Recent content by StalkingBlue

I'm pretty transparent as to my GM-side houserules. (And completely transparent as to all houserules that directly affect the PCs, which should go without saying really. All my player-side houserules are in writing and up on some forum where players can reference them.) For GM-side new rules...

(Sorry for the delay, people. We skipped one session and lost our faithful chronicler. Here's a poor overworked GM's effort to fill the gap. :) ) The White City It has been hours of fighting. In the thick of melee, Katrin takes an orc down with a wide slash and cleaves through into its...

I voted Other. As GM I've never felt I needed a particular mix of classes for my games, I'm happy to run with whatever my players come up with to play. Funnily enough when I join an existing group as a player, my first look is at what classes and specialisations others are playing, and my...

A true Shotokan Karateka's answer. :cool: Rinulin, your size and weight are greater than most Japanese men's. I'm 5'4'' and was the tallest in most of the Karate classes in Tokyo I took. As long as you're not going into kickboxing and sumo where sheer body mass counts, weight shouldn't...

I gave most of my "worst" books away a while ago, so I don't really remember them all... Both Necropolis and World Builder's Guide stick in my mind as high up on my "worst" list. Also the entire Wizards 3.0 splatbooks series. (Haven't even looked at the 3.5 ones.) FFG's Midnight scenario...

LOL! You guys are so bad.

Hm, I haven't read the other thread, but taken out of context the poster quoted in the initial post above sounds like an extremely insecure DM unable to reward, or even run with, basic-smart player tactics. Web is slightly overpowered for its level and Entangle can be in certain environments...

To answer the initial post, I can think of three things inherent in DnD that combined make the level of risk of a combat encounter hard to judge for players: 1. Power increases geometrically not linearly with combat power doubling roughly every two levels/CRs, which makes for staggering power...

And did the players realise they were being given a chance to flee? In normal circumstances trying to run from a monk isn't a smart tactic. The monk will usually outrun you.

Most of the artwork in the core rulebooks leaves me cold, it's bland and static to my eye; and I never played earlier editions, so there's no nostalgia factor involved in my case. The frozen postures of the iconics did nothing to ever inspire me to anything, nor did they do anything for any...

Hm. What if you involve your players? :) For this combat, you could award attack or damage bonuses for every combat action that is described in a cinematic way. Or you could announce that you're giving out RP XP for stylish combat move descriptions. Or run a tally of gp in the ship's hold...

Kill Conan and take Khan's stuff. :)

That's the one I meant, thanks. I hadn't a clue you could google for individual ENW threads ... :confused: :)

Yup, new Story Hour title. Some time between the last month and now, we crossed over into what feels like a new chapter to the campaign. So... I'm proud to present Part Two: Veils and Crossings. Apari Ghostwalker and Pallas Ellinor have travelled through the obsidian gatestone found in the...

You might want to have a careful look at the rules material in Midnight btw. I believe the rules were written more with a view to providing extra flavour than balance, and that tends to show. If you're interested in more rules discussion, there was a recent thread in General here* in which we...