Recent content by VirgilCaine

You're holding it wrong. The only thing I find silly about the Spiked Chain is that they used a Hill Giant version for the PHB picture. It's 15' in 3.5e. Apparently, between that change and Sleep, they wanted to ensure no 1st level Wizard could do anything to multiple creatures without...

That was supposed to be me, sorry.

I guess being frozen to death by a Cone of Cold or being cut to death with a greatsword or having your spine severed with a rapier isn't as bad as being scared to death by a Phantasmal Killer or killed by a death effect. If you're going to avoid pain and suffering, use Pattern spells or Charm...

No, silly. Limited Wish!

I think the remote viewers at the CIA and the KGB would disagree with you there.

Opportunity Cost If your mage was doing the rogue's job exactly as many times as he needed to, then he wasn't able to do his job as a mage nearly as well.

I left a campaign because I expected the group to be able to beat an encounter without half the group being neutralized or almost killed, when this was standard practice. Later, I learned there were other reasons for me to intensely dislike the campaign.

Some people make me sad with their lack of imagination. You do know there's magic in D&D, right? Where you can fly? And maybe make magically accurate measurements? Or, gosh, magically make maps themselves?

Played a Wizard, a Fighter, a Dragon Shaman, and a Druid. At least, substantially. I created a wizard, a rogue, and a bard character for various campaigns that were reformed or never got off the ground, really. I like wizards. There's a lot of stuff you could do with magic that I'd like to...

Man, what. Seriously, what the :):):):)? Useful? Useful outside of D&D? RPGs? Useful how?

It's "amazing" how easy it is not to know who someone is if they never sign their name or state who they are, which I don't believe I've ever seen on the front page. I don't remember taking any heat. Important? No, not particularly important to the hobby as a whole, no. But I certainly...

No, I don't think I've ever been to that particular section of the forums, no.

Posted? You mean on the front page of this website, where I read it? Where the only link is to Rich Baker's blog? Where there's no authorship claimed or implied, other than being on Eric Noah's website?

It's not like it's some brand-new usage of the word. I could swear I've heard it used for, oh, two years now at least. That's a long time on the Internet. I never imagined my post would bring out such vitriol against the term! And man, some of you guys are really proud of being out of touch...

The system is...hmmmm. Complicated is a good word. The mood is good, though.