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Not to just pick at a scab, but the fact that a second book is being published in this format, would indicate to me that there was a valid business case for doing so.

Ok, I've read several people expressing the same sentiment recently. I've never actually looked at the MMIV, what's the big deal?

Good thoughts, thank you. I hadn't considered the advantage this gave weapons with a high crit range. I might either use what you used (nat 20 only), or come up with something similar to account for that.

I was reading this thread and noticed that several posters were talking about finding a resource to assist in building a cosmology not based on the four tenets of good/evil/chaos/law or the four greek elements or the like. That got me to thinking, I'd bet we could each share some pointers on...

Anything that can be me back a few hundred thousand gp in one fell swoop...kind of sucks.

Yes, I feel the pain of the dual wielding rogue when you don't have the "right" weapon to take on something immune to SA damage with DR of 10. The rogue is going to "maybe" do 1-4 points here and there, with many shots doing no damage at all.

If I were going to allow full critical hits, then I agree with you. However, since I'm just allowing a crit to do max damage...well, you could roll max damage even without a crit, so it's not like you are doing "extra". I think requiring a feat to do max damage against undead on a "crit" would...

Since no one has mentioned this, I'll throw it out there. You could have a few technological anti-gravity field generators, that are built into a housing and have been left in the "on" position. When an interstellar expedition crash landed on the planet, the few survivors used the anti-grav...

Really? I think he's being too soft on crime...specifically yours.

So, I'm preparing to run a game right now, I've decided that I'm going to (sort of) allow crits vs. Undead, Constructs, Oozes, etc. What I'm going to do is on a successful crit, allow max damage. (So if you normally do 1d6+2 damage with an attack...on a crit against an undead, you would do 8...

Character Player...80% Storyteller...........70% Weekend Warrior..45% Tactician............40% Casual Gamer......25% Power Gamer.......25% Specialist............5%

That wholly depends on the attitude of your group. A few of the best campaigns I've ever played in have ended in a TPK. As long as I didn't do anything stupid, I'm fine with that. I, personally, would NEVER want a do-over. I had my shot, I blew it. But just because I take it seriously, doesn't...

I posted before with the "break out the dice" they learned a lesson line of thought. But honestly, how much you enjoy the game matters more than the other details of the game. There is no mystical integrity of the rules or intent of the rules to protect. In the end, the only thing that matters...

On a side note (and I'm sure some people will disagree with me), I roll listen checks in situations like that for the players (instead of having them roll their own listen checks). If I need to fudge something to prevent a TPK, I will and can do so without the players realizing I had fudged...

Hehe, note the "or" in that sentence. I didn't mean they should take all of those steps...I more just meant that they should have taken some additional precautions, especially without really good locks.

Here are my thoughts...your players learned a valuable lesson about lowering their guard completely even when staying at an Inn. If they had chosen a common room for all three, propped a chair in front of the door, tied a trip line across the floor, or scattered minor items on the floor to...

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According to the historical rumor mill, anyone who likes 3.x edition D&D should thank White Wolf. WotC was big, having grown fat off of Magic: The Gathering, but they were good enough businessmen to know that M:TG would pass in time, sooner rather than later. So they began a friendship with...

This is a great community. I love the answers I get here (even those I disagree with), I love the people, the information...it's all good. Even the amazingly complex, sometimes inane and always frustrating semantics throw downs (Ok, but how are you using the word "is" in that sentence) in the...

In general, my answers to all of these is that it depends on the skill of the GM and the skill of the players. Also, it depends on how close your world is to "Earth". If you have four seasons, the sun rises in the east, the day is 24ish hours long, etc. etc...then you might as well stick with...