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  1. lukelightning

    So, Dark Sun: It's officially out. What do you think of it?

    Regarding the "cute" mekillot vs the scary battle version: Look at the cute pillbug version. See those two giant scales on its face that go around its eyes, down to its mouth, giving it a smiley look? Perhaps those scales acted as a sort of movable face shield; in resting mode they are down in...
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    Planes Above, sucks to be good.

    Yeah, but what's the point of worshipping some powerful being? The D&D world is full of all sorts of super power magic, so gods are nothing special.
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    Winning Races: Genasi of Athas

    This article didn't answer the question all Athasians mus have: Can you drink a water genasi?
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    Black Razor?

    Well, rather than arguing about this, let's seize this as an opportunity! Let's say your character has the Hand of Vecna. Then you encounter another person who also has the Hand of Vecna. What the heck is going on? Is there more than one Vecna? Is one the real hand? Are they both fakes? Is the...
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    Black Razor?

    It's because it's a unique item, and nobody else can have it because my brother's ranger has it. ;)
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    Dragon 338: Returning to Athas, part1

    If you do play a water genasi, expect to be drunk. No, not inebriated... drunk.
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    Dragon 338: Returning to Athas, part1

    I like the "turn to a swirl of sand" effect for fey step. A cool-looking teleport without resorting to planar travel. As for tieflings and dragonborn, they seem very Darksunny to me.
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    Dragon 338: Returning to Athas, part1

    What if drow were stuck being the main food source of cannibal halflings? Mmmmm, Drizz't MacNuggets!
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    Dragon 338: Returning to Athas, part1

    I think many of us view the feywild as a sort of mirror image of the prime material plane (yeah, I know they don't call it that any more... what is the name of the regular plane of existence now?); so it stands to reason that the feywild of Athas is like Athas, but even worse. Take all the...
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    Magic Ammunition - Does it Stack

    It should not stack. Bow users are already powerful enough. If you give rangers magic arrows, you should give warlocks magic ammo for their rods too.
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    Rot Grubs!!!!

    This season on Nemesis Showdown we'll bring you these exciting matches: Thief vs. Ear seeker Magic-user vs. Bookworm Fighter vs. Rust Monster Cleric vs., um, a misplaced holy symbol? Arbitrary "your god doesn't grant your spell"? Accidental use of an edged weapon?
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    Immediate Reaction Question

    It's good vs. those darn twin-striking rangers too.
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    Rot Grubs!!!!

    I'm not against weird trap monsters... but in old editions the game relied overmuch on player knowledge, not character knowledge... at least in 4e you can do perception checks to notice the ear-burrowing braineater of death. And hopefully by seeing it first, and not by feeling the intense pain...
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    Rot Grubs!!!!

    Ear Seekers. Very Gygax, for better or worse. What's next, deadly arthropods that mimic thieves' tools that sneak into your pouch and bite you to death when you try to pick a lock?
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    Lolth!

    Um, I blame Corellon and those goody-goody elves for clouding my vision....
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    Lolth!

    Is that an immediate reaction? Or as many times in a round as possible? This seems like a strange power to give her, since she doesn't seem to be an enchantress/dominator/mind goddess.
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    Spearmage, Hammermage, Staffmage . . .

    Staff mage? Is that like a court wizard?
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    Who's Hype for Dark Sun???

    I find the idea of fragile +3 weapons odd. Since it seems to me that no player would ever want his magic weapon destroyed, and that it seems that the option to destroy a weapon in combat is up to the player, then the fragile feature will never really come into play.
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    Who's Hype for Dark Sun???

    Me! I am very curious to see what they do with shoddy weapons (bone, etc.) at higher levels... it's hard to imagine a +3 axe that shatters on a roll of 1. I, personally, would handle this by getting rid of magic weapons, etc. and using inherent bonuses.
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    Winged Horde Flanking Question

    Hmm, I can see both sides of the flanking issue (both sides, get it?): A: When you are dazed, but your friend isn't, you still get the benefit of the flank because your friend is a credible threat to your enemy, distracting it enough for you to get combat advantage. Or B: Since you are dazed...
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