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I'm of two minds on this: 1) It should be damned near impossible, even given a Dwarf, a rope, and a 22 INT. (Now if you had a wheelbarrow and a holocaust cloak... ;) ) DC25 is the low end of my "acceptable DC range"; DC30 is more like it. Time spent working on accuracy would have helped...

I was involved early on in this thread, and came back to see where it went. Wow. Amazing how it's migrated. Anyway, some things I see: I don't think anyone has suggested that capricious rules changes in the middle of a campaign are a good idea. I do think it's the DM's right to do so, but...

How many times have you run into a "new" critter where the players already know the templates? While unique, it's not exactly new... :heh: Not to sound like a old fart, but we were mixing monsters and adding class levels in 1981. Now you kids get off my lawn! ;) Then you've got a good...

I ran into that when I got back into DMing. I built a trap using the old AD&D rules, and found out later that the trap rules had changed. (Luckily the outcome would have been identical.) One of the problems I see with 3rd Edition is that creativity is getting stifled by rules. When you know...

Thanks for the links. I remember the Tharizdun module. Very creepy and foreboding, once you got past the critters. A lot of the early modules (S1, U1, etc) had that creepy "what's going on?" atmosphere to them that I haven't seen as much these days. Or maybe I was just more gullible...

That's the most perceptive comment yet. Telas, voting with his feet.

Er, no. I said that the only recourse was to discuss or leave; those aren't trump cards. A trump card would be some kind of rule that says, "You can't do this." But since all D&D rules are subject to the DM, there can be no "the DM is wrong" rule. He can be wrong-headed, a jackass, a jerk...

Next time you argue with one of my quotes, try using the whole quote. I believe I mentioned that as a disgruntled player's only option (aside from discussing it politely, which seems to be beyond a number of folks). Oh, look, there's the whole paragraph. And it seems that you're arguing with...

I think this argument has reached the critical mass stage, where arguing any point your opponent makes is somehow justified. :\ Storm Raven: You may want to know that Celebrim referred earlier to a massive house rule document that he does distribute to his players. This may have gotten...

And the art had a certain cheesecake aspect to it that definitely appealed to this (at the time) teenage boy. Anyone else remember Morgan Ironwolf? Hubba-hubba.... ;) ;) Telas

Bingo! :D :D :D :D Many experienced players look at the battlemat as a chess board, and the game as a set of known challenges with fixed optimal responses (from 1st level characters). Where's the fun in that? :\ (Aside: This is my problem with 3rd Edition; it rewards munchkining...

I don't believe anyone here referred to it as "acceptable". I referred to it as his right. It's his campaign/game/table, he can do with it as he wishes. And if he did something like that to me, he'd have to find another player. Telas

I run my campaign as a courtroom. If they want a ruling, then they can approach me outside the game and ask. All my House Rules are posted, and I listen to their arguments. But I alone make the decision. If I make a mistake, then I correct it afterwards, with a minimum of "do-overs", and...

And apparently it does, since I've got people trying to get into my game. :cool: Snide remarks aside, I'm not saying any of this is A Good Thing. I am saying that the DM is the ultimate arbiter of his game, and that the players are there to play. Not to make rulings, argue, or enter into...

In the game, the DM is Gawd Awlmighty. (/southern accent) If he want to change the rules willy-nilly, kill the players for no good reason, send a level one party against an EL666 encounter, and make fun of Driz'zle, then it's his right to do so. Sure, the players may have a bad evening, get...

The light just clicked on over my head. I am suddenly free of any and all threads regarding balance in D&D. No more will I have to sit through pages of accusations and recriminations of "broken" and "horrific unbalance". Ahhh, serenity... Telas' Generic Rule for D&D Balance: D&D is as...

A character in a 3.5 FR camapaign I'm in had it. I believe it was a +1 enhancement equivalent for a standard action, but I'm not sure. I don't believe it would appear under a backpack, either. For what it's worth the campaign was not a giveaway in terms of feats, magic, money, and such...

"Robots in disguise"? T

Another thing I do at first level: Spend a lot of game time introducing the characters to the setting. Let them meet a few friends and enemies, barkeeps, merchants, the local constable, priests, etc. A good fistfight helps at this point, since it's nonlethal. My current campaign begins with...

If you keep talking sense like that, these boards will dry up. Telas