Recent content by loki8481

so, my friend is starting up a game next week... it's a Wheel of Time RPG / classic D&D hybrid (half the group is from the WoT world, the other half is from a D&D world... I believe the DM is going to somehow transport the WoT people onto the D&D world). I've decided on playing an...

I just don't want to accidentally cheese out the game, you know? maybe I'll skip split ray.

how powerful does it end up being in practice? I love the concept, but I'm not playing in a power game perse and I'd hate to end up as the munchkin in a room full of roleplayers.

anyone know which book mentions that you can apply sneak attack damage to ranged/touch spells?

I've heard them mentioned a lot as I set about building my rogue/wizard/arcane trickster, but how do they actually work? do ranged weapon feats apply to "ray" spells or something? it seems like there aren't all that many rays to begin with.

so, it's been an even longer road, but just in case anyone was curious, I *finally* finally decided on what to play... rogue/wizard/arcane trickster :) long way away from where I originally started, but I'm digging the concept. the party already has a cleric and paladin, so I was feeling like...

nope... I do try to roll on top of my books, though. I've got some heavy metal dice and I'd hate to accidentally damage my host's table.

personally, I've always found it easier and quicker to just use a graph-lined white board and dry erase markers. less need to run around carrying bags of minis of various sizes to represent any possible monster that the players might run into.

re: the player favoritism aspect, I played with this one group in college... there were 7 of us total (DM + 6 players). two of those players were the DM's roommates and another was the DM's girlfriend. they'd often get more playtime than the rest of us, because the DM had no qualms against...

personally, I've always just found it easier to just use a graph-lined white board and some dry erase markers rather than carrying around bags of minis and maps to sessions.

I have no problem with smoking for the most part, but it's against my lease, at least in-doors... don't want to get screwed out of my security deposit because of smoke damage. illegal smoking... just wait till after the game is over. I have nothing against it in general, but playing with...

fair enough, different strokes for different folks :) for me, the social aspect of hanging around a table with a bunch of friends is just as important as the game itself... if a DM didn't trust me with a glass of wine, it'd be a major distraction.

I'm not sure I'd get along well with a DM or a player who was so uptight that they wouldn't allow any drinking whatsoever... I'm a big boy, I know my limits, a glass of wine or two isn't going to make me drunk but will help me relax a little more. getting outright drunk, otoh, I agree is...

as a DM, I can't stand rules lawyers... I go as much by the book as possible, and if I'm wrong, certainly feel free to correct me, but I'd prefer doing it after the game and not derailing an entire encounter right in the middle of it to have an argument over minutia. I also can't stand lone...

has anyone tried any multi-class fighter builds that ended up being interesting?