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Having your characters overshadowed by Elminster, or Drizzt, or Mordenkainen, or any other "big name" NPC is a frequent complaint, but how often does it actually happen? In the time I've been gaming, I've never run into a DM using canon NPCs to overshadow, overwhelm or outstrip the PCs, nor...

I've seen complaints about WotC re-using art for MM several times in the past, so I sat down with the book and went through the illustrations. By my count, there are 201 illustrations in the book. Of these, I recognized eight as definitely re-used: Astral stalker Battle devil Drow Gorgon Bog...

I've followed the arguments and discussions about the new skill challenge system (or what we know of it) on this forum, and I'm curious about the player-DM spread of the opinions. Are the players for this, and DMs against; or vice versa; or is it more or less balanced?

Okay, I'm curious! What are your feelings on Liriel? Personally, I find her (based on Daughter of Drow and Tangled Webs) less angsty than Drizzt (always a plus), and given that she's ostensibly CN, is a more likely than another good drow. Though I didn't like the whole "rune magic" thing, or...

Ie. "Hymn Before Battle", "Gust Front", "When the Devil Dances". There's probably a fourth book coming in, but I haven't seen it yet. What's you opinion on them? I find the first and second books pretty good, despite some oddities (ie. the interstellar, multi-species alien civilization with no...

OK, I've just started a new monk character, and am playing him in a slightly stilted, slightly humorous way. This includes tossing around almost-relevant "fortune cookie wisdoms"; here's some examples: "The longest and shortest journey alike start with a single step in the dark." "The more...

Specifically, has anyone converted the main NPC:s of these games into 3E stats? Imoen, Minsc, Jaheira...? Sarevok, Bodhi, Irenicus...?

Ever wonder why the standard D&D world has loads of fantasy creatures... that mostly come from Earth mytologies? You have hippogriffs and sphinxes and hydras and whatnots, because of the ancient Greeks, vampires come from East European folk tales and Bram Stoker, elves and dwarves from...

Inspired by the "Alcohol and D&D" thread on the General Discussion forum... Does anyone have good rules for alcohol and its effects on characters?

Okay, everyone knows Two Towers. But just which two towers is the name referring to? There's four major towers in LotR (I'm ignoring the old elf towers west of Shire, the towers of the Fangs at the Black Gate, and other such): Orthanc Minas Tirith Minas Morgul Barad-Dûr Since much of the TT...