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Re: Slave Hierarchy MavrickWeirdo: I'm not sure what races the slaves will include. I don't plan to restrict my players from the basic PHB races, so potentially all the standard races and perhaps a few others thrown in for spice. I'll probably assume a couple generations of slavery as the...

Re: Re: Newbie Group: Slave Revolt from the Wizard's Bolthole I'd wait to respond until Master of Monkeys was done with this, but it has been about 20 hours now... ;) The critters I was thinking of may not have been 3rd edition. They were blind humanoids with extrasensory & darkness powers...

Perhaps the gods have become fed up / bored with this world, and the PCs adventures are destined to regain their interest (for good or ill). Just a thought. Regardless, I agree that there might be charlatans (possibly arcane casters). Healing items would reach artifact proportions / demand...

Re: Re: Newbie Group: Slave Revolt from the Wizard's Bolthole Thanks for the response, Carnifex. My original post was unclear, but I was originally assuming it would be underground, although your post makes me wonder if there would be advantages to aboveground adventures (but I will probably...

Re: Re: But... but it's so KEEN... If I were still in school, I'd love being in three campaigns at once. I'm just concerned that I might not have time once I factor in work and gaming and game prep to, y'know, eat and sleep and stuff. :) . . . . . . . -- Eric

What, you're just gonna leave us hanging like that? Frostmarrow, you tease! C'mon, you know you can't resist the war story instinct... it's inborn in all roleplayers. ;) . . . . . . . -- Eric

Mysterious magical island? Sounds like just the place to find a couple use-activated items that boost Knowledge (Arcana) and Use Magic Device. Maybe even a wand of identify or analyze dweomer. Need dispel magic? Call the cleric. Arcane items? Call the Rogue. Need teeming hordes killed...

Ars Magica has my undying loyalty for a number of reasons. It has the best magic system on the market (IMHO). It was the system in which I ran my best campaign. John Nephew supports the game (and fans) very well: for example, Atlas ate the loss on shipping the last issue of the fanzine to...

I currently DM a weekly game, and play in a bi-weekly game. Yet, I find myself masochistically drawn to running yet another game for my D&D newbie co-workers. I know better, but... I just can't help it. I'm enthusiastic about my plot ideas, my co-workers are cool people, and I've never been...

If you're more interesting in the plot than the logistics, skip to below the "****" line. I ran a one shot D&D adventure for my co-workers a couple months ago, and it went over very well. Since then, I've been contemplating running a regular game (the more people in the hobby, the better...

One suggestion for limiting the value of PC items: take the difference between the values of the current and previous PC levels. Apply some adjustment factor (i.e. divide by 2), and this becomes the most valuable item the PCs can acquire. All other items have a max value obtained by applying...

That's the way I always played it, but looking it up in the SRD does not seem to spell this out. Otherwise, I guess you're screwed, unless he provoked an AoO. If he had, I'd personally choose Bull Rush as the AoO in hopes of getting him far enough away to avoid the CDG. . . . . . . . -- Eric

Blood Descendants Maybe you could try this in reverse. One of the criteria for bringing back T is the death of all the descendants of _historically significant person_. The PCs are some of said descendants. The archmage sends them to Kalamar to escape. They aren't the only descendants, so...

I'd say either go with the standard warhorse, or allow him to trade benefits for other types of mount. For example, a mundane or dire animal with equal HD (remember that his warhorse is at +2HD, which I always assumed meant advancing it by 2 HD including BAB gain, etc.) and no major magical...

One idea: As the NPCs are preparing for the teleport, they scry the cavern. The NPCs rush up to the PCs in the midst of the PCs preparations, and inform them that the dragon is gathering up treasure in preparation to move! The PCs must either assault the dragon immediately, or try to track...

Disappointment / frustration... I already have my 4-day pass (have for many months now), but I was never informed that the events were finally available for purchase. Naturally, many of the events (and in particular the non-RPGA events) are already sold out or full. (I haven't yet figured out...

What can I say, I felt the need to share. Years ago, the dragon Bloodscale was maimed in battle with a great black dragon. Although in his frenzy he managed to tear the black to pieces, the black had the temerity to grab Bloodscale's head and unleash its breath point-blank into his face...

Well, I'm not entirely sure what your goals are, here. So far, I don't see much difference between "angels attack" and "demons attack" in your premise. In fact, your Authority sounds like LE alignment to me: lawgiver, but without concern for innocents. I think to really capitalize on the...

My new GM is planning to do something I heartily approve of: he will design prestige classes on the fly, and ignore entry restrictions other than "by invitation only". This way, the PrC can be tailored to the PC who is interested (is Bob lagging in power relative to the group? or dominating?)...

A thread not too long ago suggested that monks are actually the ultimate mage-killer. They have excellent saves, enough mobility to bypass the front line fighters, can target one of the saves that is generally weak on a mage (Fort), and use multiple attacks (which tends to be significantly more...