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For my next D&D game I want to attach all the PCs to a set of closely connected deities. I'm hoping to use a lot of the divine politics to filter into the attitudes of the PC's and pre set up some more enmity between them and the antagonists in the game. So, I'm hoping to get pointed to a good...

Am I going to cross the line of acceptable behavior? Things are going strangely for our adventuring band. First, we were just running into a lot of dangerous creatures for going through a populated area. Then, things were sneaking into our camp and specifically targeting party members. Ok, now...

I stink at running interrogated prisoners. Every situation that I've run so far goes in one of two manners. Half the time the prisoner cracks under the first question and spills everything. The other half of the time they hold out until the frustrated party beats them into unconsciousness and...

A bunch of battered and bloodstained people come into town on a cart that's got a dead body and a pile of rotten meat in it. Flies follow in their wake. They havn't bathed in days, and they're carrying a disproportionate amount of weaponry. Meet my adventuring party. See, our fighter died...

So, at long last, I'm going to get to play in a game. YAY! The concept I had was a charismatic Paladin who was good at finding the 'measure' of people, and seeing/cutting through falsehoods. Then I heard about a tweak the DM was making to the game, Detect Evil only detects clerics, outsiders...

So, with more work than ever, and some people making good on a promise I made to run another game if they ever wanted, I am officially looking at a situation where I need to get a plan for a session done as efficiently as possible. To all you expierenced DMs out there, is it possible to do a...

This is where I'm supposed to say something cool, right? Ok... Does the phrase "You shall never triumph! My technique is ultimate!" send shivers down your spine? Do you enjoy action movies with two tough heroes who sort of get along, but who are united in their desire to punch evil in the face...

Allright, so for chrismas, I thought it'd be fun to get everyone a painted mini of their primary characters. Ok, so it's a good excuse to indulge in some mini work (something I've been wanted to get into for years) and not have to make space to keep the minis. Nevertheless. I was able to track...

Or, rather, how much responsiblitity do I have to DM a game that my players want to play, vs DMing the game I'd like to run? Or, maybe, smiply can a story based game work? Today, I was inspired for a game. It wasn't inspired like the usual, "hey, that'd be a neat idea for a game" inspired. It...

I'm finally getting a chance to run D20 Modern with my group now. To ease into it, I'm putting together a cast of pre-generated characters for the players to pick from. The characters are all part of a privately funded orginization, who recieve missions via computer dispatch and a few middle...

I've got a few ideas that I'm trying to solidify in how to accomplish them in D20 Modern. I was hoping to grab some advice here. The first is trying to find a good system to represent hitpoints more as staying power than necessarrally life. Instead of living and dead, I'd like to have a third...

So, the players are taking up the roles of a set of mercenaries in the next few sessions. They're being sent to gather information on a particuar orginization's activities, and gather one specific item. The party had a major brush with the ortinization, nearly destroying it. So, I'm trying to...

Ok, so autofire targets an area with a spray of bullets. Effective AC 10, requires a reflex save vs 15 to everyone in the area to avoid damage. I have a problem with armor not having an effect on this. I just cant see having a big piece of bullet resistant material between me and the bullets not...

With one glaring exception, last session was wonderful. However, that one thing got me annoyed, and I find that it doesn't go away. I find that one or two things my group does gets unbelievably on my nerves. It's the case of repeated behavior that just drives me crazy. Last session, Kay, an...

While reading some of these 3.5 topics, I've run across the statement that characters using a sword and shield are better off than 2handers or dual-wielders. That got me thinking about the fact that no one I know has ever made someone who uses a shield by choice, and I've never gotten to see one...

I began the first session of my campaign today with a lot of worry. My last campaign ended on a rather sour note, and three of those four people are returning. In the last campaign, there was a whole lot of things taken for granted which really hurt the campaign, not to mention my feelings as...