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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    Heh. That's an amusing encounter. I think my current party would have gotten fed up and tried to kill them all. :) Not to mention that I loved Festus' reaction...
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    Recommend good PS3 RPG games?

    Dark Souls is one of my favorite games. Ever. That said, do NOT underestimate jshaft37's 'very challenging' comment. Dark Souls is a really rewarding game with some amazing graphics, a lot of fun replay value, and an incredible world. Additionally, the game is hard. DAMN hard. Kill you...
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    Focusing on Combat Maneuvers... is it worth it?

    Actually, this differs from our group's experience with Dirty Trick a great deal. At the VERY least, you're denying a full attack against monsters that have multiple strikes. A bear that has to clear it's eyes is only going to get a single swipe against your character, rather than...
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    Your Magic Is Killing Us

    I think an interesting way to do this would be to take a modified spellpoint approach. Perhaps a wizard can safely cast a number of spells per day equal to his level + his casting modifier. Once those points are gone, the wizard CAN continue to cast, but at a risk. After that point, perhaps...
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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    The description of the monsters and the way you wrote their confusion and the chaos of the resulting fight. It's kind of an oddball monster -- one of many -- but iconic D&D. Always nice to see them getting some use along the way. :) The Hargak fight was more interesting to me for the party's...
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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    This whole section with the kobolds reminds me of the old 3.5 module... Sunless Citadel? I think that's what it was called. I loved that module. :) Anyway, really enjoying the story and wanted to chime in with my appreciation for the description of the fight with the "Piercers".
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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    Now that was an epic battle. Awesome.
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    How do I make tiny animated dolls super creepy?

    A little description goes a long way, too. But I would add at least one "Puppeteer" at one point. He has a modified Dominate Person (similar to the Witch's Wax Doll hex) that he can try to use on a party member. If he gets control, they move in a very stilted manner as they try to kill the...
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    Fixing the Monk Class

    Actually, it can be... People tend to forget the speed bonus to Acrobatics for jump checks. Not to mention that a monk can spend a point of Ki to add 20 to jump checks for a round... In one particular combat, I literally jumped over a pair of Stone Giants to outmanuver them and get to a...
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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    So is Festus a particularly vocal NPC or are we seeing a temporary replacement character for our fallen friend? And I love that they're calling Alaria the "Stormrider". That's a wicked name to live up to...
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    Why Did The Game Wimp Out On Monks?

    Perhaps I should explain a bit more about our character generation. Everyone at the table rolls stats. Then the players pick ONE of those sets. Then everyone builds a character using those same scores. Everyone at our table has great stats. It just benefits the monk more than most of the...
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    Why Did The Game Wimp Out On Monks?

    I'm not the one quoted, but here are my responses from our table. If you're trying to make a defensive monk, it's all about the Dexterity. And a monk never has to worry about the Maximum Dexterity on his armor. :) A little of both. They certainly aren't as skilled as a rogue, but they can...
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    Hollow Earth Expedition: The D&D of pulp adventure?

    HEX is a great game for a variety of pulp-style adventures. I've run it in the default setting, I've run adventures against the Nazis on the surface, and I used it to run an alt-1930s airship game that was a cross-pollination of Film Noir and Firefly using real-world zeppelins. I think that...
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    Why Did The Game Wimp Out On Monks?

    I'm actually playing a PF monk right now. Rather than point-buy, it was a rolled-stats game and I actually rolled really well -- so I'm just as effective (if not more than) the fighter. It's not the usual case, but we both rolled well -- and since Monks get better the more high stats they...
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    Steel Dragon's "Tales of Orea"

    Heh. I love Coerraine's obligation to Duor. That's just fun. Still reading and enjoying!
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