Recent content by Old Fart

For me, EnWorld is where I go to have geeky rules discussions with my fellow gamers - kind of like the rules discussions one gets into around the gaming table. On CM I discuss with my fellow gamers things that are totally unrelated to gaming, like politics, religions, the weather, whatever -...

I voted "sort of" as it came closest to what exists in my campaign. Clerics/temples make minor curative items - mostly those that require a CL of 3 or less. There are wizard types who make a living creating minor magical items - things like everburning torches, items to clean a stained outfit...

That was my inital impression of the retraining rules - not that they were an encouragement to muchkins, but that they allow a way to quickly (or at least more quickly) qualify for the nifty new prestige class in just-realeased Supplement X, or use the new feats Supplement X contains, while...

Like most of the posters so far, my dislikes are : 1. Animal companion - next to useless 2. Favored Enemy - very specific on campaign/adventures 3. Spells - without starteing a huge discussion on their usefulness or lack thereof, let me say that I've not personally seen a lot of use of them 4...

Others have mentioned class name and illiteracy. They are holdovers from the original class as presented in 1st ed Unearthed Arcana, which was itself designed to appeal to Conan fans. IMHO, the class is still inspired/derived from R.E. Howard more than Norse, American Indian, or any other...

I can only remember a snippet of this from a gaming session back college way to many years ago. Based on "Losing My Religion" with heartfelt apologies to REM That's me in the corner That's me with the Cure Light Using My Religion Trying to stay alive And I don't know if I can do it Oh, no, I...

I think the Crow as a concept suffers a bit from "cross-genre syndorme." On the other hand, it's Eberron, which is already cross-genre (pulp and fantasy), so what the heck? Here's how I'd do it: 1) Start with a human monk. Make Con your dump stat. Take Improved Toughness as your free feat. 2)...

There's an excellent adventure hook for a mid-to-high level evil (n)PCs. Based on the premise of the town: 1) The townsfolk are greedy. 2) The local residents are not capable of cleaning the dungeon out themselves. Otherwise, they would have already done so to take 100% of the treasure...

I have always assumed it was to allow "monsters," i.e. creatures that start with a base number of hit dice, such as gnolls, trolls, giants, lizardmen, etc., to qualify for Prestige classes. The "base creature" might qualify (or partially qualify) for a PrC with it's BAB and/or skills, before it...

"Baby got BacK," because 1) it's message seems more overall positive (as much as treating women of any sort as sex symbols can be "positive") 2) It disses the Calista Flockhart set and those who would dismiss a woman because she "got back." 3) The writer/singer is less disingenuous. Somehow I...

Married for 14 years. She has gamed several times in the past, but doesn't do so regularly, so I'll classify her as a "non-gamer." She is extremely supportive of my hobby, though. The way she puts it, most of the men in her family are into hunting and fishing. No matter how much I spend on...

Well, let's see- sloppy - I'm actually often accused of being a neat freak, both in appearance and environment. unwashed - absolutely not obsessive - Well, I don't know if I'd call 30+ hours/week on geeky hobbies excessive. :) OK, yes, big time. skinny/fat guy - Yep. I often joke that I'm as...

I think it's an interesting and valid character concept, in the right context. I agree with the several posters on this topic that a Paladin should embody the ideals of his diety. However, suppose this paladin's diety is of a hedonistic nature, like Bacchus or Dionysus for example. For that kind...

Lots of these replies deal with nasty things to do to the PCs. While I certainly wouldn't want to let PCs think robbing the local magic shop was a good idea, I'd like to humbly suggest two things: 1) Think about how you would handle a group of PCs playing rogues that pulled this heist. Any of...

I would say he's somewhat under rated, given the popularity of Harry Potter, which was a complete rip-off of The Books of Magic. And while the present-day audience may or may not find Sandman revolutionary, remember that the adult-oriented graphic novels genre was not mainstream before...