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    DM's: Are you afraid to kill PC's because of how players might react?

    I was very careful with my current group before their first death. The group includes my wife. She wound up the first to die: a druid killed by a tree animated by a treant! yay! I had been afraid of being accused of "favoritism" if I killed someone that wasn't my wife. So this pretty much...
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    Shark Sanctuary. Happy Holiday Haiku! (i.e. Rogue Swallowed)

    Shark gives thanks for this: Digestion is not attack. Rogues are delicious. Rogue curses his luck: "That spell is abjuration? Useless Slip'ry Mind."
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    Sharing Spells and Potions/Scrolls/Wands

    Technically, you do not "cast" a spell from a wand, you "trigger" it. You do not "cast" a spell from a scroll, you "complete" it. Because of these (lame) distinctions, I would separate them. Otherwise, you have a druid with ranks in UMD sharing a scroll of iron body with her dire bear, and...
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    Help me decide on my new campaign!

    I hear that Ravenloft has many different ways to run it, and the guy who bought it tells me that he wants to play in it after he runs us through it. Somehow it is different each time. I would say to just load up on the Dungeon mags and do it that way. Dungeon adventures tend to be crunchy, so...
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    Does your group costume?

    When I am DM I will often wear a shirt that the party's cleric got me: black with the Levi's logo, but the word says EVIL. My wife has a claw/claw/bite shirt, and another one with a little character entering a dungeon. The cleric guy has several shirts, e.g. the Subway logo with the words...
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    Does your gaming take a hit because of the holidays?

    heck no I am active in two campaigns: #1 as DM, #2 as PC. (sadly numbers 3 and 4 are on indefinite hold) Two months ago my wife (and the druid in #1) gave birth, and that party's fighter has been living in Switzerland (instead of rainy California) so there was no gaming during the autumn...
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    Core Religion Survivor - Round Eleven

    so wonderful that the brothers are tied. What happens if they tie in the last round?
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    Munchkinizing for movement rate

    The variant ranger in Complete Warrior gives up spells and gets 10' movement increase.
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    Sharing Spells and Potions/Scrolls/Wands

    I venture that "casting a spell" is different from "triggering a spell" or "completing a spell" so I would not allow it.
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    help with sewer monsters

    Yeah, carrion crawlers immediately jumped to mind. If there are lots of otyughs you could also add neogi for some boss-style organization.
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    The Bane of the Inevitable

    You are completely missing something very important about this item: HYPOCRISY Intelligent magic items are essentially constructs. Immortal constructs. And this one is smashing immortal constructs meant to hunt immortals. oh the brain, it hurts
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    Some questions about friendly spells and SR

    I love the "must spend standard action to lower SR" rule; it keeps drow in line. And my players need that right now, so I'm here for them. ...and it also keeps the party cleric from giving spell resistance to those who need it most. :]
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    A Riddle: Feedback Wanted

    yay for grammar geeks ending sentences prepositions with! I agree with AuraSeer 96%. However, it's a heroic effort on a nifty riddle and setup. Aside from the grammar, you should consider: 1) being a little more descriptive of the room, to add too much information. e.g. "To the south is a...
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    What module are you running?

    I am running Monte Cook's the Harrowing from Dungeon #84. The party just finished Lord of the Iron Fortress and I deemed them a tad delicate for Bastion of Broken Souls, so I'm giving them a confidence booster. And I at least need them to have ninth-level spells for BoBS. I think they are all...
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    Ring of Commanding...?

    <pinky finger in corner of mouth> five MILLION gold pieces!
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    A question I should already know about touch attacks

    I throw the Strength bonus to melee touch attacks out the window. All touch attacks are Dexterity-based. It is absurd that a creature of Str 1000 and Dex 1 and BAB 0 (a glacier, essentially) would be able to hit anyone's touch AC.
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    AC 56 at level 6! You too can do it!

    Clearly, moritheil is a better player than I.
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    What essential rules should a neophyte player know?

    0) The Dungeon Master is always right. 1) If it's not fun, you're doing it wrong.
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    Requesting 'Bluff' Help and others...

    In a tenuous don't-you-dare-break-this-game manner, yes.
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