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A gritty Pathfinder game: mixing action, drama and intrigue. For both both dedicated and drop in players, using ten 3rd level pre-gen characters to start at an open table every second Wednesday night. Location; Fox & Fiddle (280 Bloor Street West, Toronto) If interested, post a response

This is one of my few complaints about 3.X system, it may cost a lot of feats / items to get really good at a combat maneuver, but once you have them it's in the players best instance to keep repeating the action...as the benefit is fantatastic (i.e. disarm, trip, etc...) But what is best for...

I do not care what what "core" monsters are in the new MM. As long as there is enough variety, good examples (types, elements, roles, etc) and clear rules to create them; I can convert my homebrew beasties right away, probably in a whole lot less time than it took me to convert from 2nd to 3rd.

Thumbs down just cause I can't get excited about it. Maybe when I read the rules in depth, I might have a differing opinion, but right now, I care so little that I would rather stick to what I do know. I do wish them good luck and hope that it's good for the hobby in general, regardless of what...

3.X is a lame duck, wait and release it as 4E. The players interested in 4E will buy the new setting, and some who may be cautious about 4E may be intrigued and buy it as well.

I agree with this statement 100%. This is a tactic I've seen PCs do on other PCs, but we are friends and sometimes this kind of trickery is acceptable and fun; but not for the DM, it's just mean spirited.

Probably not. I wish them luck but I have more then enough books and other materials for a long while. The only thing I'm interested in are the dungeon tile sets and individual minis. That might change once I see the final product and play it; but unlike 3rd, I won't be buying it blindly.

This is what I do. Create tables for a given area the PCs are travelling or may be travelling in, most choices are very general (local patrol), usually native animals or beasts but there are specific individuals as well. These npcs play or potentially play a further role in the current story the...

Duelist. Without challenges the game becomes dull and predictable, regardless of the weapons you carry or spells you cast, when you walk all over the foes in the blink of an eye, I lose interest and the players have a lot less fun as a result. I love plot, characterization, customization and...

QFT

Forest or mushroom dwelling quasi-fey, while most adventurers believe they are illusionists or bards, the few who adventure are usually multi-classed rogue / spellcasters. They have strong connections with elves (fellow foresters), dwarves (fellow burrower), halflings (fellow foodies) and fey...

Like dragons and elves merely legend.

What I did for those general things is take the paper sets of items (corpses, gold, pedestals, etc) found in the back of the DMG, photocopy them, cut them out, then put plastic tape around them. Quick, simple, cheap and you can take them along to a game in a baggy and not worry if you lose them...

If you are using such incredibly serious words about not being able to game, think about what your hobby means to you and what your SO means to you. Decide what you want more and then act on it. Good luck.

Consider themed spell lists. Have sorcerers declare their ancestry (demonic, fey, elemental / genie) and then say based on that they can only chose certain types of spells or have spell lists for them. It should be pretty broad but it gives you control of what they can or can not utilize; it...