Recent content by bradikus

I voted sort of because sometimes we did and sometimes we didn't. When we did it was a good way to control out of control wealth... but that is really the DM's fault in the first place anyway.

Good question. Let's just say that the 5 foot step, in some cases, has become the biggest cause for abuse that has ever been introduced in the game. Players are always considering what 5 foot step to take to put them in the optimal position, and then the whole party has to discuss it (a la...

This is extremely interesting. I must admit that now having thought about this that I should have expanded the time options. We have also had many 5-6 hour battles as well, but those are usually at the higher levels (9-12) and/or are the climax battles. An interesting side thread to this...

I have noted that on average a major battle will take our group about a 45 minutes to an hour to complete. This just seems way to long to me, so I am wondering how long it takes other groups. 10 minutes or less. Our battles are real time 10 to 20 minutes. 20 to 30 minutes. 30 to 45 minutes 45...

This has been a problem in our game over and over again. A couple of our players are always trying to bend the rules to thier advantage and at times it can take an inordinate amount of time to look up and discuss. Some of us are better at handling this as DMs then others, but we are all trying...

Given the following definition for the Protection From Evil Spell; "blocks any attempt to . . . exercise mental control over the creature (including enchantment (charm) effects and enchantment (compulsion) effects that grant the caster ongoing control over the subject, such as dominate...

I picked wizard only because the question was not specific and wizards are just more versatile. But if the party already had a wizard I would go with a sorcerer in a second. As for enemy NPCs, I have been having a lot of fun with sorcerers. The sheer number of spells combined with some of the...

Given that I would be willing to give in the argument that if the player had written down that his character had Belladona that I would assume that it was fresh as long as there was a person with herbalist skills around. But back to my question, is Belladona standard stuff for a healers kit?

While the character does have a healers kit, it was purchased sometime ago, and there has been no indication by the player that he was restocking. But the weazily players say that if they had the Belladona in the kit then they would naturally refresh it given the opportunity (when in town). Of...

One of the characters in our adventure has been inflicted with lycanthropy from a wereboar. The issue is wheather or not belladonna would be available in a healers kit. It states that it must be fresh and picked within the last week, so I pretty certain that I am not going to give in to my...

One of the characters in our adventure has been inflicted with lycanthropy from a wereboar. The issue is wheather or not belladonna would be available in a healers kit. It states that it must be fresh and picked within the last week, so I pretty certain that I am not going to give in to my...

The date is now 11 AWAK (11 years After Wife And Kids) and we play for only 4-5 hours every other week. I would say half of that time is just sitting around BS'ing. I started playing, with the same group, in approximately in the year 14 BWAK (14 years Before Wife And Kids), and we would put in...