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Thinking of making a change to rules for paladins, clerics, druids, etc:
They can't fall or lose powers unless they become actually aware that their alignment has shifted out of acceptability. Of course, this is harder with lack of detect evil.

Thoughts?

I deleted the offending dialogue, but.. When two evil characters (it was a sorcerer and a freaking pit fiend [this wasn't Ravenloft]) get conversing, I can't really convey their attitudes, it ends up more like "What specifically?" "I'd like bla-de-bla-de-bla." "That'd be one...

While trying to write something I came upon a problem that might also be awful to my Ravenloftness. When I'm trying to write anything with evil NPCs that want to actually converse and not kill the PCs immediately, while still being evil and showing it, after about two or three good sentences, it see...

Okay, this time I just have a random question for everyone. How many of you, in your games, have decided what the Dark Powers are? I don't necessarily need to know what they are, though I suppose suggestions are nice. I just want to know, when you're DMing, do you decide what they are or just leave ...

I might have to do some dream scenes and/or dreamwalking in my game, because I think it would be awesome. I read the netbook on this site, but that one uses a system where SDC and IWC are not swapped, and I like that idea. So I ask you: How can you swap mental and physical scores for dreams in 3.0/3...

One of my players wants to play a binder.
Now, those might cause problems.
Specifically, I'm thinking powers checks for binding vestiges.
Should I:
a) BANBANBAN?
b) Strongly warn against and use powers checks
c) Give no warning and use powers checks
d) Don't use powers checks for binding?

While I was converting Feast of Goblyns, I came upon a problem. Here, let me copy a random encounter table from the module. 1-3 wolves 4-6 dire wolves 7 werewolves 8 kobolds 9 boar 10 wereboar 11 jackal 12 jackalwere 13 wolfweres 14 wights 15 ghouls 16 goblins 17 leucrotta 18 werefox 19 Greater wolf...

How about converting stuff that isn't in a standard MM? Like wolfweres, for example, or goblyns. I don't have the Ravenloft stuff yet, so I can't just copy them. Also, I saw something on these fora called a "grand unified system for power checks", I believe. Can I just use that instead, wo...

I'd be surprised if I asked my players to list all D&D official types of lycanthropes and they got wolfweres. VERY surprised if they got greater wolfweres. However, I'm still using narrulve , after seeing the thing about them in the campaign log of yours. I don't think I'll find any of the Gazet...

I've heard it suggested somewhere that you start the whole party as outsiders and dead PCs get replaced by natives... Good idea? Really stupid?

Question time... How much do you guys typically let your players know? Not IC, but OOC, stuff like "you'll need at least one LG character to do something later" or similar. The review says a note from Dominiani to Akriel implies that their true plan is to turn his inmates into a goblyn arm...

It's homebrew, but the gods and languages are as per Greyhawk. Also *pulls up Feast of Goblyns* The people speak a strange dialect which sounds very elven due to its musical qualities. In truth, however, this dialect is actually a variant of standard common and the PCs will be able to pick it up mor...

Well, I'm planning on branching off from someone else's game, who isn't running Ravenloft, so they'll probably be outsiders.

Plus, that seems to be what Feast of Goblyns expects.

I've just started reading (for the second time) Feast of Goblyns, and I plan to run it. However, I need to run it in 3.5, because otherwise the players will kill me. I plan to take the campaign that has all the same players but a different DM, and make this a parallel world of that. (We switch aroun...

Well, I'm not starting just yet, but I might as well ask this now and not later. What sort of short writing (poem or short story) can I give the players to set the mood? Preferably NOT about Ravenloft, because here's what they know about Ravenloft. 1) The name. 2) There's mist in it. 3) There are fe...