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  1. Barendd Nobeard

    Gestalting with monster levels. Has it been done?

    Never thought of that. I'm starting a gestalt game soon and this might just happen. Great idea! I hate the Level Adjustment rules for monster classes (I think it makes the monster much too weak as PCs), but gestalt solves the problem nicely. They still might be a bit behind the power curve...
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    Vapourware 2006

    Heroes of High Favor: Gnomes
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    North Carolinians, I need your help.

    Thanks! PM on the way. :)
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    North Carolinians, I need your help.

    I am looking for a small favor from someone in North Carolina. My son has a "state fair" project this week at school. He has made a large display all about North Carolina. Each student is assigned a different state and all of their work will be displayed in the "State Fair" tomorrow. Anyway...
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    Tekken, Castlevania, and Pac-Man movies confirmed.

    OK, but getting the Mortal Kombat guy for a Castlevania film dashes those hopes on the rocks. ;)
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    Late, lamented (or unlamented) fast-food chains

    Still have Shakey's in the Milwaukee area. At least one, anyway; it's so bad that one of my friends refuses to eat there. I've never been, so I can not verifiy to horribleness of the establishment. Does anyone remember Red Barn? I used to go to one in Northern Virginia, somewhere between...
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    Scrooge + Grinch = me

    Ken, I have a suggestion. Don't buy gifts for people you don't care about. You can even tell them in advance, "I'm not buying presents for most people this year, so please don't buy me anything," if you're worried they'll be angry for buying you a gift. Or just politely refuse their gifts...
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    Goofy figs.

    We once fought a Twizzler Naga.
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    Best and Worst of 2005?

    Worst moment in a role-playing game: Tie! (1) As the party discussed footwear, the beholder attacked. Sadly, we knew we were hunting some big nasty. In his lair. But stopped to discuss and swap footwear (slippers of spider climbing, winged boots, boots of striding and springing). (2) A...
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    Arcane Trickster--Specialist Wiz or Generalist?

    Unfortunately, I already built him and can't change his stats (per LG rules, since I haven't played him since the last conversion, I can convert his classes to anything I want, but not change race or stats). His CHA is low and his DEX is high. So, no "social rogue" (as we call them) for me...
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    Arcane Trickster--Specialist Wiz or Generalist?

    Enchantment really does nothing for me since a lot of the spells don't "scale up" very well (though I do like Dominate Person). Giving up Evocation is hard, but I would not give up Conjuration--the "orb" spells are all conjurations. Need something without SR that does damage? Orbs are great...
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    Arcane Trickster--Specialist Wiz or Generalist?

    I'm working on my Arcane Trickster (human), and trying to decide whether or not to make him a specialist wizard. I'm thinking of going Transmuter, with prohibited schools Enchantment and (this one hurts) Evocation. Thoughts?
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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince point of discussion (Spoilers)

    Brilliant, but a little too dark for JKR, I think. I think Hermione is her alter-ego; she won't kill "herself" in book 7.
  14. Barendd Nobeard

    Your Gas Price

    Two days ago it was 2.09 here. Jumped to 2.29 yesterday. I do believe Milwaukee, Wisconsin has the worst gasoline prices in the continental US.
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    White elephant gift suggestions

    Well, that'd be a lot funnier if he toasted every slice first.
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    I got the loan!

    Good luck with the store!!!! :)
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    9 players. Help.

    Buy a pad of large, 1" graph paper. Pre-draw as much as you can. Saves a lot of time in some of our games.
  18. Barendd Nobeard

    9 players. Help.

    With those mods, cut out some of the repetitive parts. Repetitive dungeon-crawling is bad enough, but with 9 PCs battles might take forever (especially if you "scale up" the encounters to keep it "balanced" for such a large party).
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    Why did you start DMing?

    1979. I had never even played D&D before. A bunch of us wanted to play. We got together and were about to start rolling up characters when I asked, "Who's going to DM?" My brother responded, "You." When I protested, he said that I was the only one who had anything "prepared" (ha!). I had...
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    Call of Cthulhu DVD movie! [Now with online trailer!!]

    And if you want to keep up on the Cthulhu movies and other mythos goodness, join us over at Yog-Sothoth.com (there are other places as well, but that's the one I frequent).
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