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I think he may have been commenting on my plans for the group. I ended up using a combination of ideas and putting it all together. They actually enjoyed the evening so much that they want to know more and have plans to try and find a way back to where they were taken. The entire event happened...

The new edition. I know my groups preferences would not extend to a game with as much Parody as the original Hackmaster.

I have been playing and DMing for 3.5 D&D and Pathfinder for about 4 years now. I picked up the Hackmaster PHB and the Hacklopedia of Beasts. I really want to run a campaign for my group but they are all relatively new players who have just learned the d20 system. I could really use some...

Thanks for the ideas Blackseed, I like the idea about the clothing or items given to the players taken control over them if they wear them. I can turn up the creepy by having scared little children be the ones giving their favorite PC a bracelet or some token of friendship and if they wear this...

I am planning to do a Horror session in the ongoing campaign for my D&D group. We meet on Fridays and I can't pass up this chance to mess with them terribly. They are currently on a damaged riverboat which they plan on taking down river and I figure the easiest segue is that the night is foggy...

I cannot believe it is finally over. Thank you for continuing until the end and an even bigger thank you to your players for sticking with a game for so many years so that such an amazing story could unfold. I can't wait for some free time so that I can read through StevenAC's awesome...

That bit actually sent a shiver through me. I still can't believe I found such an amazing story on an RPG forum. I cannot thank this group and Sagiro especially for taking the time to write this all up. Truly awesome.

Woo an update! I would be having serious withdrawals but I stumbled across Spyscribe's Halmae story hour and have been reading through the PDF's done by StevenAC. Between you two I am inspired to start taking better notes of the sessions I DM on the off chance I ever decide to try writing it all up.

Well then, my email alerts from Enworld appear to be failing me. I checked back into find 3 updates and was quite surprised. Clicked your link Sagiro and enjoyed the read, can't wait to read what happens next!

That is a really cool idea. I especially like the aspect where they slowly increase and apply various strange or beneficial effects. Very flavorful and should be fun to watch them try and figure out what is going on. One way to reduce on the cliche is to make them formless early on. Instead of...

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could effect Arcane Magic users in some way? I don't want it to seem arbitrary but is there any lore that exists where arcane users would experience odd effects? Maybe someone like the spells start having unpredictable effects (wrong element, targets the wrong...

That sounds interesting. I'll try and hunt down a few of those books to get a better idea of what the far realms embodies. paradox42 That paladin link didn't work for me. I'll try again tomorrow because I'll never say no to a glance at awesome NPC's that I can then shamelessly model my own...

@the Jester That is a really cool idea having them quest for maintaining their power. Would definitely help with the middle of the campaign where I am having some trouble with figuring out how to level them up.

Kinak you hit the nail on the head. I am shooting to convey to the PC's that the situation is so incredibly dire that the gods are not only too busy to provide the power, they are allowing/encouraging the evil beings to fill in for them. I could see Vecna, or maybe one of the Chaotic good gods...

I am not familiar with those sourcebooks. What sort of material do they have? Is it sort of like the dreamland stuff from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan or a different dreamscape?

@Stormonu That looks pretty cool. Didn't have a chance to read through it all yet but there is some interesting stuff there. I especially like that map you posted, I don't know if it will see play time in my current plans but I will definitely keep on hand for future use.

Thanks, I thought that would lead to some very interesting roleplaying. Hmm, you have a very good point. As a set piece it seems awesome but it does pose the problem of what if the players reject that as an acceptable means for class mechanics. A possible remedy that occurred to me is that the...

Summoner is a good idea. Since he is the Big baddy I think I will build him with gestalt rules. Gestalt Summoner//Alienist sounds terrifying.

@RUMBLETiGER Thanks for the tip on a race that holds back Far Realms. I think that will fit in nicely. I already had an idea for an NPC that they think is an ally but turns out to be evil so having these guys seem evil and turn out to be good would create some nice symmetry there. @Cadence I...

So I am planning on starting up a campaign around November for a group of friends and I really want the Far Realms to play a role in the story Arch. Since I don't actually know much about them and I am still relatively new to being a DM (about a year of DM experience so far) I thought I would...