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    D&D 5E So who is playing 5E?

    Yes, we converted from a Trailblazer/3.5 Dark Sun game. I had DMed myself into a corner story wise and the gritty and mercenary survival outlook of Dark Sun was getting me down after two years. Hoard of the dragon queen was available: heroically taking down Tiamat, you say? Hmmmm. Thought I'd...
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    A strange question about wielding a big sword

    Try page 11 of the FAQ https://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/er/20030221a
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    1001 minor traits for magic swords

    329) Replacement blade: If you are disarmed or your weapon is sundered and this weapon is in its scabbard, it immediately replaces the lost weapon in your hand.
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    What would you say is the biggest problem with Wizards, Clerics, Druids, and other "Tier 1" Spellcasters?

    The "Magic Point thing" is the Base Magic Bonus. Every class has one. You check your BMB total with the spells per day table (which is universal for all classes), unless you have no spellcasting classes. Stuff like extra spells per day (sorcerer) or domain spells prepared (cleric) are then...
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    Breaking Edition Stereotypes

    Dickens is often referred to as a Realist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_realism That's about as simulationist as it gets, literature wise. Basically, take poor people, put them in either normal or extraordinary circumstances, and see how the world chews them up.
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    What would you say is the biggest problem with Wizards, Clerics, Druids, and other "Tier 1" Spellcasters?

    First, non-spellcasters are buffed (rogues and fighters most spectacularly). There is a 10 minute rest mechanic that recovers 50% of hit points, but only a select few other resources. This nearly forces the spellcasters to be more frugal with spells. Druids are severely nerfed (no natural spell...
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    What would you say is the biggest problem with Wizards, Clerics, Druids, and other "Tier 1" Spellcasters?

    Seriously, have you guys checked out Trailblazer? It solves this problem admirably.
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    Is there anyone who takes music really seriously for D&D?

    I've got an eight and a half hour Dark Sun playlist. It consists of the soundtracks of 300, Fallout 1&2, Rome (TV series), Gladiator and Conan (minus a few tracks here and there - 300 and Conan especially are not too fitting at times), supplemented with a few Lisa Gerrard titles.
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    D&D 3E/3.5 How much work to play a 3.0 adventure? (for a 3.5 DM)

    The only real difficulty is spellcasters with spells that have changed, ie. Haste and Harm. Some stats for outsiders have been buffed in 3.5, but as long as the original encounter was balanced, just run with the 3.0 stats. With the spellcasters though, you will have to think of other ways to...
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    A question about spells.(3.x related but probably not what you think)

    The Hypertext d20 SRD (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) :: d20srd.org
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    How would you do Trailblazer psionics?

    Hmmmm... on the fly conversion into PP... interesting, hadn't thought of that one. This must be the way to go if I want to stimulate Magic / Psionic multiclassing. Really the best way to go about it really. However, I think I might want to scare people out of doing that for this specific...
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    How would you do Trailblazer psionics?

    Yeah, that was my first instinct. Of course it still doesn't restrict ritual powers, but then neither did standard 3.5... That leaves me where I still need to figure out a unified Psychic Warrior / Psion power list and unified power point progression. Yuck. I think I may better off using slots...
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    How would you do Trailblazer psionics?

    Some Googling brought me to this thread in the Pathfinder forums: http://www.enworld.org/forum/pathfinder-rpg-discussion/275022-pathfinder-trailblazer-other-3-75s.html Looks like I have bitten off enough to chew on, as few people seem to have figured this out already. I'll let you know when I...
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    D&D 4E Since the announcement of D&D Next, are you still buying 4E product?

    I stopped playing 4e after about a year and a half of play. We had fun, but the system's upsides weren't worth the downsides for both me and my group. Even if we had continued playing, we probably wouldn't have purchased any more material. It was getting to be a bit too much to cope with for us...
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    How would you do Trailblazer psionics?

    I believe Trailblazer could do Dark Sun well. But Dark Sun needs psionics. Specifically, I am thinking how to deal with the recovery of powerpoints (pp) when resting for 10 minutes. You could do it the same as for spells (pp spent on multi target spells are not recovered after a rest etc.), but...
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    Bottle of wine and im schtill sober *hic*

    Remember though, these are likely not pints, but more like coke cans (0,33 L/half a pint). One of the few areas where most of the continental EU and the US don't differ but the UK does. That, and driving on a certain side of the road. Or are they pints, dnd_dad :) ? (in which case I can only...
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    Your best combat descriptions

    You feel your axe cleave through several ribs, each rib cracking separately from your mighty blow. Vast quantities of blood drop to the floor. You take your axe out of his ribcage, and your opponent slumps to the floor like a ragdoll, dead as dead can be. You slash open your opponent's gut, who...
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    Trailblazer Success Stories?

    A monk, a fighter, and a Fighter/Wizard who is going to be an Arcane Archer (which I ruled to have 0.5 BMB progression) are in my War of the Burning Sky campaign. A great system and a great campaign so far. I have ruled that constructs and undead can't be critted/sneak attacked, and we use 3.5s...
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    101 Ways to tell your Dungeon Master is not going to allow your character...

    173: "I know the other players did not make gestalt characters, but it's not my problem they brought knives to a gunfight!" 174: The DM has a rule that each feat, spell or item you have on your sheet must come from a book you have with you. You came into the room with a 30kg suitcase.
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    The worst of all editions? (humor)

    5e from hell: Both core and splats are riddled with errors (splats have enormous powercreep, to the point that playing basic classes is almost useless). Errata is only supplied in the digital version, which is supplied through a paid online subscription only. To prevent piracy, these files...
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