Recent content by shadewest

Anybody running one of these games Saturday or Sunday afternoons with room for another player?

Add me to the "offended" side. They basically told everyone who had issues with their design and marketing philosophies, "$#!+ on you." Hopefully soon WotC will start to hire people with class instead of firing the ones they have left.

As a DM, I have a story reason to say no. Basically, Eladrin + Human = Elf in my campaign. Otherwise, it seems like a valid approach to a character to me. I'd be careful about "pulling a Springer", though. Some players don't like having their PC backgrounds messed with too much. Since your...

If you don't mind slowing down level progression a little, build encounters based off 80% of Party Level instead of full APL. That way, you don't need to pass outseemingly arbitrary bonuses every few levels.

I'm not one for flat out saying it, but if i put over a dozen minis on the board, the players ought to figure that some of them are going to be minions. I like to keep them guessing, but since about 50% of all the oponnents i use are minions anyway, it's not like the PCs don't get a chance to...

I'll concede that. You clarified what I was trying to say.

I don't see why you took away Eldritch Blast from Warlocks, but not Magic Missle from Wizards. I'd either remove both powers, or allow both powers, but remove the "basic attack" capability for dual classed PCs. Great work. I think I'll try this.

This is great work as usual, Keterys. I kind of like the terms Lesser and Minor. I get a nostalgic 2e vibe from it. Anyway, this is what I was looking for in monsters. I wasn't starting 3E PCs at 4th level for a less swingy game. I did it to give my players a clear advantage over lesser...

This just goes to show that the "15 minute workday" was a player problem, not a rules problem. 4E didn't solve anything. It just made it worse. Now everyone has daily powers that need to recharge, and they can heal fully with a night's rest, too! Regarding a solution, I think that in game...

Is that some kind of variation of cutter behavior? Are you sure you're not goth? (J/K)

OK, To be fair, the item sounds a lot tamer after the edit. I go back to 1982, so I don't have a problem with cursed items. In this case, my PC would become central tro the storyline. I could enjoy that.

Often, you are right about the types you find playing in a FLGS play area. However, I must admit that I found my own home group because of the organized play events hosted there. Once you have a good group of players, you can move to someone's home. Playing at the FLGS let me meet folks and...

In my perfect world, I'd be playing Hero for every genre. Since that's not the case, I find myself playing the game that's being run. The OGL didn't affect me much at all.

Someone is always the butt of a joke, even if it's yourself. I liked the OP's post. I saw myself in some of those entries, but so what? It seems that the more extreme one's position is on something, the more easily they are offended. Edition war? i didn't see that. Zin may have been more...

Who usually fight with spiked chains. We can't forget the spiked chains. It adds so much more Cool to the Gothiness! /sarcasm Some days i think Prozac should be added to municipal drinking water.