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    Why Should It Be Hard To Be A Paladin?

    In the Core RAW, Paladins aren't chosen by deities to be paladins.
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    Got to use a (limited) wish!

    I didn't know you could do that slowly. Anyway, I can't wait till I get to use a Wish for something.
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    What's wrong with splitting the party?

    God, yes. Think of three groups of PCs, all doing different things in different place at different points in time during the same day. God, I'm glad I split the group. No, that's just being logical about the danger of the world. Two people can't defeat things four people could take apart...
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    A campaign I'm fed up with. . .

    No, if he was a Roll-player, he would have abided by the rules. That guy is a dumbass.
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    Does your setting have holidays?

    A ceremony where cities take a large magic top (yes, like a huge version of a child's toy) and spin it around the outside of the city to renew (symbolically or actually) the protective wards around the city. [Based on an actual medieval ritual...which I have no idea where I read.]
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    A Dozen Crossbows Aimed at You ..

    I see what you mean. And not all adventurers are treated to the experience of being scry-buff-ported themselves. And not everyone has Russell Orr as a player.
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    A Dozen Crossbows Aimed at You ..

    I'm sorry, what do you mean by this?
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    Make up some funny quotes!

    "Lefty, no! I've got mage hand! Don't get the gem!" -Lefty's bard friend. "Lefty, don't worry, I've got a scroll of regenerate." -Lefty's cleric "friend". "Let me tell you something about evil. It's EVIL." -Elkran the Wizard.
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    A Dozen Crossbows Aimed at You ..

    Personally, I find the scenario to be flawed. 15th level PCs would not be surrounded by average guards. That's sadism on the part of the city's rulers. You don't get to 15th level without getting a reputation...be as a champion of good, a dependable mercenary and troubleshooter or as a scourge...
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    Familiars - Advantage or Disadvantage?

    WTF? DC 11? Even if it's not doing anything, just sitting like a normal animal? That's crap. That makes no sense at all.
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    Most amusing line in a game book?

    GURPS 4th edition: Killjoy: The Killjoy disadvantage, appropriately enough, keeps you from feeling pleasure. "Some ultra-tech societies might use surgery to inflict this stte as a form of punishment! If so, you won't plot your revenge...because there won't be any pleasure in it." Literacy...
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    What spells do you not allow?

    I'd use CR. Say, Caster level-2.
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    The dumbest place you have seen a trap.

    That classroom wasn't for children. It was for Bards. And maybe Rogues. When you can disable the traps, you don't have to leave via the secret door anymore. Duh.
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    What 4 Spells Must You Learn? And Which Ones Are Banned?

    IMC, Wizards are all part of a Guild. The Guild is a fundamental aspect of civilization. It has existed throughout demi-human society for thousands of years. Wizards, before they are accepted as pupils to a master, are subject to divination spells that determine their risk factors for becoming...
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    Fey as powers that be

    I have a world that is almost totally cut off from divine influence-the three major PHB are Boccob, Nerull and Pelor--and their faith is not terribly popular in some areas. A pantheon of eight different elemental deities (two for each element, one productive, one destructive) are the main...
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    [Free book] Happy Halloween!

    Happy Season's Greetings! May your Hoy-Din Chant be flawless and running water be far awey when you use it! [Awesome! Just under the wire!]
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    Half-Price Books . . . your source for liquidated books!

    Wow, they have NOTHING south of the Mason-Dixon line, in The South proper. Wow.
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    What's your favorite monster I've never heard of?

    Gambado! I like the Gambado. Yep, those are nifty. Now slap the Necromental, Hollow, and Spellstitched templates on them...OW, that's a lot of special abilities.
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    Tell me about the 1E AD&D DMG

    Pretty much my opinion. The follower generation tables are fun, the example monster responses to attacks are instructive, the reputed magical properties of gems, the wandering prostitute table, the random dungeon generator, the random creature from the lower planes table, the tables and tables...
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    spells you think are the wrong level

    Both have SERIOUS terrain limitations. Where do you find anchor points in a desert, tundra, a beach, the plains, expansive cave system or on the ocean? Of course, if one is in a cramped dungeon, city, town, buiding, or dense forest (and stay in those areas), Web is just what you need. Entangle...
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