Recent content by Vurt

I have very rarely witnessed three 20's in a row, which is usually cause for much jubilation around the table but... A few weeks ago, something incredible happened when one of my players, playing a mid-level hasted (Pathfinder) ranger, decided to use Rapid Shot with his longbow against a...

Not terribly surprising, there's a nice long section concerning Vital Strike in the Pathfinder FAQ, which includes designer commentary from James Jacobs and Jason Bulmahn helpfully culled and cited from the Paizo messageboards.

"It is much easier to be critical than to be correct." -- Benjamin Disraeli

Sure, because at the table, it "happened". The little girl in the backstory, it didn't "happen", someone just wrote about it happening. It may be important, but maybe not. But if the DM does something with it, at the table, then it has a good chance to become important just like the little...

For me, after multiple decades playing the game and a bazillian personas come and gone in one form or another, a short, decently written backstory can really help me remember how to role-play a certain character. A few sentences highlighting a couple of pivotal moments in the character's life...

When dividing up loot, issue a half share or a full share to the "party", and use that for communal-type purchases like healing wands, bags of holding, pricey spell components, room and board, bribes, and any other expenses which typically come up while adventuring. In the long run, it saves a...

If you or one of your roleplaying buddies has a copy of the 3.5 Book of Exalted Deeds, check out the feat Ancestral Relic. It kind of has rules for pretty much exactly what you're trying to do, Burn_Boy, and pointing it out to your DM and saying "something like that" should give him enough to...

Now he's a squaddie! (Although probably for not very long.) ;)

Thirded. I'm running Rise of the Runelords with PFRPG and all I'm doing is calculating CMB/CMD and keeping track of it on the scratch paper I track monster hit points during a fight. Occasionally I might dink around with the statblock of something with class levels if I'm feeling bored, but...

With the advent of 4e, I can see WotC thinking they had a great opportunity to streamline a lot of mechanics that have the potential for confusion. In the case of alignment, what works at the game table doesn't work at the bar/restaurant/messageboard. In my experience, having discussions about...

I think the point of it being a spoon was so that it would hurt more. ;)

I never did play any of the X-COM games, but many a low-level party has been ambushed by wolves, I reckon! Great update, Lazybones! Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Ninja'd by milliseconds! Love the first panel...

They are coming at us fast and furious, and I for one love it! Giant In the Playground Games

Ah, so that's what you meant when you wrote "stell". And see, here I was thinking I could safely ignore that word and the rest of the sentence would still make sense... ;D