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Remember, that other DM's AP was written on top of a setting developed by several people, so not only does the DM have much less work to do than you, even the AP's author had less work to do than you. You shouldn't be disappointed by the realisation that the players enjoy the AP game as much as...

Sorry but I just want to rewind for a second to the OP's phrase, 'using the Tarrasque as a unit of measurement', because it's cheered me up more than anything else I've read so far today. It also reminds me of this. Er, we now return you to the scheduled programme.

You are correct. It's on p143: However, the "Breaking the Rules" sidebar on the very next page gives advice on doing just that and describes how to create a ghost barghest as an example.

To me, and I confess to being both cynical and naturally suspicious, that sounds like a typical bluff. "Yeah, you can check if you like," hoping no one will. Good for you for checking. But it has a whiff of mendacity about it. You know, I can't remember ever being in a group with this problem...

Humans get 4 bonus skill points at first level and 1 bonus point per level thereafter. However, the bonus points are added in (PHB p13), not multiplied, so his first level points are 4+((8+2)*4). That still works out at 44 but I'm just being pedantic because you did ask for feedback. But...

Like others here, I used to create monster/NPC index cards, one card per creature type (with multiple, random hit point totals if required), but I would also re-write a module's encounters in shorthand, because it helped me remember them without needing to refer to my pristine module and thereby...

Do it. It's entirely reasonable, as long as your players are forewarned. But I'd also take Hemlock's advice about goodberry. One way to accommodate that spell is to revert to the 2-3e versions of the spell that require a material component of 'freshly picked berries', which would keep it under...

I often hear it argued that you can -- it's come up in games I've run or played in -- but I don't believe that is correct. The key section of the rules is p176 of the DMG, from the first two paragraphs under the heading Prestige Classes. I've bolded parts of this section for emphasis.

Really enjoyed that, thanks. Great research. I've never used galeb duhr before. Definitely will now.

Hello peeps, I don't have a link to it any more. So here it is. I hope you find it useful.

You know the people on Monte's forum produced a comprehensive errata and 3.5 conversion document? I initially presumed you had a copy of this but your comment above has me wondering. The document doesn't incorporate some of the books you mention but all of those (apart from BoVD) are 3.5 anyway...

I agree. VTT software already asks more of the GM than preparation for a face-to-face session does. What time VTTs save you in-game is more than made up for by that required to port and set up assets prior to a VTT-based game. Not that I think that's an intrinsically bad thing, because VTTs have...

Oh yes. I missed that. Thanks. But I fully agree with your assessment of why PC (Problem Child) has chosen the small air elemental familiar and that it's indicative of a self-centred and consequently disruptive approach to the game. I don't think we're in disagreement on that. Okay, Greenfield...

Well, it may not be a big deal but the DMG explicitly states that the table in which the air elemental improved familiar appears is one based on familiars assigned by type or sub-type. If your player's PC has the aquatic sub-type, his choice of familiar is not by the book. Having said that, I...

Well, I would be as slightly dissatisfied with that route as I am with the one I actually took. Six of one, and so on. But hey, we're all clear now. :)

But I do, insofar as I hate the idea of a class called 'warlord'. I do care that the game never incorporates that formulation of word and mechanic again. What I don't care about is the incorporation of the mechanic itself.

I was hoping for an I-don't-really-care-but-if-you-must-please-just-don't-call-it-a-warlord option. I compromised and voted 'yes but not under that name' and now I feel dirty.

My group was fully aware of all the things you mention and, indeed, a couple of players have played PF. But I've never been asked to run it and only one of my current regular players also plays PF (and he's not so much invested in the system as the campaign he's in). As for myself, none of the...

He's the gift that keeps on giving.

Well, first of all, I've found the same paragraph (which I'd completely forgotten until now; obviously it hasn't come up in my game before) on page 154 of the 3.0 PHB. Like you, I was thinking of caster level checks until I saw the section of the rules in question. It seemed the most likely...