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As a player, I've taken to always keeping a campaign diary. During our last long-running campaign (about 2 years before the DM burnt out), I found that we were having a terrible time remembering the details from events more than a couple months ago. We didn't really have any form of...

Tried this already. Unfortunately, Google has already updated its version of those pages. Even the Wayback Machine doesn't have it.

So apparently, with the sale of Dragon Magazine to Paizo Publishing, the online version of the Dungeoncraft article series has been removed from WOTC's site, which is rather a shame. As I'm not exactly keen on picking up 7 back issues just to get one article in each, does anyone know if they've...

Actually, I agree that we were quite at fault with the greenvise thing, particularly since the way we were travelling was incompatible with our usual "flee at the first sign of danger" strategy. :D I mentioned it because it was a good example of how one can go from alive to very dead without a...

With regards to the surprise round thing: hong is correct, as usual. :D The plant got a partial action and then a full-round action next round. From Henry: "My first question is whether or not the Cleric and Wizard are using their magic to its fullest advantage. As someone mentioned, buffing...

Expert advice urgently needed! I'm in a gaming group that's had a 3E campaign running continuously for about a year and a half now, and we're up to the following levels: Barbarian 2/Wizard 10 Psychic Warrior 8/Slayer 4 Cleric 10 (was 11 last session, but...) So the average party level is...

All things considered, I'd have to agree with the "+3 without wings/+5 with" argument. That's how we've played it in our group, and the templated characters fit in just about perfectly with the other party members at 3 levels down. As for the proposed "outsiders can't be resurrected"...

Truly excellent work, Sep. The only thing I might suggest changing is the SR special ability -- maybe make it SR 5 + character level, so that it stays relevant as he goes up in level. By level 40, SR 32 isn't going to buy you much anymore...

I don't need to hear about your "living wood"... My favorites: Up on deck, the man erupts into a puddle of his head. He drops like a cleric or saint. Malachite swings the glowing sword forward, and is rescuing the kobold. He screams, and spins to try to kidnap the good guys! And to counter...

Ummm... am I the only person here who thinks that tricking and butchering a helpless foe in their moment of sincere repentance is a pretty evil act? Whether expedient or not, it's kind of out of character for an archon.

A couple minor corrections... "Xenomagulus", not "Xenomalagus". Mesikammi, Hullu, and the shamans aren't Uediians; they're Tunthi. Separate ethnic group altogether. Nice work, tleilaxu!

The use of the ghostform spell from Tome & Blood (Sor/Wiz 5, makes caster incorporeal for 1 minute/level) in the campaign I'm playing in right now has brought up some questions about how well it's balanced compared to other 5th-level spells. So we had an unexpectedly tense session tonight. Our...

Question for Sep... So what was the personal sacrifice that Mostin and the other mages had to make when they bound the Infernal, anyhow? In game terms, that is. Just curious. Wonderful conclusion! Bravo.

Hah! I don't drink, but maybe a half an Ativan would help counteract my usual caffeine mania. Never could get the hang of enjoying the taste of alcohol. Gosh... all these tips are great, but there's so much to remember! I feel like I should be taking notes to refer to during sessions or...

So I have a bit of a problem. I'd like to DM for our small group once in a while, to give the usual DM an occasional break. I'm a reasonably creative individual, I love world-building, I like telling stories. But I ran a quick one-on-one session with the usual DM as the player, to test the...

An excellent question. The answer is yes, but only if A) the devils are present as the result of a summoning or calling, B) only if you don't attack them, and C) only if they fail a Spell Resistance check. Oh, and also D) only if they're using natural weapons like claws and bites, not real...

So the group I'm playing in is currently deep in the bowels of the earth, running into a lot of mind flayers and umber hulks. As as result, it's a total Will save fiesta here, let me tell you. Last night it came within a hair's breadth of being an ignominous TPK, with the entire party stunned or...

Minor correction... It is actually a fairly recent development that rich people live on the top floors of buildings. In pre-elevator society, the rooms near the ground were far more prized; you didn't have to go up and down eight flights of stairs every time you came in or out, after all. The...