Recent content by Blustar

The character sheet at the back of the Essential's book, Heroes of the Forgotten Lands, seems pretty cool. Anywhere, I can download it? Don't want to mess up the book and it's too small. thanks

But how do you know which rarity to use? Are they always uncommons unless you feel like giving out a rare item? Is there a random roll to determine rarity?

If you are going to do a basic game, make sure and make it basic, not some pseudo basic jive like essentials. ( although I like essentials better than classic 4th) That means no skills, no feats, etc...Let kids 10+ have the ability to play it on their own without adults having to teach them...

If there are random magic item rules, which book would they come in? The Rules Compendium, DM kit, FAllen Heroes, etc??? In the new Essentials line, which book or books are going to print the magic items in their new rarity levels? What's going to be the main resource for magic items? It was...

I don't have a review for you guys, not yet anyways, and I've not played it yet ( still reading) but some initial thoughts... !. The rule book is definitely not the best and very vague and I was beginning to get that " oh crap, this is Megatraveller!!!! 1000 pages of errata" feeling. But I...

I was looking through the Bonus Bestiary ( free RPG day) and noticed that the Dragonne (on page 10) has under melee:bite +12, 2 claws +12. The 3.5 Monster Manual the bite at 12 and the 2 claws attack at +7. Is this change intentional or an oversight? Or am I allowed now to pick either attack as...

1. Divine Mettle states target makes a saving throw at +3, do they mean the next one? Or someone afflicted by a condition can make a saving throw during the pally's turn? Would it help in diseases whic happen at the end of a enounter? 2. Is Divine Challenge perpetual? Or does it last one round...

Why would you say this? I can't think of an edition further away than BECMI or 2ndEd than 4ed. What exactly do you see that they have in common? Even a little bit in common...

Well In our games we don't expect anything, especially magic items, players are required to search and try and find one if they want to aquire one. I've had many magic items go to waste because they never found them or didn't bother to search for secret doors or whatever. I don't give out...

If you found DM'ing 4ed easy I think you will find 3.5 to be about the same, especially at low to mid-levels. With the rules Compendium 3.5 actually became a very easy game to DM for me. I've yet to run 4ed but I can't see how it's going to be any easier as I have to read 1001 words again. I...

I guess it just rubs me the wrong way because as a player , since I DM'ed a lot I used to try hard not to let my OOC knowledge affect what I did in a game. Now not only do the rules encourage OOC knowledge but almost seems to require it. How do these PC's know all these magic items exist and...

WTF is going on here, in the DMG...Is this the first edition of D&D that doesn't include a random treasure generator? I can't beleive some of the suggestions for handing out treasure, the worst one is this...Have your players give you a wish list (5 items) and pick an item from the list in an...

I think it just means that it reminds them of a video game, ie..World of Warcraft. 3.5 ed always reminded me of a boardgame because of the detailed combat with minis. I mean I always thought of it as a hybrid boardgame /RPG. I could see why that alienated some "old-school" players but since I...

Ummm, are you serious when you state that Tolkien has been regulated to history? Are you also implying the same for Leiber, Howard and the like? I think you are seriously over-inflating the popularity of modern fantasy. I consider myself a fantasy afficionado and I still havn't read anything...

Fellow Pembroke Pinian... I'm looking for a RP group down here in So. FLa. I've played most RPG's in the last 20 years so I have experience. What nights do you guys/gals play? From old-school to new school, I just want to find a good group... thanks, Alex bluecat15@comcast.net