Recent content by Mortanis

there it is. Yeah.. "armor bonus". I should have keyed on that one. Thanks for the heads up. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040127a for the link in question. You can only grapple and touch attack so many times before things get a tad overdone. With this, things are...

That might explain it. I didn't realize that "armor" could be considered a "type" in the case of stacking. Deflection, yes, but armor itself, no. Gonna go hit that up then. Thanks.

I'm going to double check his numbers in tonights gaming session. He's a competent gamer, so i didn't think to question him, and isn't the type prone to lying. However, I cannot find anything in the Mage Armor description that says it doesn't stack with real armor. The description says it's...

So, the sorceror in the party spent a while digging through his spells, and landed on mage armor and shield as his two new favorites. I don't see any reason they wouldn't stack, as the Shield spell creates a wall of force, but with the 4 from mage armor and 7 from shield, his effective AC is...

True enough, to some extent. An NPC properly prepared is probably more resourceful and more of a challenge to the PC's. But better prepared doesn't always mean a better fight or more entertainment for everyone. It easily can, however. A DM is better prepared by spending time working things...

True with some people, false with others. I rarely plan anything beyond a few general ideas of simple story arc, and make most of it up on the fly based off of that loose outline. And whatever anyone may say, my players, some of which have been gaming for 20 years, all agree that my campaign...

My thoughts exactly. My job is to make sure fun and entertainment is had by all. How I get there may be different than everyone else, but everyone else isn't my goal - my players are. :) On the line being surprised by player actions: last night my players arrived at a small dwarven...

Ah.... how I love things like that. If the Players didn't do such things, the game would grow stale. Near the beginning of my last campaign, 2 years back, the party was in hot pursuit of a very high level spellcaster who was racing to a tower to claim the...

Shameless self-plug time: I've recently started up (again) my site with free locations, DM advice, etc. DigitalCaelum.com Specifically in the articles I've got a few pointers for things. :) These boards have more than enough experienced, imaginitive people to help you on the right track...

Glad to see this back up to the top! :)

Never played, Always DM'd, but 2 of my players wouldn't choose a character until they'd spent hours scoping out the entire path it would take, weighing all the options before even getting out a clean character sheet. The others in the party choose what they want based on their first impulse.

I want to encourage RPing and enjoyment amongst my players, so I give out xp based on those situations just as much as regular hack and slash encounters. For example: last session the party (consisting of 5 2nd level players) only participated in one fight that netted them each 100xp...

Funny situation leads to funny quotes. In my last campaign, one player played a lively dwarf that would basically do anything he was dared to. At one large party thrown by the king, he noticed some catapults, and so invented the new sport of "Dwarfpulting". This involved firing the dwarf from...

Back up to the top for a new day of quotes! :) I've had some KODT DMing moments, where I use a wrong fact and refuse to back down afterwords. One time, long ago, when making a dungeon, i was creating the kitchen, and deciding it was abandoned, put old, mildewed food stuffs around the room...

Along some of the same lines: In my last campaign, the wizard (played by a female), decided her character would pick up a side skill Player: I think i'll learn an instrument. Something soothing. Player 2: Like a flute? Player: Yeah! A flute. I'll learn to play the flute! Player 3: How about...