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The hypothetical conflict between mayor and heroes doesn't play out the way many are describing in my experience. The Mayor is a politician and will act within their capabilities. The heroes will do their stuff and community benefits may well follow, encouraging exceptional exemptions. Mayors vs...

Ah, that would explain the disfigured guy our underwater heroes saved in a random encounter last session. Btw, he's doing fine after we healed him, and he even took us to his former captain's hidden treasure. Man that was some phat loot. :D

First up just to be clear Philotomy, I’m enjoying what you’re saying. I’m just exploring this topic again from a new viewpoint. I don't think unviable is wholely qualitatitve, poor stat placements can lead to poorly performing characters. An extreme example could be the high int coupled with...

Rolled in order does have a certain charm, but it can create the unviable character or a character the player doesn't want. Neither of these are really suitable results for the default system of an inclusive game. Btw, when I'm thinking about arrays, I'm thinking of interesting sets of stats...

Except rolled characters basically look the same as point buy. The point buy character has stats placed in an optimum order and so does the rolled character. The ability to place stats in the desired order causes this predictability. The rolling/point buy merely define what values are plugged...

Random generation has unfairness of outcome hard coded into it. These players rolling without witnesses are being allowed to take the randomness out of the unfairness, so you'll need to cheat too to maintain parity... :\ All in all, the present default random generation system is a source of...

One answer to this situation is to have whatever powers that be have wrong priorities. For example, they may be too engrossed in immediate political concerns. Short term concerns can easily have a disproprotionate amount of priority. What about all the evidence you think? Well proponants of...

Flatfootedness is relative to the reactions of the faster people and cinematically actions occur simultaneous. Also, I'd imagine the players of rogues/barbarians would take a dim view of the dm granting their class features to all for free. I say roll initiative as per normal.

My interpretation of points of light is pretty much an unmapped, unquantifiable and most definitely hostile world. I think points of light works best without a world map, and the implied safe exploration that must've occurred. Friends and allies will be few and far away, and need considerable...

I think the proliferation of houserules regarding stat generation in 3rd edition points to a rule set that isn't robust. A stat generation rule should be standard and legitimate across most groups. For the time being we can stomach 3rd edition rules because we house rule the bajeezas out of it...

As an aside issue, awarding xp correctly can be such a chore as is. Why is the poor overworked dm even contemplating to increase their workload? So much bother for such little gain, nevermind the grounds for contention.

No, that's just it. 7 years and only realised it now as I was reading all the available paladin spells for my character. I'm the only one in my group that reads and usually I dm, so why would I care about making life easier for the pc's? ;)

I would not, repeat not, penalise the 3rd player any more than you're already doing. If scouting means being the centre of attention, then scouting is actually having fun. The 3rd player is losing out of fun time as it is. Here's the deal with xp. Xp primarily awards the player - not the...

He he, yeah, I think you're right. Good thing the party is levels 10-11 with no shortage of paladin 1 and cleric 2 spells. Good bye armoured pyjamas and hello 2 man watches. :)

Okay, just spotted this after, oh say 7 years, but anyhoo. :confused: Q. Does the divine lesser restoration spell effectively allow the party paladin & cleric to sleep in their fullplate and then refresh themselves right as rain the next morning? Next Q. Does the same spell allow characters...

They were merely reacting to the circumstances they faced. One foe sought to quickly reduce the number enemies it faced and the other tried to use it's strength to wrestle a cagey enemy. However, we do play that you can see what your opponent is doing and to what extent. Well I wouldn't say we...

There's always a tradeoff when you reduce your character's BAB - sunder, disarm, AoO, grapple, etc... The key really is how much will you reduce it by? For example, in our last session my knight reduced BAB too much for too much AC so the Ghast-lord attacked the warrior-priest. My knight has...

Someone with a 5% hit chance just won't draw heat. The winning monsters simply draw an AoO and go after the lightly armoured meat. The only impediment the lone PA is is really just to mobility, i.e. thwarting charge attacks but not a hussled pursuit. Basically the 5% hit chance just isn't...

Sure, PC's do retreat given certain pre-conditions. Pre-conditions such as: - an ongoing campaign - a world with parts not necessarily tailored to the pc's level - appropriate treasure awards - raise dead being available - replacement characters coming in a level lower than the raised character...

A face to face chat to discuss table rules & reach a consensus. If a consensus can't be reached then you've just gotta accept the separating paths. Once a consensus is reached there shouldn't be a problem - but if there is, it really brings into question issues of credibility and sincerity...