Recent content by Major Moab

As long as the death is appropriate to the character, I have no problem with my character dying. Even a TPK is fine, provided it is appropriate to the heroic nature of the PC's. If my character; however, dies from a critical hit after tripping over a stone in the middle of the street, I AM...

Regarding Essentials: I play an Essentials mage (enchanter specifically). And I like the character far more than I believe I would enjoy a comparable Wizard. But I will admit there are a few flaws. Pros: -Mages are internally powered. Take away my implement, and I am still a wizard. 4E...

OK, so, after reading through the thread, I am unsure as to what "wish-list" refers to. But I have a pair of definitions I will answer to: Wish-lists are a collection of items the players want or demand: I see no problem with this PROVIDED the characters are willing to play it into the game...

Battlefield Elocution seems like a in game fix for player behavior, i.e. the habit of discussing my plans with the other players who's characters are on the far side of a large battle. But an idea, admittedly abusive, occurs to me... Many bard abilities and powers require (in the game world)...

Ides of March is an ability based on Shakespeare's Julius Ceaser. A fortuneteller predicts Cesear's death, because his councillors all turn on him and stab him to death. The divinatory aspect is a sort of self fulfilling prophecy. If you prefer, the spell would be a mass hallucination...

I am feeling a bit nostalgic about 2nd edition (don't ask why, I have no answer), and one of the things i remember most fondly is the schools of magic. Most specifically, I miss the applicability of divination in combat. So I am playing with the idea of the Diviner, an Arcane Leader class...

Oh my GAWD!!!!!! Jester, I wanna play a unicorn vampire!! Can I please please please?!! I just got to use the phrase "unicorn vampire." I am so winning right now. Tiger blood!

This may seem like a self centered and trite answer, but please bear with: It depends on the character I am playing. If my character is a rough and ready barbarian or fighter, who is hunting a villainous so and so, I really don't care about the architecture beyond tactical value. I don't...

There is a thread a little further down about what a DM does that ruins a game, and that is a perfectly reasonable and helpful forum to a new Game Runner. I found a lot of things that I shouldn't do. Now I was hoping for a list of "things a GM should do." Not items specifically to a system...

Ramius: never saw that one. I'll have to look into it. Sounds amusing. Incenjucar and Unwise: I think Wisdom and Charisma should both be high, as both of your descriptions are interpretations of love. Having said that, I don't think he should be TOO extreme on either, neither eschewing...

Just as an exercise, I was trying to build a paladin of some love god/dess. The main concept being that his powers would derive from the multiple aspects of love, both positive and negative. Hence, the challenge would manifest as an overwhelming feeling of jealousy, the buffing powers would...

Interesting thread and interesting pints made. I have always felt a bit, ?awkward?, about the xp system in d&d. You are reqarded for antisocial behavior (this is a personal opinion, not a statement of fact). You gain strength by killing other entities, many of them intelligent creatures. I've...

I play as an enchanter from essentials. I readily admit I am mot fully cognizant of all the rules of the game but I try to play with a "common sense approach to the rules. When I force an enemy to move with one of my spells, I assume that my allies are choosing not to make an attack of...

This is how I have always perceived gods. Not right or wrong, simply my stance: -Gods function on belief, not worship. Worship is simply an accepted and verifiable form of belief. Thus, in real world myth/theologies, Davy Jones and Mother Carey exist because the sailors needed something to...

Thanks muchly folks for showing me those. :)