Recent content by Cicciograna

Maptools is Java...eew!

Hi there! I'm ready to begin a new campaign and, as I just bought a netbook, I was looking for a simple program to keep trace of PC and enemies' position on a grid. Do you know any program (strictly freeware!) that would do? By the way, if you know any other softare that could help a DM, I'm...

You are right about realism, but in D&D one must choose between realism and playability: in this game there are an amazing lot of deviations from realism in all of its aspects: armor weights, falling damage, hit point system, and many, many others. My system obviously favors simplicity and...

Reading this post, I got inspiration for a simpler Craft system that you could like: when your character wants to craft something, the DM sets the DC and the PC makes the roll: he subtracts the DC from his result and saves this number in a sort of completion pool; each roll represents the work...

Don't worry, I prefer seeing another version of character sheet rather than being the star of this thread :) Anyway, I thought to use MSE, but I don't know how to create new sets :-S By the way, there are some fundamental differnces between your sheet and mine, apart from the look: I see that in...

I tried to stuff all the sensible information in the small space of a Magic card: I tried to use all available room to its full potential. By the way, it seems more cramped on screen than when it's printed: I printed it, and it looks really nice! Anyway... "Dun'eering"... It's fun! :)

Hi there! I began playing 4th Edition, and recetly my DM forgot our record sheets at his home. So, since in our campaign we are heavily relying on power cards, I made this: sheet.rtf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage It fits in Magic plastic covers, and the faces are of...

Sorry, we just began playing 3.5ed, and I still have to learn all the spells... Anyway, the item is so expensive because of the high number of uses per day: maybe 10 charges is indeed to high, but this item is intended to detect wizard's voice when he makes plans with his minions and gives them...

Apart from the fact that Scrying gives just a visual image, while he needs to hear the wizard, there are some campaign factors for which ha cannot use the spell and instead needs the magic device (he doesn't have access to the spell, and needs to have the informations often; the magic device is...

Why removing the feats? The skill system is good, but there is no need to drop the Item Creation feats. Okay, to forge a ring a PC has to do his researches, read books, consult tomes of lore and knowledge (i.e. Knowledge skill check), and then perform all the needed rituals and conjurations...

Hi there. One of my players wants to create a magical device acting like a bug, to drop in the lab of a wizard and eavesdropping him. He's a bit low on cash, so I put some limitations on the object, and made up this. I put many limitations on this object. It doesn't work continuously, and...

He's a member in good standing of the Zhentarim, but they don't want to be known: this can be good...

Hi there, I've a big trouble. One of my player is a 7th level rogue: he lives in a big city, and since is hungry for money, he wants to rob every house he sees in Noble District. Since the city he's in is rich, but not so rich to boast heavy magic defenses against rogues, there's the chance that...

I don't like very much the "returning" magic enhancement of ranged weapons: I thought of a bad stuation that I hope will never show up. Suppose that one of my PC drops into a deep chasm: one of his allies has a returning dagger and throws it down in the chasm, hitting the ground. As the dagger...

You could run an adventure in a military school, in which characters can talk to weapon masters: you could give 'em some advice in game, and let 'em practice the newly acquired knowledge in training fights, maybe with wooden swords, against mannequins, or better, illusions: you could make up a...