Recent content by Seramus

Teleport Without Error used to work between planes. Any fiend with that ability could come and go as they please, subject to the usual chance of error. Of course, any fiend that teleports to the Prime Material Plane and promptly dies because they appear in a solid object would likely face...

Philip LeMarchand A young human toymaker known for his intricate mechanical designs, but he's fallen on hard times since nobody is willing to pay for his fancier creations. He's peddling small toys for children now, mostly made of wood with a couple of clever moving parts. He does have a few of...

Teleport Without Error used to come with two modes. You could teleport to any known location on your home plane without error, or you could teleport to another plane with the normal chance of error (with a maximum of Studied Carefully). It does conjure funny images of fiends appearing at...

I don't (personally) believe they ever lost the ability to teleport without error, it just got shifted to a more narrative thing. For me, they still have it. For someone else, they might decide a hell portal is the only way.

I always end up saving my consumables for some "greater future danger", unless it's a really obvious one like fire resistance before a red dragon fight. And then the campaign ends with 90% of my consumables unused. I'm the same way in computer games, sadly.

This is canon! Drow cities are well known to have permanent faerie fire illuminating buildings as both a source of light, messaging, and artistic flair.

My rage knows no bounds. I have to hope this is something they agreed to beforehand to save time, but even so something inside me dies a little every time they miss content. :cry:

I'm reminded of a World of Darkness conversation I wasn't even involved in: "Why is your character starting with a 5 in Intelligence?" "Talent, I guess." Angry Storyteller glares.

It usually comes up in the initial playtest phases when developing new systems. You get a couple dozen to a few hundred people (or whatever you can wrangle or afford), and try to talk to them afterwards about feelings about this or that. Sometimes in person, sometimes surveys. I might be...

Obviously you have to hold the burning oil up in the air. Duh!

4 steps is about the limit of tolerance for most people I've met. You can always have situations that require more steps, but those should generally be few and far between (grapples and the like). Some game designers violate KISS in a major way in pursuit of innovation, but I've seen even 5 or 6...

I find armor is just Temporary Hit Points with an element of choice. You can use your THP immediately, or save it to defend against attacks with bad effects.

I still snitch, I just do it discreetly after the game. "Hey, I noticed that Bob got flanking with his conjuration during that last battle. I double checked, and it looks like conjurations don't get flanking." Thus, the GM is informed and can make a ruling on it as they see fit. I do the same...

I go both ways. An Haich-Pee A Hit Point