Recent content by Dr. Niles Crane

I've heard rumor it's available in stores but haven't actually seen it; Amazon still has it as "Not Yet Available"

I've had the same experience: with prep time and the casting of several buffings spells it seems an Eldritch Knight can temporarily raise his/her effectiveness close to a pure fighter level, but without that time the character definitely seems like a secondary fighter. I have not had anyone...

I've used a variety of methods, but settled on a flat equal rate for all characters present for the adventure, with a bonus for players who write an in-character journal. As DM, I'm not comfortable with awarding EPs just for combat: some of the most enjoyable evenings of gaming are those of...

I introduced a gnome necromancer (Wizard-6, Loremaster-6) as the leader of a competing adventuring team to the party. The team, called "The Wake" were a mixture of individuals, including a gargoyle and an ancient psionist who was recently awakened and transfered into a new body. The Wake...

Looks like I was one post too late! I've actually used this in two different campaigns with the party waking up in the middle of the night during a storm as the ship heads straight toward land and Harpies sing and scoop the crew off the deck. Once the party was too slow and the ship crashed...

I second that, espeically if you want a good dungeon crawl. I have the print version which is 3.0 based, not 3.5, and it would probably take a good 3 to 4 adventures. There's a mystery that kicks it off, but it's easily solved.

Got em' both now and thanks for the updates on the delay: it's great to see that kind of feedback and interaction. :)

I had the same question and found that answer was given in Sage Advice in Dragon #315 (page 118), although not nearly as succinctly as Otterscrubber's answer. :) EDIT: Me no speell prutty sum dayz.

Ryan Dancey should give him a call.

Traveling merchants or performers could have a small fair or market set up for an afternoon: perhaps villagers from nearby settlements, farms or towns know the traveling merchants always come at the same time of the month, season or year, so it's a good place to socialize, gossip, etc. Might be...

No Dragon 315 or Dungeon 106 in my mailbox, have over a year left on both subscriptions, and saw em' both in stores yesterday.

Thank you: I forgot to check the range and that would certainly do it!

I'm looking for any suggestions on how a character can prevent attacks by a Nightmare spell, aside from the use of a Dispel Evil (as per the Nightmare spell description). Specifically, would a Protection from Evil or Magic Circle against Evil spell (assuming a long enough duration to cover a...

Fiery Dragon and the counters rock! Dollar for dollar, they are the best accessory out there. For anyone looking to store the counters, a couple of suggestions: 1. Most sporting good stores have plastic trays in the fishing/sport goods section: at the local department store around here, I've...

Ah, thanks Varianor Abroad -- that's good to know!