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Hey, I think the Second World sourcebook does have a good section on magic conversion, but that's definitely not the focus of the book. Another flavor possibility is to edit the spell lists yourself...such that fireball and other blatant magic simply doesn't exist (or, a la White Wolf's Mage...

Tell me what you think... Speeds Fast Trot = base speed (60 for light horse) Gallop = Base +10 Sprint = Base +15 All-out = Base +20 (note, only specially trained horses can be spurred to this speed) DCs by Speed and Task Speed horse is traveling at now Task *Fast...

A new monster idea from an adventure I'm writing: The ghost-legend comes to be when an ancient ghost (centuries old) is caught up in a case of mistaken identity by the populace. So, the people all believe they were actually a hero, tyrant, or some other legendary figure, who may very well have...

YOU CAN DO IT! A good web resources is WebRPG, which has dice, map program, etc. I used it once or twice when I dabbled with the idea of online role-playing.

Willie, you are a bardic genius! :lol: That first poem was just epic!! As for the rules, I'd only go with a perform check if your player is really shy (unlikely for a bard) and refuses to RP the scene. Remember, it probably takes more than one song to sway the whole city, but then again... A...

Khemit (a fantasy egypt with many ties to planescape). In fact, I played a mainly planescape game for a while. It rocked! Though I have to say I've rarely forayed into traditional western fantasy, I did run a game for my friend and his girlfriend set in the city of Watership Vale based on the...

Quick additions... for those who don't know egyptian myth, anhur's profile is war, hunt, and leadership, Isis's profile is healing, fertility, and magic. thought that'd help...

long post I remember reading about patron saints as a feat somewhere on EnWorld. I think that would be phenomonally cool! Some historic considerations about monotheism...Take Persia (Iran), where Zoroastrianism (ahura mazda is big god, many demons and divine beings fighting, good vs. evil...

I recently re-found a really good internet source for d20 Ars Magica by Erik Jordan. Check it out! I think he's done a superior job. I'll let you know when I get a working copy of my own adaptation done. Soon hopefully. :heh: To really understand the system you need to check out Ars Magica...

Heather Grove wrote a great 8 part series on half-djinn for any system, which is great inspiration for making your own prestige class along those lines. Catch it over at: http://www.burningvoid.com/users/heather/roleplaying/Essays/barakah1.html

wererats Wererats! Hordes of filthy, treacherous, cowardly wererats! What's worse is you never know who has the disease of lycanthropy within the city walls.

Yeah, go for it! Your first time DMing will take quite a bit of preparation, and it is so worth the effort! My recommendation? Start with 1st level or 0th level (i.e commoner or peasant) characters. Have the players decide how they know each other. Decide on a theme for the first adventure and...

The party is high-level 14-18. The sphinx was sent by gods to punish hubris of man. It did its job and decided to stay, having developed a taste for man flesh. It's technically female, but I think it deserves a better stat block than the gynosphinx offers. They can't just kill the sphinx for...

Why it's clearly the Audrey 2! What about giving it a feat like Swallow Whole and Spit Back Out? This could be explained by the plant having a thirst for flesh, but being allergic to metals. A character who is spat out is a projectile dealing 1d6 if small, 2d6 if medium, and 3d6 if large...

What would you expect out of an encounter with a sphinx of legend? Besides the riddles of course. Are there any sources for such a creature? I'm thinking of trickery...For example, dressing a group of recently killed criminals as the PCs, mangling them, and displaying them around her lair...

Hmm...3 ideas....What about walking into a dragon's lair, and rather than killing him the dragon is enchanted by his music and invites him to come back. It ends up the dragon is master storyteller and student of music. Thus, the poor halfling, to save his life ends up becoming a bard. Another...

Not knowing anything about your campaign, I'm jumping in blind here. :) I think all good RPing (and the baseline is no metagaming) starts from the GM, who has to set a precedent that it's OK and safe to really cut loose with your imagination. So, I would suggest seeing if this route works...

Sigurd, I really dig the confound the soul spell and lifekeeping mythos! I'm working on the same thing in my campaign. Here are my thoughts... *Consider the afterlife mythology in your campaign...The best inspiration I've found is egyptian myth, wherein the soul takes a while to learn its way...

Groovy! I'm not sure what the d20 take on noisy vs silent flight is, but I think it would be really cool to include some description of owl-like silent flight in the race's stat block. Cheers! :)