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Good question. (I didn't even think about this until you asked...) You do not need Exotic Weapon Proficiency to use a Sword. In fact, the exotic weapons listed (table 4-7) are: Chain, Chain-Saw ("Come get some!"), Kama, Katana, Kukri, Nunchaku, Three-section staff. However, Swords do require...

I'll answer the bit about the NPCs, because it's something that really impressed me about this game. Pages 271 to 283 cover 15 two-class combination "Ordinary Archetypes". Each at three different power levels. Example: Strong/Fast Ordinary Low-Level Bounty Hunter (Strong Ordinary 1/Fast...

From page 132 - Defense: Imho, it looks like it stacks.

Well holy crap... I just scored myself a copy. No kidding. I went to my FLGS with the intention of buying a new boardgame for the evenings entertainment, and I spot it lying under a pile of books in the New Arrivals section. I did a bug-eyed double take, like a looney toons character, grabbed...

Mountain of Mirrors - an Endless Quest book... okay, so it's technically not quite really DnD... :) Larry Elmore blue box Expert Set (4th printing?) with X1 Isle of Dread included. Bought it with birthday money from grandma that I received before my b-day. My parents bought me the...

Overheard at a lunch counter in anchorage: I'll believe it when they've captured it and put it in a zoo.

Thanks for the feedback. Personally, I don't care if the PCs take the best abilities all the time. Because, truth is, the best abilities in an in-progress game are not always the best abilities on paper. Just because the HPs or the bonus feats are generally superior doesn't mean that they...

Just the other day, I put my finger on just what exactly has been bothering me all this time about d20 based games. It's the concept of levels vs. the practice of levels. I'll admit, levels are useful. They allow players to quickly determine the overall ability development (ie. "power...

Hey kids, here's the count of albertan enworlders, so far: Calgary: 6 Edmonton: 10 Elsewhere: 3 Expatriots: 1 (Speaker) 19 Albertans and 1 Expat :) Any others? +1 more Edmontonian.

I'm pretty sure it closed in '92 or early '93. I can remember it still being open during my 12th grade year. I would pass by on the bus to work at The Mall after school. I miss that store too, though I didn't frequent it very often. Good selection and service is what I remember. I'm 27 btw...

Quick point to note: A few weeks (maybe 5) I started a thread about this subject inspired by a quote in an interview on the WoTC re: City of the Spider Queen. Apparently, that module takes PCs from 10th to 18th level in 2 months of GAME time, not real time. (ie. 2 month pass in the Forgotten...

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Interesting conversation going on here, but some possibilities seem to have been overlooked: De-emphasizing "Dungeons and Dragons" and putting the marketing muscle behind the "d20" system and "d20 Modern". The d20 system is growing far beyond the roots of DnD and though Dungeons and Dragons...

My best friend's older brother had a copy of the Red box oDnD with the Elmore cover. I didn't know what it was at the time, but the picture of the fighter charging the red dragon was damn cool. I noticed the ad for the game in the back of "Mountain of Mirrors" and Endless Quest (DnD based...

Re: Re: A world with no roads, no doors, and no boats Here's thought: If you go by the book and hand out standard experience and adventuring characters advance at the standard rate, the world would be positively crawling with 17th+ level wizards in no time flat. (Provided there were enough...

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Correct. I'm wasn't really interested in how long in terms of real months. But it has become interesting, nonetheless. So feel free to share. :) First, I know what I can do with my game and how I handle experience. That's not really what I'm trying to address. No offense meant though...

In the recent <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ps/ps20020906a">Wizards Personality Spotlight with James Wyatt and Rich Baker</a> there is this following passage: <blockquote> <b>Wizards: Based on the timeline you offer in the introduction, you seem to anticipate the...

It would be hard to deny the classic status of Sunless Citadel, even though my group and I didn't like it at all (I don't like Cordell adventures). IMHO, Forge of Fury was far better, but probably not as extensively played, so therefore, not classic. Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil is a...