Recent content by Kurtz Tote

This worked at low levels . . . If you are fighting aggressive numbers of opponents, the more effective strategy I found was to back out of combat altogether. Move say 20' back, then when they close again (assuming you have combat reflexes) you'll get attacks against several of them, all at...

At the levels you are talking, don't underestimate the specialist necromancer. Finger of Death as a necromancy spell just has all kinds of great effect. And I wouldn't just concentrate on having various undead around. There are ways to make them an intregral part of the character. For...

You just need more necromancers running in your groups. When somebody dies, they just get animated so you don't have to worry about trying to raise or resurrect them. If the necromancer is quick enough on the draw, the question won't even come up.

specialists I'm not a rules expert, but if you are a specialist wizard and gain a level in a prestige class, do you gain the bonus spell level as a specialist wizard? You are no longer a specialist wizard - right - but some other prestige class. This could be a reason not to take a prestige...

I have been playing in a long running campaign in which party conflict, or at least the possibility of it, is very much encouraged by the DM. The party is divided, and we are very often thrown into scenarios that might provoke one side to attack the other. Interestingly enough, it is the...

I've never played an animal, although I gave a lot of thought to a imp pscion though. I would think pscion would be a great fit for an animal, and any animal with working hands (for gestures and the likes) would make a cool sorcer. Good luck with it. The strangest thing I've ever played was...

I wouldn't allow it. The way I envision it is that negative energy is just a result of being a lich - what it is that courses through his "veins" instead of blood. However, that negative energy doesn't course through everyone's veins, which is why it does damage to a lot of creatures...

One of my players wanted to play a fight club creation. What level would the party have to be for the low level version of each of the following creations: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/fc/fc20020301a http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/fc/fc20020222a...

If you've got good players, I don't think you'd have to force the issue at all. Something is bound to come up that will force the issue for you, and if you are anxious to see it then just put the players in scenarios that will naturally lead to the conflict. However, if your players aren't...

My wife is not at all into D&D. However, she is a competitive person that likes games and she has played more Magic with me than all of my friends combined. We also play the Star Wars game, but she prefers Magic.

So much banning of alignment. I would have to agree with the sentiments that it is the players, not the alignment, that are the root of the problem. With the right group of players and the right DM, ANY alignment can be played and played well. If the players are good roleplayers, they can...

I'm not sure which one it was, possibly the third one, but remember Two-Face (or was it Scarface) from the Batman movies. He was definetly evil. But also chaotic. And he, at more then one point in the movie, decided what action to take by flipping a coin. Now I know that using characters...

I'm not in favor of any alignment banning. All lot of these posts are really restricting the roleplaying aspect of alignment. I've played with a CN characters that have been a blast. Randomness was dictated by the flip of a coin. The need to get paid to do something is not a CN trait - they...

Sounds like you are a little too weary of some good old-fashioned inter party conflict.... In your position, I would have forced the issue when the whistle was first used to summon the zombie. At this point I would issue a verdict. Use it again and suffer the consequences. Him merely hanging...

Hmm, haven't gotten the hang of the quoting down. That last reply was in regards to "Improved Trip Sucks" sentiments. I generally agree, and really never make a straight trip attack, but want to point out the upside of Knockdown