Recent content by monkeynova

Did the designers include any notes/sidebars/boxed text on how this new power will interact with the dead and undead? Of specific interest to me, what does this do to adventures set in the Ghostwalk setting? I mean, I don't think the deceased PCs of a party are going to take too kindly to the...

I wish that were true, re: wargames. :) Unfortunately, people seem just as likely to houserule a portion of a wargame that they don't like as they are to houserule a portion of an RPG they don't like. (Let alone designers of their own games; take a look at A World at War's history sometime...

Hello! I've always been curious about these questions: About how large are WotC's print runs? Are subsequent print runs after the first smaller, or are they the same size as the first print run? When WotC's says sales are spectular (frex, DMG II), do they count only the number of items from...

Seriously, that made my bad day much, much better. :) You are very welcome, eris404! :D monkeynova

Wierd idea It may not be of much use to either (I suspect it's not what you're looking for), but... For a BBEG, you could use the sunken ship itself: it's sentient, it's trying to rebuild itself, and it's been sending out false treasure maps to adventurers for years, luring them to its site...

Hello! It looks like there's some confusion over whether the release date is this weekend or next on the Future Releases forum of the D&D Board at Wizards; has anyone seen this in stores yet? Bonus question: can owners of the book give a quick (say, 2-3 sentence) impression of the book, as...

In Weapons of Legacy, there was the item Hammer of Witches was created by a cleric of Pelor for an un-Pelorlike purpose (hunting down and killing those who use arcane magic) which caused some amount of consternation in the church because they couldn't understand how Pelor would allow such an...

This I definitely agree with; I agree that the fact that the orc children are non-combatants would prevent a paladin or other good-aligned PC from killing them, moreso than them being children who could potentially be saved. I also agree that it's open to interpretation, and I would add that...

It depends... The flip side of the question is, suppose all orcs are born with strong sociopathic tendencies; the vast majority of orc children who are allowed to live will grow up to be monsters, not because or nuture but because of their own internal nature. The PCs are tasked with destroying...

Try this You could actually chalk it up to "social advancement gone wrong" as the ultimate reason for the major character's change-of-heart: the character or character's family has decided to initially attain a higher-level of social status by conquering uncharted lands for themselves rather...

Review: A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights This review is for the PDF "A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights". This is a 65 page PDF file, published by Alea Publishing; I didn't pay for the copy I reviewed. In brief, this supplement aims to give a set of character options (in...

Hello! I think that WotC's new products are released two weeks into the month, but I'm not sure about that. So, for anyone in the know, should Stormwrack be released this Friday or next, ideally? Thanks, monkeynova

I am planning to get it on Friday (when it hits my FLGS), but if anyone has a copy and would care to comment, I'd be interested in hearing opinions on the book. Specifically, I'm wondering if the expanded treatment in Weapons is compatibly with the legendary weapons system presented in Unearthed...

Father Banshee, on the theory/lore that if you've seen him, you're thisclose to dying... EDIT: It also occurs to me that naming your BBEG after traditional Celtic or Scottish heroes might be an interesting exercise in confusing your player; Brian Boru or Fionn mac Cumhail, for example...

I voted for Cleric... ...but that was because, game-wise, it seems more flexible than either Shugenja (sp?) or Spirit Shaman. RP-wise, the latter two do seem interesting, although if that is your chief concern, I'd probably give the nod to Spirit Shaman: at higher levels, it seems like a more...