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"True, our people are great warriors. But what can those that know only destruction teach their children?” - Niclaos Sotiries, Tyrant of the Citadel at Three Rivers Concise Introduction Where: Springfield, VA (Northern Virginia) When: Every third Sunday, 1-6 p.m. Start Date: Sunday, December...

After years of DMing, I’m trying to systematize my adventure design process. I’ve created two “crutches” to aid myself. I’d like to share them and, more importantly, get feedback on streamlining and improving them. Adventure Design Crutch Encounter Design Crutch We use Monte Cook’s...

Hi all: My players and I are working on a future switch from D&D to a Grim Tales/Black Company varient. (As several of you have done and are doing.) In the current campaign, we use alot of stuff from Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed, the classess in particular are very popular. As I look at it...

Curiosity will probably kill me, but… Hi all: My players and I will be converting from D&D 3.5 to a Grim Tales/Black Company hybrid. In setting out my vision for the conversion's endpoint, I wrote the following goals: interesting variety for players who do not want high level characters...

Anyone know if any excel sheets or programs have been developed to aid players in creating PCs? Thanks, Tormenet

I'm strongly leaning toward following those who are merging Grim Tales with the Black Company Magic System. It looks like the threads boil down to the BCCS magic system being great but hard to use at the table, killing the pace of play. Other than pre-figuring DCs out of game has anyone...

This setting grew from my fascination with Bactria, a Greek dominated state in central Asia that arose shortly after Alexander’s death. Anyone with knowledge of Afghanistan, particularly the Pashtuns, will sense it immediately. Persia and Mauryan India can be found, and Scythian nomads ride...

I’m designing a DM sheet for when player’s are absent. An ideal finished product would remove my having to think about the PC’s actions or calculations. It would also be concise and easy to take in at a glance. So far, I know I want a combat section that goes something like the combat...

Seeking two reliable players to join an established D&D 3.5 group in Springfield, VA. Sessions occur every 3-4 weeks. We play Sundays, usually from 1-6 p.m. Here is some shameless self-promotion in the form of feedback from the game's players: "(I like) the great detail. The feeling that my...

An anthropomorphic race for my homebrew, please comment on the racial traits. The goal is a kobold-like race with a weak constitution (frail) that is offset by being hard to hit (swift). It should be LA +0. CANID RACIAL TRAITS * -2 Constitution, +1 Wisdom, +1 Intelligence, +1 Dexterity. *...

Of arms I sing and the heroes sing in me, Avasara (You are the Creator, the One, the Unlimited, the Formless Truth) and through me tell their story. Tell first of whom we speak. speak of the heroes living in Shar Jehna. Ajax lawbreaker and orphan due to a Magistrate’s edict laboring in the...

Are good and evil cultures clearly defined in your campaign or is there a lot of gray? As a player do you like clearly defined cultural alignments? A player in my campaign took me to task because he felt there was too much overlap. In my homebrew, the Ionian Bastiyaani are a settled people...

My hard drive was recently wiped. I’d really appreciate help locating downloadable copies of these two- really, incredibly useful- programs: *an Excel program that generated NPC personalities. It generated traits for: speech, hair, facial features, a main personality trait , a minor...

I always read about how fantasy is stagnant and certain themes are way overused. What have you recently read that struck you as fresh, innovative, or just plain cool? Tormenet (P.S.- I ask this as a DM who is always looking for new ideas to incorporate into my homebrew.)

Weapon Kin (It came up in my campaign that we might need to bond a PC to a weapon. This is my vision for my homebrew. The weapon has magic bonuses, features of a familiar, and gives access to domain powers. Frank opinions are very welcome.) Among the Present Reality’s craftsmen are a few...

An established D&D 3.5e group in Springfield, (northern) VA is seeking a mature player. To see the campaign site: http://rpg.hive-brain.com/tiki/tiki-index.php (Note: It is not fancy, but there is a lot there. It does not contain the basic setting information new player’s receive. The site...

In Dragon #315 on pg. 24 they give a stat block for an organization called the Defilers of Ka. Does anyone know where I can find the details for setting up these stat blocks? It seems like a simple way to reformat several organizations in my campaign that exist on way too many separate...