Recent content by Tratyn Runewind

Thanks, folks! Hi again, Thanks for the answers, people! Alas, 'tis as I feared. But the multi-class feats are pretty crazy good anyway, so it's not such a big loss. I note that the Ask Wizards example Bolongo was nice enough to provide is just slightly different from the situation I asked...

Hi all, So I'm thinking of making a wizard/sorcerer. Wizards get the Arcana skill, and can't retrain out of it. The sorcerer multi-class feat, Arcane Prodigy, gives training in the Arcana skill. But since the character already has it, can't retrain out of it, and explicitly can't get...

Hi again, Not sure what you mean by this, but I hope my off-topic oohing and aahing over the new features didn't come across as a request for info on the board itself. :) Perhaps. But there's nothing in the book that says it acts like it did in 3e. There's only the somewhat ambiguous...

Wizard Spell Preparation Errata Hi all, I'm thinking it would be good to list among these errata the clarification to wizard spell preparation (PHB p. 158) posted in this thread - the one that states, basically, that wizards can't prep all their high-level spells at once, but must keep roughly...

Hi again, This would be the infamous Eubeen Hadd, from the "Midgets in the Earth" column in Dragon #60. How could I have forgotten poor Eubeen?! :) The passage in question is, There were some troubles at the start of his career, but most of them were cleared up in a short time. Hecklers at...

Hello, As far as I know, the illustrious science-fiction editor John W. Campbell coined the term "psi" to refer to various stereotypical psychic powers, and the term "psionics" to refer to scientific study of those powers, in the mid 20th-century. An alleged "psionic" device known as the...

Hello, Wow, a way interesting question and a chance to influence a secret Erik Mona project all in one. Most excellent... :D The "Voyages of the Princess Ark" series, and its follow-on, the "Known World Grimoire" column, are the pinnacle of Dragon to this old Known World/Mystara fanboy, and...

Hello again, Hmm, Staffan has been kind enough to respond to the githyanki question that was asked of me, so I'll move on to other items... Anything that improves AC would seem to me to be a legitimate comparison for Inertial Armor. Among Feats, that looks like Dodge (vastly inferior to...

Hi again, It was, in effect, Mage Armor with Permanency, available to first-level characters. Sure, it costs a Feat. So does Light Armor Proficiency, for a straight-up Psion. The Inertial Armor costs no money, works against incorporeal critters, is invisible, and can't be taken from the...

Hello, Same thing that does today - sporting events. Rioting chariot-racing fans nearly toppled the mightiest ruler in Dark Ages Europe, the Byzantine Emperor, in 532 AD (a bit before the true "medieval" period). Rival fan clubs in Byzantium united to attack the authorities and free...

Hello, Some initial impressions from my recent reading... Overall, to me, a serious improvement over the original 3E PsiHB. Multiple ability dependency is gone, Powers are highly scalable and augmentable in a manner similar in many ways to the new Unearthed Arcana's spell point system...

Hi again, Many thanks for the info. Happy to hear the spells-as-Techniques option will get some space. Seems quite odd that UMana won't be in, as they just reprinted it pretty recently in GURPS Best of Pyramid Volume 2. Ah well, perhaps if we're lucky Mr. Ross will tweak up a version for...

Hello, Cinematic stuff can work just fine in GURPS if both the PCs and NPCs are built properly for it. In addition to properly cinematic stats, PCs will need a healthy dose of that most cinematic Advantage, Luck - preferably, at the maximum 100-point "Ridiculous Luck" level. NPCs will need...

Hello, Hmm, hip-hop at the gaming table, eh? I suppose I could see it in certain big-city adventures or campaigns; lending a decadent urban edge to tales of crime guilds, vampire or lycanthrope circles, or revolutionary groups, that might correspond roughly to rap's stereotypical...

Hi again, Thanks aplenty, folks. Gotta love the helpful crowd at the ENboards! :) Hypersmurf, after reading your post I took another look at the 3.5E Monster Manual. Sure enough, the passage you quoted from the SRD is there, on page 294. I missed it in my previous examinations of the book...