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I haven't had a chance to take a look at the changes, since I'm not at a machine that can open Word files, but I'm excited to do so when I get home tonight. That said, an alternative to converting to '.doc' files could be to print to a PDF (CutePDF is a freeware PDF writer) or upload the file...

My long-time stance on Eddings has been - much as I love most of his stuff (similarly, barring Dreamers) is that his stories are identical down to the same silly blue rock, but that it's worth it because the characters caper and dance around the page every time they open their mouths. To add...

This is probably nit-picky, and I might just be reading it wrong, but... as-written, it doesn't seem like the last sentence there is connected to the rest - so the ability reads as though you have a permanently enlarged critical range. I'm pretty sure that's not your intention, so it may be a...

Well, with that opened up... I've been desperately wanting to comment on this all week, but when I found it there was already a large number of posts with no comments, and I thought maybe that was intentional and just quietly stayed away. Except that this has been in the first ten things I've...

The Royal Square Click for the larger version: Though it wasn't the first map I started on - that'd be the wonderful steamship Coaltongue - the Royal Square is the map I've come the furthest on. There are still a number of places to fill in, as well as a lot of minor details to add in, but...

I'm gearing up to run a Zeitgeist campaign, probably starting in early September as my gaming group has a different major event going for someone every week of August. On the upside, that means I've got a large bit of lead time to get some work in preparing. We game via MapTool, as we're...

I'm interested. Tried dropping you a line through your contact buttons in your profile (AIM, especially), though I hadn't heard anything back. You can reach me on AIM at this username. Got a friend who may be interested, too.

I can address the shield part, at least. It's a known character builder bug - it has heavy shields add a +4 to AC and Reflex, and then gives a misc penalty of -2 to each to bring things to the proper value. It's bizarre and has lasted for ages. Only thing I can think of with the armor showing...

Wow, I'm impressed this thread got brought back to life. I like that it's getting feedback and tweaks. If it helps anyone, I can tell you a few things from experience - I've been using these rules for about a year and a half now, and they've gotten significantly more playtested. The...

I'm in a similar situation at the moment, where while the group does have a leader - and an incredibly potent healer, at that - the player is the least reliable of the group, and oftentimes doesn't make it. Which means that we're finding the group can't rely on having her there, and as a DM...

For myself, I think my favourite part is that the badger familiar is a minion (see the devoted familiar active benefit.) Who's my little minion? You are!

While there are some good points regarding appropriate themes for someone who can become more bestial when they're injured, I think this is, more accurately, a racial feature that's sacrificed on the altar of balance. Which isn't a bad thing, really - being able to shift at the start of a fight...

Thanks. At some point, assuming someone kept trying, it would eventually get absolute - I mean, enough strikes at armor, and it'd no longer provide a benefit. I was tempted, in both cases, to state that "if the item has sustained penalties equal to either the armor bonus provided or the...

While there's a lot to love about 4th Edition, one of the things that I have a harder time with is the restriction on options. It's not terrible, of course - much has been restricted on the basis of speed or balance, and those are good design goals. On the other hand, there is the oft-used...

Hadron Goblin Supercollider I found this thread, "Hadron Goblin Supercollider", interesting and have nominated it accordingly for Topic Of The Week 38, September, 2008.

Not to be the lone voice of dissent here, but there is an actual question regarding the resale of any form of digital assets. Even if a license agreement stipulates that you cannot resell a PDF, within the United States, at least, said license agreement is only dubiously legal - the First Sale...

Looks interesting so far - but then, I'm not one of those who minds sentient golems in my games. :) I definitely like their ability to alter their coloration at-will - adds a neat effect, and explains a lot of the "well, what about their x" questions. I might suggest making it be automatic at...

Very much depends on the character, for me. I've played - mostly, I think - greedy folk who'll take everything they can get (though nailed/bolted/sunk-into-the-floor taking varies,) and others who don't. Most recently, I've been playing a half-orc druid in an Eberron game, and he took very...

Did some digging, but, yes, it's a 2E spell. Published only once, I believe, in the Spells and Magic Player's Option book. [Edit] Beaten by Frank. I suppose it validates his "IIRC," though. :)

Yeah, I don't think it'd be that odd. I'm biased, of course, as I'm actually playing a druid with a dinosaur companion (Eberron game), but still. It doesn't strike me as that much a stretch, as long as reptiles have obviously existed in the world before. I can see being a little miffed if...