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There are several things that make an encounter fun to me (and yes, some are contradictory). Hard fought battles where the outcome is not clear even towards the end of the battle. Low on HP, resources and options. Cakewalks. It’s sometimes good to be the BBGG (Big Bad Good Guy). Although the...

Um yeah, that'll be the bit. :heh: Mind you (to try and save face) that does make my 2nd paragraph technically correct. :uhoh:

But that "specifically" is specific to the monk. Which makes such a tactic unusable by non-monks since this case is the exception to the general rule. Otherwise the same or similar phrasing needs to be in the unarmed attack section for it to be a general rule, or that passage needs to be in the...

Not that I know the item offhand, but Libris Mortis (the WOTC book of the dead) would seem a good bet (if you haven't tried that already that is).

A Tacky Partner Killing? :uhoh:

As much as needed for the players to play in it? (yes, that answers the Q but provides no useful info :heh: ) For me there are a few things I like to do as DM (or player) for a beleivable campaign. Mind you not all my group agrees with everything here (go figure :) ) Your actions (or lack...

Something to think about: Did the bad guy require any other proof that the minions had succeeded (or any proof at all)? If the command was to bring back proof, no matter how good the letter, the bad guy will likely assume that something hasn't gone according to plan. If there is no need for...

An early Dragon Mag article (<100?) had a list of uselss magic items, or harmful to the user of magic items. Probably from the April editions. Ring of Spell Turning: Whenever a spell is cast at the wearer, the ring would vocalise "Turning, T-U-R-N-I-N-G, Turning". Staff of Striking: When used...

I generally agree with Hyp, but have to add (mainly from a roleplaying perspective than a rules perspective) that: I'd say that a cleric should be greatly disinclined to use any magic item that does something the cleric could not nominaly do (such as summoning a Fiendish Dire Weasel) without a...

Hyp and co pretty much summed it up, but a Q: If the ready action is stated as "Attack a foe that comes into reach" and a foe charges, is the weapon considered readied to receive a charge, for those that do extra damage v charges? A reading of RAW seems to indicate no, since you ready to...

I think you have it the wrong way round. You do not even need to encrypt it. Just us a VERY OLD media source, such as 9-track tapes. Who has that now, and more importantly, who bothers to carry around something that can READ it?

Possibly with ECL/CR you simply need to double the foes (for an 8 member party). However for treasure maybe a different approach is useful. Do they have enough items to get the job done? This does not mean that they have the ability to counter everything they encounter all the time (like say...

I'm wouldn't call such a DM hidebound, although I'm not against houseruling this in. From my reading of things, the time to counterspell the wand (of fireballs) is during wand creation :confused: since that is whan V and S components occur. Just because you know that a wand is a wand of ##...

I wonder of you noticed these tricks as a player? To unfairly casts aspersions that may not be there, they could be taking advantage of things with a "new" DM...... Here are some Q's to ask: The general power level of the game. This could be the reason for the "more than DMG $$ limit" that they...

I feel that if the DM is not going to roll that many times, then (similar to tumbling v multiple opponents) that a cumulative +2 to the DC to hide said items needs to be made. This offsets the difficulty of hidding multiple items on a person.

There are a couple of things to remember IMHO. If the group are happy with the way XP is handed out, then you don't have a problem. You need to be consistent with the method is all. If you give the scouts XP only, then you need to have situations for the 3rd PC to be the "only" combatant...

Having played with several differnt gamer styles there are a few things that (at least in my opinion) should be done. Starting a new campaign and you are the DM: tell the others the style of game you want to run: Low magic, non-standard XP and leveling method, different wealth by level...

While a holy symbol is the usual divine focus, Shillelagh (Drd1) has a quarterstaff as the divine focus. Sleeet Storm Drd3 requires a Divine focus but no mention of what type of focus, as does Spike Growth (Drd3, Rgr2). But all deities should have a holy symbol so it would default to that. For...

As another thought. Compare knowledge checks to a football side: what type of football to they play (gridion, rugby league, soccer, rugby union, Australian Rules). are the wingers quick? the goal kickers accurate? play dirty/rough? good defense? good endurance? etc

We use knowledge skills for monster ID, and since most of the group has/have had a DM's cap on, there is a lot of metagame knowledge at the table. In my opinion (and how I work it) for the extra bits of info come from the most visible abilites of the critter (although I have more than 3...