Recent content by nycdan

Test of Wisdom ideas Well a 'Test of Wisdom' that doesn't use game mechanics is difficult, since it's probably one of the most difficult of the six statistics to 'quantify' in real life in any meaningful fashion. Given that, I'd probably at least partially use game mechanics and the first...

Here we go again. My group is constantly doing things I have no ready interpretation for so I'm looking to you guys to chime in. A rogue and a sorcerer walked into bar...no wait, that's not right. A rogue and a sorcerer have trekked off and encountered a crocodile in a marshland. The croc...

Spatz, Thank you. Your explaination makes sense and I didn't consider the sum of medians issue. I'm embarassed because I should have thought through that more but that's what I get for jumping on it while at work. -Dan

Can't the orc attack the fighter as his standard action and then mount the horse as his move action all in the same round? He would face the AOO if he fails to down the fighter, but this is allowed right? His alternative would be to use Total Defense as his standard action and then mount as...

So if he's right beside the fighter's horse, he can attack the fighter and still try to quick mount? If he fails to bring the fighter to 0hp, he'll still be subject to AOO though? It sounds as if the choice is: 1) Mount and face AOO or 2) Attack, then quickmount, facing AOO if he fails to kill...

Math! Okay, let me settle the math issue here for you guys. You've all been great help to me with rule interpretations so I'm glad to find a way to give back. To determine the AVERAGE number of uses of a wand as you described is easily done in Excel. First take the d20 series. You have a...

Okay, here is the situation in my PbP game: An orc is on foot, meleeing against a mounted fighter. He has beaten the fighter to within one good hit of being knocked out, but has take a pretty hard beating himself. Meanwhile, a gnome illusionist, trying desperately to stay on a horse he cannot...

Aye, I considered having the orcs target the mounts, but reasoned that the orcs were better served to dismount the riders and steal the horses if possible. As it was the first encounter of the campaign, I didn't want to start out by slaughtering the horses, but I suspect the next encounter may...

I agree with the interpretations of the rules, but I find that it doesn't make logical sense. If a party is prepared with bows readied, and draw out the orcs into a clearing where they have at least 10 feet of open space, how would the orcs reach the party to melee before the party releases the...

I'm DMing a campaign (my first in many, many years) and I'm concerned about balance in mounted combat. I have 2 fighters using warhorses (party is level 3) and it effectively seems to give them 4 attacks per round. Each horse gets a full attack of hoof/hoof/bite and they get their weapon...

Hi folks, I have a gnome illusionist on a horse trying to cast a shield spell on himself. He has no ride skill and was riding with another character so has no familiarity with this horse or any other. The group is about to engage in combat (this is actually round 1 but he has highest...