The Gaming Den

Annoying question: Has there been any decent 3e/Pathfinder dungeon crawls written for low levels? I'm talking a HUGE dungeon crawl (but smaller than The World's Largest Dungeon). I got the idea of running a campaign based loosely on the story of Lord Robilar and the Tomb of Horrors, except with the...

At some point, I'd love to see Heroes of Horror, but it looks like SS is winning the vote so far. In the face of Frank and K's current Ravenloft review I very much support this request. Also, what about the d20 Raveloft version (S&S, wasn't it?) I heard lots of stories from a gaming buddy about...

What did this Dancey guy fuck up exactly? Well... In 2011 EVE Online finally got the Incarna expansion that allowed you to actually walk around in a 3D avatar. Movement was (and still is) limited to your personal quarters only, but its a first step. They also introduced a vanity item system to come...

Wait... PF Online won't be class based? What? I mean, I'm actually always happy for another point based game, but it's fucking PF/D&D, classes are a rather important thing to have in this case. How can they stumble that badly this early on? Lisa Stevens said something about that decision, maybe...

The game seems adorable in its silliness, also weird, but I can see the appeal. Fascinating stuff, please continue!

fbmf wrote:For Ted: Savage Species.

Game On,
fbmf

Oh hell yes, but please with inclusion of the Savage Progressions article series, because it adds so very... well.

Sometimes I am sort of glad that I came late to the hobby and missed everything pre-3rd edition. I mean, the elf bullshit in Races of the Wild annoyed me, but this... this is better worse.

I for one would like to see DM Options: High Level Play. -Username17 Which reminds me - there is no full review of the Epic Level Handbook around, is there? I don't know if you could really do this as a drunken review because there are just so many parts in ELH that need to be drowned in alcohol, b...

Does anyone here know off the top of their heads if there are any cool necromancy options in Pathfinder? I will be the GM of a Pathfinder game in like a month, so currently I'm educating myself about rules and stuff. But since switching forward and backward between the Necromancer Handbook and the P...

Thanks for the review.
I bought a cracked, cheap copy of the DMG2 like 2 years ago because I heard there was some interesting advise on story rewards in it. I never really read the damn thing, has been sitting on my shelf ever since - now I know I can let it sit there without missing much

My official D&D 3.5 products have been mentioned aldready, so here are my d20 favorites: When the Sky Falls and Requiem for a God, both from Monte Cook's Malhavoc Press. I really enjoyed those books, even though the mechanics tend to be somewhat awful - nothing surprising here, I mean we talk ab...

I actually wonder if people would accept RPGs that weren't so much shorter as less tall . The current RPG standard is a coffee table book that only fits on a tall shelf and has ~800 words per page. I genuinely wonder if people would accept 11x17.8cm paper back format books as their RPGs. I mean sur...

... or they want to do something big, like incorporate all the rules they've added in the last three years, and that will take at least three years. That latter sort of schedule will not wait on a lull in sales to begin, it'll be happening already. Aren't they already planning for something along t...

Their usual mistakes weren't so much related to horizontal vs vertical advancement and more related to having a bit of a "real role playaz" wank and changing the rules to support their "we are better than you because we do low power levels!" ideas without really understanding wh...

minmaxboards for handbooks, CO advise, or the latest hilarious ramblings about the useless tier system. RPG.net for news in the Tabletop Open, some D&D-related stuff, and to read up on a few PbP games. Giantitp if I'm in the mood, mostly when I need an idea for a homebrew solution or to dig up s...

Arcana Unearthed had a number of revolutionary ideas. It had exactly the same ratio of good/bad/meh ideas that every 3E/3.5E book had. Not true, or do you seriously say that AE is on the same level of suck as Complete Warrior, or Cityscape? Especially compared to all the other 3rd party d20 release...

Why wouldn't they? Right now, people either go to Myth-Weavers, or ObsidianPortal. Programming the platform aside, Paizo already has maps and graphics from all products on their harddiscs. And, reading the announcement and forum comments, they seem to think this will enhance/save Pathfinder Society,...

I like the Scarred Witch-Doctor for orks. Be a Con-based witch with a Dorian Gray type of voodoo-mask and scar yourself whenever you get a hex. Depending on what you understand as "effect related to race", half-orcs also qualifiy for this variant. Spellcasting much?

Interesting. I played Morrowind only a few hours or so, and didn't remember that at all. Now we know were they got the bais for Skyrim's potion/crafting loopholes from...

@Desdan: Ok, that was some serious brain fail on my part. Dunno what my mind was on when I read your comment. Yeah, the "bandits in glass armor" thing is really annoying. Since equipment itself has no prerequisites, I guess that was the only way Bethesda could think of to attempt some sort...

I haven't played Skyrim yet, because I don't own a console and my computer isn't beefy enough. But I don't doubt that I will eventually. To be perfectly frank, Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Fallout:New Vegas have spoiled me to the point where I get frustrated if I can't tell the main quest to fuck off fo...

I always had a soft spot for the Scout. I know, it's not a strong class, but the concept of damage trough speed appears intriguing, even though the whole thing is easily rendered useless by several spells or very difficult terrain. Still, if the GM is not an optimizer or that familiar with spellcast...

Hey, thanks to this necro I started reading all the old "Culture Focus" threads again. Lots of cool ideas. About skyship weapons: I think it depends on how valuable these pirate ships are to Redarkhan. Will they try to salvage them? Then a whole line of destructive spells or attacks with b...

[quote="hogarth]Probably both. I'm sure there are people who were keen to contribute because of the book, but I doubt many people would have paid $50 or $100 solely for a 64 page book. I wouldn't underestimate the fan's desire for special supplemenets. Look at the Rappan Athuk Kickstarter, whe...

Falacie, also called the strawman. He's a minor god of deception, trickery, and treacherous roads, but sometimes he invades other god's portfolios as well and causes a lot of confusion for everyone involved, including himself. His holy symbol is a scarecrow. Falacie loves a good argument and wheneve...