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I always wonder if the other players are going to speak up at any point in time, or if they're too passive-aggresive. I've shut down some bad play in the past, and some horrible character concepts, by pointing out that I cannot imagine ANY circumstances where I would be friends with, travel...

Sounds somewhat similar to a former friend. He always wanted to play complex, powerful characters with lots of Kewl Powerz, but never put in the effort to know how to use them. At the table, he was an absolute DRAG. Very gregarious and fun to have around, except for the whole GAME part, where...

Well, I have been in situations where one player decided to be disruptive and intentionally destroy other PC's efforts, only to have one of the other players get all bent out of shape at the idea that we would tell the disruptive player to knock it off. After all, that person had the right to...

"You find that it really doesn't matter how stealthy you THINK you are, or how talented a thief, because when you are in the local lord's council room, there is always someone watching you, beyond the usual magic protections and such. **ATTEMPTING** TO PICKPOCKET A NOBLEMAN SITTING IN COUNCIL...

People can't be bluffed about everything and anything. It is the bad or inexperienced GM that allows this to happen. If someone tried to bluff you out of your checkbook or your car, is that going to work? If they intimidated you out of it, you'd call that ROBBERY, and it would be treated as...

When I last ran games in my own setting, I used the following; 1 gold = 40 silver (which is much closer to real world historical exchange) 1 silver = 20 copper 40 coins per pound, thus 1gp really is "1 pound of Silver" (as per the British 'Pound Sterling') Untrained laborers make 1-2 sp per...

This is a problem with a lot of Teamwork classes. I played a Shaman for a brief period, and everything was pretty much based on "really cool things happen if you're next to my Spirit Companion". Unfortunately, despite basically opening every session with a reminder of this, I couldn't get any...

Reskin a Songblade as a Hammer.

Paging Dr. Byron Orpheus. :lol:

I play a Human Valorous Voice of Thunder Bard in a WotBS campaign. I've got skills that'll make anyone else weep for envy. I'm ok with my healing output. I give a save and a shift along with it. Bloody or kill something? That's 9 temp HP for you. Why heal when I can effectively reduce the...

Early on in this campaign, about 3 years ago, we invented a term for the encounters you find in WotBS. Ryan Nock Level Appropriate Encounter

Fortunately, our group is more relaxed about money. Exact amounts rarely mean anything to us. From early on, quite unintentionally to start, we've had the dreaded Box o' Bling. This is a veritable Schroedinger's Cat of treasure. Totally undefined, it always seems to be exactly what we need...

We're running through the War of the Burning Sky. We play once a month, for 4-5 hours tops. Usually around 3.5. Our regular GM is out of town for a couple of months, so I took over for the Trial of Echoed Souls module. If I ran AS IS, I estimate that it would take our group at least a year...

Part of the problem is that a lot of groups are merely Social Games, where a bunch of friends get together to kill things and take their stuff. My last two groups, about five years apart, went down in flames because both groups of players decided that all they wanted to do was wander in...

As with all previous editions, and in fact ALL games, the key is to either not play with people who pay no attention to the game until it's their turn, then drop their chin on hand to 'ponder' the situation before deciding that to do; or to not allow those people to pull that crap at your game...

Frankly, I think they failed the Shaman in a lot of ways with the Primal Powers book, although I haven't had it in my hands for an extended period of time. I'd have liked a power that gave the Spirit Companion more effective hit points at higher levels somehow, to make it less squishy. I'd...

1> Not any worse than the other non-Cleric leaders. There are powers that heal and powers that give temp hp, besides the Valor Bard's class ability. 2> Almost every level of Bard powers has a Burst or Blast attack power. They aren't lacking for multi-opponent powers. 3> They vary a...

14th level Human Valorous Bard in a War of the Burning Sky Campaign. I have skill levels that make other characters weep for shame. My defenses are solid across the board. My at-wills and weapons attacks are extremely solid and have some cool effects. Earthquake Strike is almost ridiculous as...

Bigger Clue: Find a new employer and stop wandering around in the dark where you can't see. IRL you'd have quit in disgust a long time ago. Otherwise I strolled in to say Razorclaw Shifters. I want to like them, I really do. But they just don't get it done.

To address other comments; I am the Bard in this party. I think the Rogue player really doesn't know how to play his character effectively, which is not necessarily a knock on him but more of a note that he's a more casual player who shows up and plays his part. Sometimes it has to be pointed...