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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5757643" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 258: April 1999</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 3/7</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sage advice: How much holy water is in a standard vial (half a pint. Individually, they may not weigh much, but they soon add up.)</p><p></p><p>Booze is a bitch. Would you give into temptation when dying of dehydration? ( Quite possibly. It's complicated. )</p><p></p><p>Can you get rid of poison by hasting someone (no. The aging is physical strain, not actual time passing. It does not heal you. or progress any stuff that would progress in a real year's aging. Trying to work logically from that assumption in any way will just waste your time. Casting it on children is a very bad idea. This stuff'll burn you out faster than crystal meth. They don't call it adventurer's crack for nothing. )</p><p></p><p>Why the hell did you remove the subdual rules from dragons. Were you making a political statement? (No. We standardized the rules, so now they apply to everyone. No more (well, less) exception based design. That's a good thing! )</p><p></p><p>Don't the planescape rules essentially make everyone immortal (no, because petitioners lose their memories and class abilities. They're about as you as you would be if you were reincarnated. ) </p><p></p><p>Can you get magic resistance, cast anti-magic shell on yourself, then resist it and cast spells through it (No. It either works or it doesn't. You can't have your cake and eat it too. )</p><p></p><p>How much does a 2x4 board cost (not much)</p><p></p><p>Is a halfling falling on someone a missile (No, it's a charge.)</p><p></p><p>How do you get your hand in a 2 inch wide pouch (turn it sideways)</p><p></p><p>What happens to the energy undead drain (off to the negative energy plane it goes. Schlorp schlorp entropy consumes a little more of the universe)</p><p></p><p>Does casting call lightning within obscurement electrify the whole cloud (no. Just apply the RAW, stop trying to use real world physics. This applies to any other spells your players try to "creatively interpret" as well. Just say no to physics, kids! )</p><p></p><p>What happens if a nymph has kids with my character (boys are your race, girls are theirs. They're like those weird amazonian fishes. No need to worry about weird half-breeds here.)</p><p></p><p>How can I improve my olde english vocabulary (LARP moar)</p><p></p><p>You said you can't catch arrows. My friend so can and he has the scars to prove it. (Skip hardly thinks stopping an arrow by having it go through the middle of your palm counts as catching. In any case, D&D isn't a martial arts game. Go play something else if you want to pull stunts like that. )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5757643, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 258: April 1999[/U][/B] part 3/7 Sage advice: How much holy water is in a standard vial (half a pint. Individually, they may not weigh much, but they soon add up.) Booze is a bitch. Would you give into temptation when dying of dehydration? ( Quite possibly. It's complicated. ) Can you get rid of poison by hasting someone (no. The aging is physical strain, not actual time passing. It does not heal you. or progress any stuff that would progress in a real year's aging. Trying to work logically from that assumption in any way will just waste your time. Casting it on children is a very bad idea. This stuff'll burn you out faster than crystal meth. They don't call it adventurer's crack for nothing. ) Why the hell did you remove the subdual rules from dragons. Were you making a political statement? (No. We standardized the rules, so now they apply to everyone. No more (well, less) exception based design. That's a good thing! ) Don't the planescape rules essentially make everyone immortal (no, because petitioners lose their memories and class abilities. They're about as you as you would be if you were reincarnated. ) Can you get magic resistance, cast anti-magic shell on yourself, then resist it and cast spells through it (No. It either works or it doesn't. You can't have your cake and eat it too. ) How much does a 2x4 board cost (not much) Is a halfling falling on someone a missile (No, it's a charge.) How do you get your hand in a 2 inch wide pouch (turn it sideways) What happens to the energy undead drain (off to the negative energy plane it goes. Schlorp schlorp entropy consumes a little more of the universe) Does casting call lightning within obscurement electrify the whole cloud (no. Just apply the RAW, stop trying to use real world physics. This applies to any other spells your players try to "creatively interpret" as well. Just say no to physics, kids! ) What happens if a nymph has kids with my character (boys are your race, girls are theirs. They're like those weird amazonian fishes. No need to worry about weird half-breeds here.) How can I improve my olde english vocabulary (LARP moar) You said you can't catch arrows. My friend so can and he has the scars to prove it. (Skip hardly thinks stopping an arrow by having it go through the middle of your palm counts as catching. In any case, D&D isn't a martial arts game. Go play something else if you want to pull stunts like that. ) [/QUOTE]
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