Recent content by DragonShadow

The glorious unwritten rule. Sundering never comes up in games I run, and hopefully never (knock wood) in games I play in as well. I find that most people don't bother Sundering anyway, it's another section of rules to worry about and opens up horrible possibilities of all your stuff...

I've had this happen in a group before as well. We'd be fighting and then all of a sudden somebodies mask would fall off and the DM would be all dramatic and we'd all be like: "...do I know you?" Fortunately for our memories, our group was so large that after about 10 minutes of discussing who...

When I was really young, probably around 7 or 8, our family spent alot of time at my grandmother's house. My uncles were geeks before I was, so the precedent is already in the family. It was around that time that one of my uncles taught me and my cousins to play Magic: the Gathering (first in a...

Personally, I can't seem to find a gaming group where the story lines aren't long and involved, and I love it that way. IMC I'm currently running off about 4 major plot lines with smaller plot-lines running in between, and my players are reveling in it. We're not exactly a group of old gamers...

In my experience, I have a hard time getting players to move on to the new classes and step away from their nice safe Core classes. I've played just about everything imaginable, and I like the new classes. I'll promote them for what they're worth, but I can't see them being included in the next...

My personal favorite between the two is Sorcerer. In terms of power? Well, it's meant to be a toss up, regardless of public opinion feeling one is better than the other. (Remember that majority opinion is still an opinion.) I do, however, feel that WotC short-changed the Sorcerer in a number...

I honestly can't think of many pre-existing items that require a particular race/class feature/alignment. Most of those restrictions are expected to be placed upon the items by the DM himself (WotC makes players female enough, I'm making them all male. deal). That said, Horn of Valhalla has...

If I absolutely had to keep one level for an entire lifetime? 2. Because life sucks and then you die, and while you may be heartier than the common ilk of the world, you aren't the strongest, and you still have a decent fear of mortality.

I use my minis all the time, and it's a great write up that you did there. But, indestructable? Tell that to my dogs, they've eaten at least 6 minis. (I've used this to calculate their CR's, and they are mighty dogs indeed.)

Hey all, I'm currently running a home brew campaign (Saturdays-weekly, usually around 2PM~at least 11PM/12AM) that has been going on for about a year now. During that time, our group has since gone through a couple of changes and the end result is that we are now one or two players shy of a full...

Granted, but it seems incredibly stupid to assume that you can only add +2 if your wealth bonus is, say +12. I considered it, and it didn't seem right. :/ Wealth of two people (each with Wealth +10)= d20 +10 +2? Looks ridiculous, it didn't really add to your buying power. Thanks for the...

Firstly, sorry if this is answered elsewhere, as I can't seem to find the information. Recently I was going over how the wealth system works (as I'm thinking of starting up a d20 Modern campaign) and something started to bug me. While it's clear how the system works, and how it's expected to...

In the campaign I'm currently running, one PC is a 12th level Cleric of no deity. On several occasions, he has attempted to raise NPC's that have died, and the attempt has failed for the simple reason that they didn't want to return. The one stipulation that the soul be willing solves all...

Unless I drastically misread the definition of flat-footed, you are considered flat-footed when you are unaware of your opponent. That being said, if you use Bluff to distract your opponent, thereby giving yourself the opportunity to hide, and then successfully hide yourself, while your target...

I'm the DM. I don't give them their tactics, I give them the situations. They're the dumb ones that tried to assault a fortress with brute force whilst undermanned and without siege weapons. :/