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Lots of pictures are here: http://www.maxminis.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=24145 Dave

What kinds of levels are we talking about here? I mean, are we talking about characters with high level spells or powers, or are we talking about a low-level campaign? To get to your question directly though, maybe someone in the party is particularly sensitive to political endeavors and might...

I don't think a DM that wants the players to suffer is a good combination. My advice, start a new campaign from scratch. If the players balk, get new players. Too tough? You could always have a deity show up and imprison all of the characters. The argument is that they're too powerful and...

A vampire can sometimes fly without wings (gaseous form; though the bat transformation could be a problem), could easily be seen as having a heart of stone, often takes damage from fire, cannot cross running water, doesn't need to breathe. Figure out the brass part (maybe a vampire leader?) and...

Double post. See below.

Dunno about this one. There's a reason I use a DM screen.... Dave

Someone bought the MM2 for me so long ago. I don't buy monster books. (Ironic, because sometimes I work on them.) If it ain't in the original Monster Manual (and I'm using the word "original" only to mean relative to the current edition of the game), then I'll make it up myself. And...

Your reaction was my immediate reaction too. But, since the magazine is official WotC, I can see why they have their definition as it is. We certainly want all players to read it. And, we want to reach out to everyone who wants to submit. But, if they're going to submit, we also want them to...

Ah well, they're all different. The thing is, KA is designed to be by and for community members, and those community members are defined by their participation in the WotC boards. Dave

The WotC boards are currently working, so I've created a thread that I hope lasts through whatever glitch might come up next. If you have comments on KA6 that you'd like to post to the staff (good, bad, or otherwise), there is a central place for them...

I agree with what Stalker0 said (I think). I believe that the best route for WotC to take with their D&D line is to slowly but surely improve the game, incrementally, not with another version change. I like the idea that 3.5 is slowly turning into "3.75," as the title suggests. And, I have no...

Yes, by all means please do. I'm not sure what happened. The D&D minis editor withdrew, and I've taken over his position. The fiction editor that I know signed on after I did, and I've only been there since issue 5 was released--so, it's possible that your stuff got lost in the transition...

Howdy folks, Knowledge Arcana's 6th issue, as well as KA's redesigned site, is now up! http://wizo.wizards.com/ka/ There are articles from A&A to D&D to why the dinosaurs really went extinct. Want to see the Colossal Red Mini on the gaming table? Turn to page 36. Enjoy. Oh, and issue 7...

I've stolen, I mean enjoyed and thus borrowed your file. Thanks. Sorry for the off-topic tangent here, but I really like this passage "If a PC dies and is raised, they suffer a negative level from the death until they complete a quest that is mandated by the God whose power raised them. There...

The analysis here is very good, and is the sort of thing that designers should consider. We see this, at varying levels, in things like the Design and Development articles. I, for one, found that all my players loved Forge of Fury (we didn't play Sunless Citadel). Sure, it's linear. But they...

This is one of the most useful posts I've seen in a long time--thanks. I'm not sure what to do with Animus Blast either as an evocation spell, such a signification portion is necromancy. Still, I like how you've treated it. The Hellball is nice, but I wonder if 16th level is still too high. Dave

Another cool way to do it is to have the classes advance in spell casting level at the same rate as the poor save advancement rate. This is a little bit more power than some would want to use, but in a very-high-magic setting, having an 18th level fighter have access to some 3rd level spells...

I like traps that could actually, really be built, and that could function and reset on their own. Or, I like traps that require the use of one or more spells, and that can also reset on their own. I do like traps that cleverly utilize illusions. I like non-lethal traps that serve to hinder...

Here's the Enhance Spell feat from the epic SRD: "The damage cap for your spells increases by 10 dice (for spells that deal a number of dice of damage equal to caster level) or by 5 dice (for spells that deal a number of dice of damage equal to half caster level). An enhanced spell uses up a...

I know one local guy who has stopped doing other things to play WoW. Other than work, he doesn't really do much besides play WoW. He used to play minis, he used to take showers . . . . But, he was never part of my D&D grorup, so I'm lucky that way. My D&D group hasn't been infected. Dave