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I like to play characters that have background and motivation and a place in the world and all that stuff, but really shine when they're kicking ass, killing monsters/bad guys and taking their stuff. As a DM, I like to create a somewhat realistic situation, with villains who have motivations...

That depends on what you and your group want. For both my groups, we don't use the individual XP guidelines at all, and only give higher or lower XP for exceptional or lazy roleplaying. Individual XP guidelines are a pain-in-the-behind to keep track of for the DM, but they add a certain level...

Here: Giant In the Playground Games

Snakes, apparently.

None of the four LGS in my city have any political affiliation that I know of. Most political affiliations would not have any effect on my spending, but some affiliations that I find abhorrent (which is a nice word for "dumb" :p) would. This would be equally true if I would overhear a...

Hi, my name is White Tornado. - I am not an acrobat. - I received my name when I worked at McDonalds. I sometimes fear it makes me look like a racist (which I’m not, for the record). - I play 2E and 4E and I love both. - The second character I ever played was an overpowered...

I'm sorry, ninja'd! http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/297142-oots-0759-a.html

OotS #579 is up! Giant In the Playground Games It's awesome. Absolutely awesome. You go, Rich!

I have to disagree with you on this. Sure, this comic didn't further the plot enormously, but I feel plot is only part of OotS's strength (though I think it has a great plot). This comic does further the plot in the sense of Elan's gradual discovery of his father's evil nature. It would be worse...

I really like "Maps Workshop - Developing the Fictional World through Mapping" by Holly Lisle. It's just four pages, but it inspired my current homebrew world. I can't provide the url right now, but it's somewhere on http://hollylisle.com. I also like Creating a Realistic Fantasy World (and...

:lol: "Look, I found a puppy!" "Well, you know what the DM said... chop it up!" "Look, a helpless old lady!" "Well... we found her, so..."

I recall that the Buffy TV show featured a "portal to hell" or something similar, which continued to attract vampires, werewolves, ghosts, demons and other nasties. You can do something similar, like a fey crossing nearby, or a forgotten temple ruin that is buried beneath the inn and attracts...

There's a town in Frysia (in the northern part of the Netherlands) which is called Sexbierum (sex, beer, uhm...). Rotterdam sounds like bad news (the Rotte is a river, btw) And whose idea was it to name an actual country POLand? :p

I actually once made a half-elf fighter called Link, complete with shield, sword, maul, boomerang and horse. Yes, I was a fanboi ^_^

I was 15 years old. I discover some classmates played AD&D 2nd edition (I had heard about it), and I invited myself to their next session ^_^ The party consisted of two human fighters, an invoker, a necromancer, and a halfling thief. They made me play a priest, and the DM invented an overpowered...

It still is exciting to roll 3d6 in order for stats. Good ol' days. Darn it. I must be more patient. I couldn't wait while the thingy was saving the Wisdom roll, so I hit the button twice, and now have a double Wis score. Ah well.

I dunno. The guys in my FLGS are crazy about everything. "4th edition is great. Pathfinder is great. You still play 2nd edition? Woah, respect! It's great". They love just about every RPG I discussed with them, they play/host/wanna play everything, and most importantly, I actually believe them...

Here’s my two cents. For starters, I see a lot of interesting and inspiring stuff. This could really be a great campaign! Regarding the whole plot, I agree with S’mon and Hellah_Tellah – it sounds like a big railroad to me. Or at least it could turn into one. The PC’s will do unexpected...

My favourite villain (and my PC's least favourite villain) was a gnome illusionist called Verpoolisch Popplepip. Wherever there was trouble, Verpoolisch would either be behind it, or be around somewhere for some reason. The PC's were fighting in a war against orcs? Verpoolisch would be trading...

Years ago I was DM'ing 2nd edition. A friend of mine, Harry, decided to give it a try. He rolled up a 1st level wizard, cast his two spells in the first battle, and then started complaining that he couldn't do anything. "Well, that's just the way it works, dude. You're a wizard, Harry."...