Recent content by Wyrm Pilot

I give a second feat at 1st level, a feat every odd level, plus feats granted by race & class (so the Fighter class still pumps your number of feats a bunch). Plus my players can use the already-established conversion rate of 1 feat = 5 skill points (was it Able Learner? Can't remember) to buy...

The combat mechanic is abstract. The fact that there are some specific things with a high level of detail (the aforementioned whip and poison, some spells, a few other weapons) is a separate consideration -- these things are not part of the combat system per se, and aren't even used in all...

I see a lot of people saying things like "The DM needs to be an adversary part of the time"... The problem is confusion of terms: The DM does need to be the players' opponent (i.e. in a competitive role) a lot of the time, but should never take on a truly adversarial position (i.e. "I'm out to...

And some of us who have played Magic in the past, but found a better game, resent the comparison. ;) Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

I've also played the sohei and shaman (OA, updated in Dragon 318), which were left out of the poll entirely... Note that the OA shaman is very different from the CD spirit shaman. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

And yet, no one's voted for it... I realize it's not a popular stance, but I voted for Glantri; not because I have anything against that city, but because it's the only one whose campaign setting as a whole is silly. :p Really, if Barovia's not really a city, is it worth destroying? And the...

I voted "Bards don't suck," but please disregard the "people don't play them right" clause -- I've seen many people play them right (in Living Greyhawk, the Duchy of Urnst has no shortage of bard PC's!), and I've even seen some people play them "wrong" and still not suck. Maybe it's your group...

Big, large, huge, gargantuan, colossal difference here -- in d20/3.x, the rules specifically include provisions for warriors and paladins trying to track missing children while the nearest ranger is a duchy away. We're not talking about characters having to play against their strengths, we're...

For the folks still defending how useful Charisma can be, with the right character build; and to those who have deemed the sane (or less-wacky) majority to be "Charisma-haters," the poll is not "Which stat sucks?" but rather "Which is weakest?" Inherently, Charisma is the weakest. I have...

We use Steel Sqwire spell templates if someone who owns them is at the table, otherwise we draw almost everything. Dice are occasionally used, to denote mobile spell effects or spell durations, otherwise it's just pen on grid. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

More gender bias... in my world the two terms have no relationship to one another; however, historically a warlock was simply the leader of a coven, and could be male or female just like any other witch. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

I went with "other" because while I'd consider the term derogatory, it's not gender-biased; historically the term was applied to people of either gender, and the feminine bias is a relatively recent innovation (say, about the last 2 or 3 centuries). Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

AD&D: 1978 AD&D 2nd Edition: 1989 D&D 3e: 2000 Shouldn't 4e be in 2011? I'd be willing to go for 2010, but no earlier. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

Other: Cerilean elves, somewhere in-between the core D&D elf and the sidhe & alfar of European myth. They don't have religion or lifespans, and they hate humans & like dwarves. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot

I can't rightly answer this poll -- I have some characters who dress darkly, some who wear muted colors, and some who could blind a beholder with their outfits. It just depends on the character. Cheers, Wyrm Pilot ____________________