Recent content by Craw Hammerfist

A failure chance raises the drama level. But beguiling tongue is a great example. Mine was off the cuff. There needs to be more general utility powers that any class can take.

I feel ya. I haven't done much with 4e yet (waiting for the game table) but reading through the core books, I don't get the same adventuring sense I got with 2e and 3e. It's not as if the core books are against non-combat, it just seems like there is a gaping hole waiting to be filled with...

If the players want a disarm option, I have to grant the monsters a disembowel option to balance things out.:devil: Why not de-shield the opponent? Or cut off his foot? Or hamstring him. Or give him a columbian necktie. I know, poke him really hard in that spot behind the ear that hurts so...

The book example given above has a few obvious ones. Knowledge: Success yields "The author always bound his books in leather." Extraordinary success could give you that the leather was usually green. Arcana: This type of book always has X symbol on the cover/spine. Perception: This library...

This is how I understood the rules for jumping. As for straight-up clearance where height is more important than distance, I'll be using the high jump result plus half height. A check of 30 for a 6 foot character would yield a clearance of 6'. About right for a reasonably athletic person with...

Greenspan wept Nobody understands the real economy, so why would a simulated economy make sense? I will use the economy presented in the books, because I presume it has been playtested to some degree. Assuming a monetary motivation for PCs is fine, but the real purpose of the monetary system...

A quarter-pound is 4 ounces. Approximately 124 grams. That's about a shot-glass full of lead or a ping-pong ball sized piece of granite.

Keep in mind that damage has gone up with HP. And in what 3e universe did all ills not dissappear after the cleric had a night's rest? More gamist?! D&D has been a 100% gamist system from the get go. Nothing has changed in that regard. If the game is now more fun to play, then it is better...

Commemorative Plate Armor (embossed with Elvis' likeness or a big Dale Earnhardt #3 on the back).

Nah. Hummingbirds are the only vertibrates that actually hover. Wings do two things to make you fly. They provide lift and thrust. Lift is dependent on air speed. In an actual hover, you get no airspeed and thus no lift. That is called a "stall." It rhymes with "drop like a rock." The...

I've gotten the band back together, but I'm afraid to try and explain 3.5 to one of them, knowing it is a lame duck and a confusing fat one-winged lame duck at that. 4e now!

Random hit points do have a disproportionate effect on martial characters. I like a small amount of randomness so I had everyone roll a d4. Rogues added 2, clerics 4, fighter 6 etc. As for always having at least 2 18s? Pure munchkinism. I allow a player to toss an array if there aren't at...

Yes, actually he does just not know less than you do. He's been over the wall, remember. CORN!

Been there, it made no difference. I have played in several home brew worlds that exclude "core" races. It never bothered me or any of the other players. As a DM, I'm not shy about excluding something. I hate double weapons. Two bladed swords/axes, direflails, etc. don't show in my game...

The latest video from the GamerZero interview showed a clip of the table using an outdoor setting.