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The 1991 "Black Box" set was the second D&D product I ever bought (the first being the AD&D Monster Manual, which I got at my Catholic school's annual book sale).

The 1991 "Black Box" set was the second D&D product I ever bought (the first being the AD&D Monster Manual, which I got at my Catholic school's annual book sale).

From what I've heard, Paizo stopped doing public playtests because the vast majority of feedback they were getting in recent years wasn't actually useful (because it was from trolls, from people who didn't know how to provide useful feedback in a way the designers could understand/use, or from...

Yeah, but at least dryads & Orcus are still recognizable as what they were. That is, they still look largely the same as from prior editions. Dryads are still tree-women, Orcus is still a portly goat-headed bat-winged demon-god-thing of undeath. 4E lamias (lamiae? lamiai?) look absolutely...

Simple enough question, though I cannot see if it's been asked before so apologies for repeating it if it's been already beaten beyond death. Why'd the lamia get changed from a Wisdom-draining tauric lion-woman to a swarm of bugs that devour eladrins from the inside out & wear their skins as...

Because a broken arm isn't a disease (though it follows much the same mechanic)?

Wounds inflicted by the Clay Golem in assorted versions of D&D don't heal naturally & resist curative magic. And the Clay Golem in the M&M book has Incurable for its damage. Where did this idea come from? I don't recall hearing of it in the legends of the Golem of Prague, though I do know...

"Alright, now if I can just set up an energy feedback through the retrostabilizers back into the primary heat converter..." MekaGojira makes a Will save, I make a Power Control power check (Power Control check vs. MekaGojira (1d20+10 = 24)). If I win, I can make his powers do anything they...

Melee attack roll (for Touch-Range Power Control) vs. MekaGojira (1d20+8 = 16)

"Zhey are still rampaging; any and all assistance vould me much appreciated. Ve are at zhe following coordinates....." Archeville responds, and reports his & Mecha Musume's position based on nearby street signs and other landmarks. "Haff power-negating restraints been put onto zhe boy? If...

Archeville looks back and forth between the two Kaiju, Mecha, and the spot he'd flown from (where the rest of the team had been). "'Don't look a gift horse in zhe mouth'? Tell zhat to zhe Trojans. Und appearances can deceive; it's vhat's inside zhat counts." So, what, the power's all in her...

"Zhere's nozhing to boost! It's an empty tube! Zhis shouldn't vork!" he sputters. A half-moment later he re-composes himself, "vhere are she ozhers, hrm? Has zhe source of zhese... tulpas been neutralized yet?"

Congratulations/Condolences on your promotion, Raylis ;) "Vas ist? Zhis... zhis... and zhat... but..." Archeville stutters and sputters at the cannon, then turns to face Mecha. "How are you making zhis zhing vork?!"

Raylis? Raylis? Bueller?

"Er... I'm not sure I'm physically capable of vielding zhat..." Archeville says as he eyes the oversized hand-cannon. How "magical" do Mecha Musume's things look? Would it be obvious to Archeville (with his +20 on Knowledge/Tech) that things aren't 100% tech-y? Aretheir obvious mystical...