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Mercy is valueless when it is given to those who don't need it.
No, no! I said good fails when it vanquishes evil instead of converting it. Evil vanquishes itself, it only needs to be thwarted and taught the error of its ways. That is a paladin's job, though most people give preference to...
The paladin who is attempting to understand and live by this code is being played. But, you must take "trust" in context. It is not a stupid, blind trust, but a trust that mercy is, in fact, the right choice, even though it may not seem like it.
A paladin without mercy is a future blackguard. Mercy is the chief characteristic of a good alignment. Any character who has not yet learned that, only wants to be good, at best.
Alhandra, the PHB example, is on track to fall, unless she learns better.
Why? Because GOOD does not want to...
No argument there. I'm just wondering what psychological implications the lack of ability for such unconscious change would bring about for the race. Nothing in an elf's life - nothing - happens outside of consciousness.
No surreal art, nothing abstract; these things would have to be...
With regards to the elven life-span, Tolkein's elves were, compaired to the shorter-lived races, usually more wise (in the Lost Tales, if I recall, one branch was called the Gnomes--Greek for "wisdom," or somesuch. Memory is foggy). This is both because of their deeper experience in...
Daydreaming maybe, but they can't have dreams independent of conscious guidance, if they never lose consciousness. They are, in Tolkien's work, more deeply connected with the spiritual world, but in D&D, it is a different matter. Of the many gifts given them, an inherent spiritual...
Here's a thought:
If elves do not sleep, that means they also do not dream. What would such a condition do to their psychology? If dreams offer insights into the inner workings of a mortal's mind, must the elves meditation period then be a substitute for this? What flavor in the world is...
The amount of attention being paid by a player is one example of what I'm talking about. If the player isn't even interested in something going on in the game, I can usually assume that the character isn't, either, so I know which buttons to push later.
Helping is good, especially for the new...
In my current campaign, I have been playing around with ways to help the players delve into the setting by intentionally bluring the line, at times, between "metagame" and "in-game."
Now, I don't mean that I'm trying to drive my characters crazy in a "Mazes and Monsters" kind of way, but I try...
Nice ideas (I already don't worry about encumberance, unless it really matters, or ammunition.
But, the players who are not new to the edition really use those tactical options quite a bit. The half-orc monk, for instance, is quite the grappler.
I know that my parameters seem contradictory...
Thanks for the ideas, folk. Unfortunately, the 4 hours a week I've mentioned above is a maximum for the week. We cannot game more.
The ideas for running characters during players tardiness seem sound, but I am restrained from doing this by my first parameter, which prevents me from limiting...
Still more good stuff, but nobody wants to be team leader.
The draconian measures regarding starting time probably won't work for my group, most of them have legitimate reasons for being late. My girlfriend, for instance will always have lunch with her mother in the nursing home on that day...
Still more good advice, but I have thus far had little success in delegating tasks, such as keeping initiative straight, or having a rules guru.
I can't convince my spellcasters to dedicate time to making spell cards. One player has even been with us since the begining and still doesn't know...
Good tips, but I forgot to mention that a majority of the group is new to role-playing, and most of the others are new to the edition. This gives me a whole lot more work in the rules department.
Over the course of our current campaign (now level 7-9, once level 1), our group size has climbed from 4 players (and 1 DM) to around 8-10, depending on the weather.
This is the largest group I have ever DMed for, and I find, week after week, I have some severe problems with management.
First...