Recent content by Sabaron

I'm running a PbP political game, with the players as dukes running a kingdom. Meanwhile, the kingdom to the south is getting stomped on by an ambitious black dragon and its army. Soon the southern kingdom will be overrun, and it will be up to the players to deal with this... I'm trying to...

I'm running a PbP political game, with the players as dukes running a kingdom. Meanwhile, the kingdom to the south is getting stomped on by an ambitious black dragon and its army. Soon the southern kingdom will be overrun, and it will be up to the players to deal with this... I'm trying to...

I'm running a Fields of Blood game on a dedicated forum here: http://azzmodan.delnet.nl/Forum.asp?ForumID=13 I've got sixteen players so far, and am looking for politically minded players from the best community I know of, this one. :) I haven't been around in a while, but I still remember...

Guns! Yes, I like them. :) I use Ken Hood's firearms rules, which gives me weapons very similar to those of Monte Cook, with the following changes Pistol: Like Dragon Pistol, but d10+2 damage and penetrates 4 points of armor . Size M Pocket pistol: Like Pistol, but 30' range and d8 damage...

Whoa! I was thinking of doing something similar, except that I don't have Fields of Blood so I was going to use a Birthright-3e hybrid of my own design. I certainly like the idea, and especially the PC lesser nobles one. In the test run I did, PC nobles certainly spiced up the action. :)...

Current party: CG CG TN CN LN CN CN CN Chaos wins again! The party seems to be tending toward evil, though, as they summarily execute more and more prisoners... No evil from DM fiat. When this group is evil, it implodes.

Hmmm... we're talking Half-Orc Barbarian Sorcerer here. Strength 18 base, +4 rage, +4 Bull's Strength, +2 Enlarge Person = 28 Strength. While enlarged, he can lift 2,400 pounds. If the portcullis weighs a "mere" 1344 pounds, it's hardly an obstacle to him. (BTW, Thornir, thanks for digging...

This is amusing. ISTJ's, such as myself, are quite common on these boards. Yet only two or three of us have posted. We must be shy. :)

Micromaximum: Actually, there is a second portcullis behind the first one, creating a kill zone much like you describe. I never said this was a good plan on the PC's part, but he's dead set on trying it so I needed a rule. The gatehouse is set up like this: /-\ | | | | | | \-/ With the...

So my players are planning on storming a castle next session (a Cheap Keep, from the Stronghold Builder's Guide). The first major obstacle is the gatehouse, with its sturdy wooden doors and portcullis. The wooden door has clear, simple rules to get past it (set HP and break DC), and so does...

After our party was ambushed by horse archers in the dark, a question arose. How far exactly can you see in moonlight or starlight outside at night? We didn't find anything in either the DMG or PHB (3.5 or 3.0), besides the ranges for torches and other light sources, and degrees of...

165. The PCs, while out traveling, encounter a mysterious old hermit. He invites them in for dinner...

The most recent campaign I've been DMing has been a bit stagnant lately. Granted, it's only been going for four sessions, and the PCs are second level, but still, nothing of import is happening. I could go into needless detail about why, but I won't. To spice things up a bit, I've decided...

Do you have any sources for this? I've never heard of an instance where a lightly armored "dandy" got into a fight with a heavily armored knight and won. Not to say that it's never happened, but I'd appreciate a source. Also, I think you might be over-estimating the encumbrance level plate...

The last campaign I DMed ended when the party started scheming to kill their (PC) wizard purely to get his magic items. Never mind that this was someone they'd been adventuring with since the beginning, and was a friend to many of them. They felt like killing him for his stuff. I haven't DMed...