Recent content by travathian

That is a blatant lie. You have said flat out, the only solution you want is for WotC to publish rules which solve your problem with the game. Fair enough, but you have no one to blame but yourself. Go look the OP. It is garbage. It doesn't frame the question. It doesn't ask for help. It is a...

*Moderator note* Personal insults are not allowed. Also, edition warring is pretty uncool. -Darkness, EN World moderator Let me guess, you first started playing D&D with 4E? You sound like an entitled child stomping his feet shouting "me me me!" Ultimately it is the DM's world and you are an...

Troll Toll As the party travels down a well used road, they see in the distance a troll sitting on a stone bench on the side of the road. Past the bench is a 40' long and 10' wide stone bridge, spanning a chasm 80' deep. Tazingo the troll simply sits there waiting until travelers reach the...

3rd level spells: Dispel Magic - were you thinking maybe of counterspell when you wrote this? Dispel magic is exceedingly powerful, especially with the bonus the bard gets. A bard has a very good chance to dispel a very powerful effect, without having to use a higher spell slot. Dispel can be...

Completely agree. I think too many people think the lack of new abilities in the upper levels of the bard are a reason to ditch it. Remember, Bard has full casting ability. Don't discount that. Take a look at some 7th-9th level spells. There's a reason even wizards get a small number of slots...

And as someone else said, this is a failure of party planning. The cleric, druid, and wizard have more spells and greater selections to chose from. Obviously you can never have enough healing, but other than that, the party should try and spread the love around so everyone has a variety of...

I don't know about game balance, but as a player, it would annoy the :):):):) out of me to have to figure out what stacks and what doesn't and keep track of them. Game is complicated enough in my mind. If want a game where bonuses don't stack, then D&D isn't your game.

Exactly, only now the tactic only requires a 1min setup time, is basically invulnerable, and provides opportunities for other trickery. Delaying enemy forces or shifting the location of the fight are standard tactics. Magic just allows you to implement them in fascinating and sometimes very...

You're seriously comparing magic items to jewelry? First off, the prices for magic items in the DMG are a joke. 7500gp for a 'jeweled platinum ring' but less than 5000gp for a broom that flies?!? Less than 500gp to take any weakling and make them as strong as an ogre with some gauntlets...

Agreed. I have always hated the idea of a 'magic store' in D&D. Even in a major city. How would you defend it against theft/burglary? What about taxes on sales of magic items? Why would the adventurers trust a shopkeep claiming that a sword that glows as magical is +5? Which store would get hit...

hahahahha, oh man, this is awesome. Redirect a river into a town. This makes me think of another possibility. If the city actually has a sewer system, using a couple of these to block the exits, hehe Yes. Primary casters can at 5th level. Orc Eye of Gruumsh can only cast 2nd level spells...

Soooooo, back to abusing LTH... Anyone else come up with some interesting uses for it?

Your goals of play seem to be completely arbitrary and you seem ridiculously hung up on them. How does using this tactic impact the fun at the table? If the party feels this is a valuable and useful tool in their arsenal, who are you to say they aren't having fun? And quality of story? Doesn't...

Imagine casting this on the only bridge across a major river as an army of orcs marches towards a helpless city. Or in a tunnel. Or the footbridge/drawbridge leading into a keep/castle. Or a stone paved road through a marsh. Or a mountainside path. Or major trade route between cities. Assuming...

You are too hung up on lists of abilities with a fancy name to decide what you play. Cleric/healer/shaman/druid are all the same thing, magic users that channel divine power. Sure they are different flavors and have different stats/abilities, but at their core they are the same. Take the base 4...