Recent content by Stephenls

Doubtless this'll be ignored amidst the storm of controversy, but: Remember earlier preview material suggests monsters will be customizable with template-type things, not of the "this gnoll is half-demon" variety but rather "this gnoll has learned some magic." Taking away intrinsic draconic...

For a reliable definition of "munchkin" you have to go back to the word's roots. It does come from the Wizard of Oz originally, but it entered gaming with the second generation of players. See, you had all these older dudes who'd been playing for a while, and they suddenly found themselves...

I think the new bladesinger quite likely needs better spellcasting to compete on an even footing with the eldrich knight. Instead of advancing at 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th, I'd probably make it 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and maybe 10th. Or else it needs the Song of Celerity ability more...

Can Succubi still occasionally summon Balors, thus completely breaking the CR system with regards to themselves? Does killing a summoned monster still not give you XP?

"does he really say lying cheating and theft are Evil acts instead of chaotic ones? if so, wouldn't almost every rogue hav to be evil?" Cheating and theft are both evil acts because they betray trust and hurt others, albeit in a non-physical way. If you steal someone's horse, and they need...

I did a review of the Book of Vile Darkness and posted it to the newsgroup rec.games.frp.dnd. Here's the link. It's, um, rather long.

-=PS2 games=- ICO: You're a boy with horns. You have a stick. There's a princess, and you both have to escape from a castle. The princess can talk, but you can't understand her language and she can't understand yours. Shadow-things keep trying to stop you from escaping. The story is...

And now, for a note of seriousness. DO carry a weapon. DON'T carry a weapon into any place where it can get you into more trouble than it can possibly get you out of. DO trap the entrance. DON'T forget how to get around your traps. DO buff before combat. DON'T lose track of when the time...

The mind flayer backstory presented in The Illithiad has much of interest. It is strongly hinted that the first mind flayers were, in fact, humans, or possibly the protohumanoids that later became the gith races. While traveling through the planes, they became trapped in the Far Realm, and...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *Stephenls laughs, and continues to laugh, for about five minutes* After the speeches are given, you haveto tell us about the D&D speech from the non-gamer. ASAP. Please!

Would a list of the templates in the Book of Vile Darkness, and short discriptions of each, be too much to ask?

Yes, from everything I've read Mr. Deisel does indeed play D&D regularly. Apparently his favorite race is "Orc." I suppose that makes sense.

Last time I checked, the general rule was this: any creature can advance by class. Some will do it quite badly (vermin, for example, having no Intelligence, would make really, really innefectual wizards). Some creatures can advance by HD. Elementals can advance by HD or by class. Orcs can...

I'm 19 years old and I like the newer, thinner halflings. Reason? It's really, really hard to draw a cool-looking character that is also chubby and with bare, hairy feet. It only comes off looking comical. 3e halflings, on the other hand, look very cool. Take Lidda as an example. One of...

Wayne Reynolds I'm afraid I'll have to throw my opinion into the whole Wayne Reynolds debate. (Hey, look! My first post to these forums!) He's done some good black & white illustrations, I think, and is far superior to the other major artist in the black and white supplements, but in general...