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Tangent: I banned this spell back in 3E for a couple reasons; as I look at the 3.5E version it seems better, but not exactly fixed. Here are some things that lead to the banning; feel free to ignore this tiny rant if you aren't asking as DM. ;-) /tiny rant 1) In 3E, sometimes you could come...

It would also seem odd to talk about levels at all when you can be Reincarnated as a +LA creature like a bear or -LA creature like a badger. ;-) I'd suggest avoiding the spell entirely. To answer your first question, I always assumed that the "lose a level" came first, then came the "keep all...

What level are we talking? Sure, the Monk's Belt is quite nuts but it's also out of your reach until about 9th level.

I don't have a formal time limit, but I'll give players about a minute to make their decision and if they haven't gotten anything in that time I just say "I am going to start the timer now." I never had anyone time out; I don't think anyone has ever asked how long the timer is. ;-) They...

I review stuff every now and then. I don't do it more often because it takes a a lot of time to do. (It takes even more time to *playtest* and review a product!) If we want to encourage people to write reviews for a while, I wonder if there is some sort of reward system that can be...

I run pre-made modules, but modify them for my group. (Primary changes: increase foe difficulty for 6 high-point buy characters instead of 4 standard characters. And/or modify 3E foes to be 3.5E.) What I like: Even though I have to mod everything it still saves me a huge amount of prep...

I think the smart thing for the GM to do is to start with a recap, especially if you haven't played in a month. But, this is also an example of where the players will see the problem differently than the GM. When a GM spends a lot of time on his game, prepping and trying to make things run...

There are lots of reasons why a player might not have fun; not all of which are under control of the DM. When a player isn't having fun, it's a sign that something is wrong, but it could mean anything from the DM is an incompetent melagalomaniac to the player being an over-sensitive munchkin...

Tangent: Tangent: Tangent: Well, these cases tend to not overlap that much: If you are shooting at a typical fighter you barely have to bother rolling to hit since his touch AC is probably 11 and you have a BAB+6 to start with. If you have a decent DEX or take Weapon Focus (Ray) then you...

One thing to note is that since there are so few different rares or huges statistically that getting an "average" result is not particularly likely to happen to any given person. Ie, actual distributions will tend to appear swingy to any individual. Roll a d20 12 times and count each result...

Well, well. I'm trying to figure what the secondary market is going to be like after this; it seems like it might not be that bad? Basically, each unopened box costs twice as much as before, but contains either one (75%) or two (25%) "rare" figures. Assuming an even market, then prices would...

It wasn't? Any one character against the rest of his party, even with the backup of his new "friend" the mage? Of course he'd have no compunction from a morals point of view, but he might from a survival point of view. Depends on how big a risk crossing the old party would be. Tangent...

Perfect; that was it. It looks like the DMs there discovered a few of the same flaws I am starting to see -- certainly my players didn't buy the backstory at all. But since this is a one-shot playing high-level characters that's hopefully OK. The rest of the feedback is very useful as well...

Hmm, 16 reads in a day. Perhaps no one played this module? I'll bump it once.

Interesting; Wizards seems to have done well: I can't make heads nor tails of this though: Huh? As I look at the bottom line numbers I can't imagine what they are trying to say here; it doesn't seem to have shown up in the "Operating Profit" in any case! As far as I can tell from a...

I enjoyed seeing the threads from players and DMs of Sunless Citadel and Forge of Fury. I'm running Chaos Rising (Necromancer) right now and would be curious if anyone has experience with it. [SPOILERS] Avert your eyes if you are planning on playing this. Did anyone's party shy...

Hmmm, I just asked a similar question on the boards: "I think the module designer intended Lord Raob's army to be intimidating. But, my players immediately started counting how many Fireballs they could cast at the open top of the Finger. (Answer = > 25) Did anyone's party use stealth to enter...

Magic Jar seems to require a bunch of rulings; here are a couple of things I would like opinions on: 1) When you Jar someone you get to keep your WIS, CHA and INT. What happens if I cast Fox's Cunning on myself before I Jar my opponent? Do I get to keep the +4 INT or is that spell associated...

One of my players pointed out that Invisibility does not say anything about supressing it's own magical emanations; he wanted to be able to "see" magically Invisible creatures by using his permenant Detect Magic. This seems to violate the spirit of the spell, but is it legal in 3.5E...

Highly agree. The idea of not having to have the Rod when you cast leads to silliness: Player: "I prep my spells, using the Mighty Mighty Maximize Rod. And then I put it back in the Mighty Mighty Wall-Safe because I am done with it." ;-) A Wizard who invokes a powerful wand in battle is...