role-playing game Best/worst products, d20 or otherwise...

:mad: I have to vent. There has been this little war going on over my job. A new vice-president-type person has been hired and the place where I work is creating a department for this person. That's right, they have to create a department for someone they've hired. So, they want to move my...

If you were going to play a pick-up game, what would you want to run as a GM? What would you want to play in as a player? By pick-up game, I mean a game that would last only for 1 session or about 4-6 hours of play time. This is not limited to any game system and can include short...

Hello all, I've been reading an excellent trilogy by Garth Nix (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) and I really like his Remembrancer, a type of mage that deals with death, undead and seeing into the past. In D&D/d20 terms, it is part necromancer, part bard and part loremaster. I like this so much...

If you were going to create a sumo wrestler in D&D, how would you go about it? What classes, feats, skills, etc. would you use? EDIT - I'd prefer not to create a class from scratch.

Just out of curiosity: 1. Was the Oozemaster updated to 3.5? If so, what book is it in? 2. What is the prerequisites for this class?

Hello all! Since KidCharlemagne has been so kind to do a write up of my campaign, I thought I would return the favor and do a story hour for his campaign. The campaign takes place in Crystalmarch, KC's homebrew world. Ambergate is the name of a wizard's university in the Empire, where the...

I didn't want to put any exact details in the title because some of my players frequent these boards. I trust they will stay out. :) On a lark, I had one of my players create a treasure map. His character is from Atlantis and from his travels before meeting the rest of the party, he found the...

Hey all, I have a gamer friend whose birthday is tomorrow and I was hoping for some suggestions about what to get her. She doesn't have a whole lot of money and I thought that since our group primarily plays D&D, I'd buy her some books. I know she has the core books + the psionics book (+ d20...

Well, "disaster" is too strong a word really, so forgive the exaggeration. :) I love painting minis and sometimes I will surprise people with minis to represent PC, NPCs, monsters, etc. I suprised a fellow player with a mini of his character (a young necromancer dressed in grey and black) and...

Hello all, I have something that's been bugging me a little and so I'd like some input. We have a rather large group of about 10 players, but out of that number only 5 are really core players - that is, they show up to every game and play in every campaign. The infrequent players are good...

Inspired by the bored on game day thread, I thought I'd run a poll about common pitfalls of gaming that cause the most boredom. In your experience, which of the options has been the worst offender? GMs wanna know. :)