Well, I personally see the town defense as a better option. It lets you flesh out the NPCs that you have there and allows for a little bit of intrigue among the baddie bopping.

You could have the raid worsen when a traveler seeking refuge comes to town, obviously pointing to him. While he seems a decent guy, the common man will blame him. Little does he know that he carries a rather simple looking broach that beckons to the goblins and will help the goblins reach out to some ancient force... or something.

Maybe the players just kill him, seeing the raids get worse. Maybe they find it to be the broach and toss it, but when the goblins finally collect, they unlock untold powers. Maybe they smash it, but a thing like that, what could be the consequences of breaking it. And that's all just with one guy. Now imagine the NPCs of the town, a few folk the players can get to know who will certainly alter the opinions of the PCs, offering their take on the whole ordeal. Whether it's pressure from the towns folk or the ever worsening raids, things will happen. Maybe a particularly agressive member of the town straight up murders the guy thinking it was that guy who was ordering the attacks. Now you have the worsening raids AND an enraged villager as well as a murder to deal with.

Well the town defence sounds ok, but what is the average party level going to be? If its a 1-3rd level sorta affair then ok goblins but why not something diffent like, if the village is near the ocean, use Sahuagin or if near any hills maybe a band of Gnoll's or Orcs lead by an Ogre Mage, IDK just some random ideas for ya.

Indeed the Town Defense sounds like the best possibility, I can put the characters as either being part of the town or just passing through...

>>43332
That's a nice idea, maybe someone stole their most precious relic <insert magic item here>, and they want it back. Good plot point

>>43425
I'm not sure about level yet, I was considering level 1, but have also considered 3 or 5 if I want to put some stronger baddies...

The town is near a river, close to the sea, I had considered putting it near the ocean at start... I was considering Orcs or Goblinoids with some necromantic capabilities. But Sauhagin sounds interesting!

I got some NPC archetypes I know will be in: The town leader (a lord or mayor, not sure yet), Constable/Sheriff, an Alchemist (for potions and random nasty things), a mid-level non-combatant cleric (possibly very old local priest, for healing spells), the local blacksmith, some militia members (weak fodder), the local tavern owner (because I know at least one of the players is going to probably play his favourite type of character, the drunk barbarian.)

Some info!
Character races:
Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes, Wood Elves (the followers of olden ways), High Elves (the followers of the arcane ways), Half-orcs, Tieflings
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Does anyone have Inn of the Feisty Frier + props?

Does anyone have Inn of the Feisty Frier + props?

This link http://www.4shared.com/rar/FAAmqadC/Harbor_Sets.html from Mindfade is not working anymore, I'm guessing the boat set was also here?
Does anyone have it?

I only use a GMPC when playing with newbies to try keep them on track.

I remember once though I was playing with a noob who fumbled his rolls and decided it was my GMPC's fault and turned on him... after that the party was lost.

>>43046
Oh, so you're the GM from the original post?

>>43059
Nah, not OPs GM, I'll admit I'm far from the best. I just find it hard to enjoy being one when the players are incapable of progressing without constant guidance. A lot of newbs I know are incapable of thinking outside of combat.

>>42887
Thank you. Will check them out.

It sort of depends on how you plan on doing visuals. If you have a map and some decent markers/minis then One idea I find that some people like doing is the classic Mirror Puzzle.

Essentially have it so that in the dungeon the players come into a room that is illuminated by moonlight (that way they can't just cheat and use torchlight to skip the solution), in the room there are also several mirrors that can either be rotated or slide along the floor on a path.

Be open to letting them use their shields or pocket mirrors in order to bend and redirect the light without dicking around with all the mirrors if they're clever enough to do it.

For added challenge you could add in some shadow monsters. Relatively weak, but they only become vulnerable to regular damage when they are bathed in moonlight. Magic attacks still work either way.

Another classic is putting a massive locked door somewhere near the beginning of a dungeon, then having a fairly easy obstacle course filled with monsters. At the end of the dungeon have a really big, bulky key.

Naturally the players want to get the key to the big door, but carrying it should be a hassle (not just something that takes inventory space) and on top of that the path back is actually quite challenging when you head back. (IE. Sliding down a rope over a spiked pit to retrieve the key becomes climbing up a rope on the trip back).

Some ideas/changes to that formula can be to have a slightly less obvious "key", say a crystal sword and meanwhile the first hall of the dungeon had 12 statues, 11 of which had crystal swords.

Another trick is to have something like stone gargoyles/golems (depending on level) which are harmless going to retrieve the key but can catch the players off guard on the return trip.
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>>42971
All are very good ideas. Thank you.
So far, I've decided to do this little game of checkers with my players. PC's are leaving their bodies to possess minions on the board. All of the minions have 1hp, 1sq. move, 3 ranged and other stats that said minion has by default. Players on their turn, take control of minions on one side, while DM (me) on the other side. Goal is to eradicate opposition - like in checkers. Sounds ok idea ?

Transformative weapon enhancement in D&D 3.5 and pathfinder, a +1 enhancement and a flat fee respectively.
Any melee weapon becomes any other of its type.

Here, just check the categories and you'll have enough to fill your whole world with transforming weapons.

>>42923
What a master, I forgot the link http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MorphWeapon

>>39064
Its like Risk if Risk was fun =^_^=
I'm not a big fan of Wargames with more than two players. They're prone to bullshit politics and king making. But I thought this game was hella fun. A lot of neat game mechanics, especially for it's time.
If you're looking for a recommendation, you've got mine.

Good game. New one has almost no changes except the board is smaller (good thing) and the components are a little cheaper (bad thing).

Also, 40 dollars is not steep. Game went for sixty in the 90's. Average cost of a board game now is $50-$60.

Cheers