Recent content by Gazra

It might seem clunky, but there's not really a way to always be on your toes so that you're never caught flat footed. There are specific instances, but those should be handled with discretion. Lets, for example, say that a character has his bow drawn, and knocked an arrow. If he said, I'm...

I think this works. As a DM I would track your donations to the various factions in town and the kinds of options and influence you have would be entirely dependent on where you spent your money. One thing I would consider is who you don't donate to, and how that might create some jealousy in...

We can make analogies all we want, but at no point did the Wizard even threaten the Fighter's life. The caster certainly overstepped some boundaries, but, given that they're adventuring together, this really merited an ego-check in the form of some retaliation that shows the Fighter will not...

The only thing I miss about 3.5 is the monster manual.

I agree with the sentiment that if you think Bards suck, it's because you want to play something else. They are engineered to be a jack-of-all-trades. The downside to their utility is that they don't excel at any one thing. What they can do, that no other class can, is fill a gap at a moment's...

I never suggested booting him. I suggested giving him the option: work out a compromise or choose not to play. There is a difference. I think the fighter should have responded in some way that let the Wizard know he overstepped his boundaries and it won't be tolerated. However, responding to...

Seeing as how I never played 1st edition, no. And I wouldn't. I would also make a distinction between murder and slaying a dragon. Your situation is far too vague to have any sort of gravity regarding alignment. What if the dragon they slew had been terrorizing a town for the last few years...

I know this has been resolved, but I would have brought the game to a screeching halt the second the coup de grace happened. From an alignment perspective, murder is a not a CN act. As a DM I would have informed the player that his alignment is now CE until further notice, which would cause all...