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I always recommend Hammers of the God. That module is what got the initial LotFP hooks into me and remains my favorite module to date.

The size of the projectile comes down to how far you want to throw it, really. Liquids (especially water) are heavy and awkward. Even as a moderately muscled adult-like man I would be proud to get more than ~15' of distance on a full sized water balloon.

But back to the topic of flask-sized stuff.. when I read "flask of oil" I picture something in the range of 500ml to 1 liter. That, to me, is a smaller size of water balloon, something you could reasonably throw with one hand and still hit the 30' range suggested in the book.

Honestly, unless the PCs have a few levels each and/or there's just a LOT of them, it shouldn't really take more than one Magic Missile to basically end the fight. That's 13d4 divided any way he wants among the party with no attack roll and no save. If anyone is still standing, they should be sufficiently motivated to beat a hasty retreat.

IMHO, what order you do his spellcasting in is more determined by how angry you think he should be at the party. If angry enough, go for the kill with magic missile right off the top.

I am too, and I already own it, lol. Would make a fantastic gift to any of my friends that take turns in the GM chair.

I wish ANY of game shops within driving distance of me stocked books outside of the big names like D&D v.current, Pathfinder, etc

You have Carcosa and Isle of the Unknown numbered backwards. Carcosa is LFP0010 and Isle is LFP0009.
Tales of the Scarecrow is ALSO (along with Seclusium) LFP0017

The rest of the numbers match up with the books I have. Well, some of them don't have numbers on em, so I assume you have em right, heh.

Whenever I read things like "can only be damaged by silver weapons" I generally read it as applying to physical/melee damage only (ie: stabbing, cutting, smashing). Other forms of damage, such as fire or magic, still work just fine, unless otherwise noted.

I could be wrong in that interpretation, but it's been working well enough for me for years now, hehe.

It's a bit of a moot point now, as the boxed sets are out of print in favor of the new hardcover books.

Divine magic is still magic. If a cleric spell allows a saving throw, the targets int mod applies.

The way I look at it, the old school D&D (and by extension games like LotFP that are based on it) gave you a basic framework for how to handle all the really common actions; things you'll be doing on the regular. Anything else you came up with, you just made it up as you went along with spot rulings and hand waving.

Newer games (like Pathfinder and modern D&D) kept all the basic framework, and then also tried to codify and balance ALL the different spot rulings and hand wavings; they tried to make the rules cover every possible situation. That's why you need 5 kilograms of book to play Pathfinder.

The problem I have with the new game approach is, it creates a mentality of rules informing playstyle. When you want to do something, you look up the rule for how to do it, and then follow that rule; if there's no rule that tells you how to do it, you can't do it. Old school D&D stays out of your way much more often.

Over the last few years, I've been migrating away from all the games with fiddly bits, heh. I still play and enjoy Pathfinder and Warhammer RPG (Rogue Trader/Deathwatch/etc) and Shadowrun and all them, but they are never my first choice anymore. I tend to go for the rules-lite systems, like LotFP, Savage Worlds, Dresden Files (Fate system), and the like.

You could just as easily say that arcane magic (Magic Users and Elves) is new enough in your world/campaign that the gods are still totally pissed off about it, and therefore most clerics believe most firmly that hunting down and eradicating arcane magic is in the best interest of society (not ENTIRELY wrong, heh).

If you do that, let the MU and Cleric spell lists overlap somewhat (mostly in the form of select Cleric spells being available to MUs) so that the MUs are basically stealing power from the gods.

Haven't received my bookmarks yet, so I haven't actually seen that table, but to me it sounds mostly like something for NPC/treasure purposes. Player characters should be expected to build their own spellbooks through play. The exception being if you're starting at mid to high level, I suppose.