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Hi all -- I'm finally taking the plunge and going to try DMing with a laptop at the table. I'm getting tired of balacing a 3-ring binder full of campaign notes, a published scenario, a photocopy of a map, a notebook, and whatever rules book I need ... all behind the DM screen. Yeesh! What I...

Hi all -- I DM in a game where the PCs are finally reaching level 10 and are able to Commune. Both my players and myself are concerned about the spell for a number of reasons. In the end, it comes down to a concern that using this spell will rob the players of the enjoyment of watching the...

I've been looking at Commune recently, now that my PCs can cast it. They haven't used it yet, because the players don't want to ruin the fun of watching the story unfold. On the other hand, I know it's an in-game resource that makes sense in the world (in fact, I have NPC organizations using...

Hi all! Last night my group ran into a Huge Air Elemental (3.5E). It was doing a great job of beating the party up, performing very well for a CR 7 creature against a party of level 7's and 8's. As it began to drop in hit points, I decided it might try the Whirlwind form. As I described the...

In a published scenario (Banewarrens, Monte Cook), I have the opportunity to introduce my players to a Phasm. I've never run a Phasm before, and after reading up on the rules and the material in the supplement, I'm a little confused. The supplement suggests that the Phasm take the form of a...

Hi all -- As I stated in this thread, I'm in the middle of a campaign where we're finally dealing with non-low-level magic and such. We've got a few weeks off and I'm trying to solidify how we deal with some odd rulings. After (sort of) tackling invisibility + AoOs (heh, go post there if you...

My gaming group is using "mid-level" magic for the first time (i.e. above character level 6). I've got a couple weeks off from the game and I'm trying to solidify our rules on a few tricky points. Tonight I've been working on Invisibility, and I'd like to get some aid from the community at...

Hi all -- sorry for nondescript header. I did some searching and couldn't find the exact stuff I was looking for, so I figured I'd post here. We just got out of a very combat-intensive session where a bunch of new skills/feats got used. We ended up with some questions (my speculations follow...

Hi all -- My newest character (a human fighter named Jonan) is starting to take shape. I like to make things somewhat interesting, so even though I wanted to play a straight fighter, I didn't go the "normal" fighter route -- picking a feat chain and following it, specializing in a single...

Aye. One more Dave for the list. (Dave you idiot, you were supposed to reply, not start a new thread. Mods, please delete)

Hi all -- This came up in another thread, and I appreciate the responses I got (especially from DMFTodd who made me see things in a new way). I'm hoping with a new message title I can get a little more input and come to a decision with my DM about how to handle this next time it comes up. The...

My gaming group has started a new campaign, and with it, some new rules have been exercised. As such, we have some new questions. I did some searching around and couldn't find any definitive answers on these topics, so I thought I'd post. 1. Bull Rush + Mobility If a combatant with Mobility...