Recent content by Lareth

4e is complicated, unrealistic and inflexible. Those aren't just side-effects of the core rules. They're design goals. I don't mean "elves and magic" unrealistic. I mean "square fireballs and normal crossbows on full auto" unrealistic. The rules explicitly state that, given the choice between...

Indeed. Moreover, the "Just Say Yes" rule requires that DMs think about things logically and use real-world examples and common sense when deciding what effects the PCs actions should have. When these common sense adjudications run crashing headlong into the rules you have a problem with your...

For a good guideline on how to run a merchant-flavored campaign watch Firefly. Those guys were hard-core adventurers, but the entire show revolved around buying low in one place, selling high in another, and dealing with the dangers in between. And the best part? They almost never actually...

The rule means that a sword in the hand is worth five in the bush. It also means that no one in his right mind would ever reduce a magic item to residuum unless he absolutely had to. This includes merchants. The cost of an extra cart, two draft horses, a driver and a year's worth of upkeep...

Personally, I rather liked this about the bard. I thought it was a deliberate class feature. The "light weapons only" limit on the rogue feels teeth-grindingly limiting to me. I do understand the dilemma. No other class gets to make dex-based attacks with a heavy melee weapon. Your choices are...

I want a bastard sword rogue (trenchcoat, big-sword guy focused on mobility & deception), but can't decide how to best work that. There are a few options: 1) Re-skinned rapier. Boring (not to mention actual Bastard Sword has different stats. Cognitive dissonance anyone?) 2) Heroic tier feat...

In my campaign world the Eladrin people believe no other race has the right to detain or imprison them. They go their own way and take care of their own criminals. Non-Eladrin authorities might hold one temporarily with a pit, windowless room, bag over the head, etc., but long-term imprisonment...

Lamia. Beast-bodied centauroid to humanoid horde of beetles? What?