Recent content by Thyrwyn

The feat "Athlete" overlaps the Thief's Second Story Work feature. There is some overlap between the Barbarian's Danger Sense and the Dungeon Delver feat. Mountain Dwarves who do not get shield proficiency from their class have to take the Moderately armored feat if they want to get that...

That's actually how I did read it on my first (quick) read through...

You are a player looking for a new game. You have just moved to a new city, so none of your gaming friends are available. If you could pick the ideal campaign, as a player, what would it be? What are the important elements that a campaign would need to have to keep you going back week after...

Deities & Demigods New Article Now we're getting to the good stuff :) I feel that they have to include some world-building - and Deities & Demigods are essential to that IMHO. How does everyone else feel?

regicide had it right on page 1. when you reduce the creature to zero and choose not to kill him, he is disarmed. The at-will/encounter/daily distribution is an attempt to regulate in-combat events by their significance and impact on the plot. The impact (especially on a PC) of being...

Am I the only one who gets the whole 'Sinbad sailing off the edge of the world to get to Tartarus' vibe from this? (from the animated Sinbad, of course. . .)

I am with DragonBlade on this one: IF Nick is a Paizo employee (not just freelancing for them), then WoTC has done what any sensible company would do to to preserve their intellectual property and product. You do not hire competitors as freelancers. Period. Anyone who cares to argue that...

My impressions regarding the Dwarves matches CommonBlade's.

Ang Lee did do Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. No GUN-fu in there, but lots of 'fu. . .

The crunch changes from 2e => 3e were pretty huge. The changes to "monsters" alone was huge: they got basic attributes, could be given levels, and played as characters. 2e core cosmology? I can't remember any core gods at all - were there any?

I think this is a really key point. The nature/explainability/'mere existance' of pre-encounter and per-day abilities is probably the biggest source of contention/discussion regarding the new rules that we have seen so far. One camp wants a clear connection between player action/experience...

I agree, it has been an interesting discussion. This sums up the rational for every evil humanoid in the cosmology: orcs, kobolds, gnolls, goblins, bugbears, etc. . . . could all be summed up as "x hd bad-guy with [picka]-vision". With you so far. . . See, this is not how I see it at all. The...

This echoes my feelings exactly, and many times over.

If we are going to use the argument that "they are 'real' wounds because the spell is called Cure Light Wounds", it is relevant to point out that by that reasoning a 'light' wound constitutes "any injury capable of killing the vast majority of the populace", since most 'people' are 1st lvl, and...

This is the one I prefer to go with. The thing is that the characters don't know how many 'uses' they have. The character may have been trying the maneuver all day ("My Swordmaster said I should work on my Passing Attack . . . "). The character may continue to try the maneuever after they...