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The "pick what you like" method has another glaring flaw. When someone dies, it is pretty clear where the line is. The best stats currently in play are acceptable stats. So if a player goes a point or two higher than the best stats in play, do you kill them? Probably not. Now you have a new...

Our main DM quit (both the group and the friend group) and no one would pick up the mantle. I was the most experienced player by years but had never GMd before, always assuming that I couldn't. Push came to shove and I've been DMing ever since.

You could put some campaign specific information on there. Holy symbols of all the gods, the names of the other characters in the party, names of important NPCs, names of cities, an open spot where you put a picture of the BBEG before the final battle, and so on.

I would suggest falling into line for a session or two. Still try to do your roleplaying, just make sure not to eat up so much time. That way when you talk to the DM and he invariably goes to the players for support they don't have a bunch of examples where they sat for an hour while you...

Xeviat: Doesn't that make the healing domain REALLY good? In essence you have a core cleric who swaps turn undead for lay on hands and swaps 1 spell per spell level for the ability to spontaneous both cure and another list of spells. Then gets another domain power. If they took Sun and...

Not to sidetrack my own thread, but ... It seems that people on these boards think primarily in black and white. Either someone is good and thus is a good gamer or bad and is thus a bad gamer. I have friends that have gotten DUIs, I have friends that don't return phone calls, and I have...

This LeShay is sounding pretty cool... what book is it from? And where can I find this genie?

Going to have to agree. Shard's table is nice in and of itself, but the room makes it take the cake.

Our group switches DMs from time to time and right now the DM isn't doing as good a job as we would like. With rather disparate schedules we rarely play (it has almost been 2 months) because he never tries to find pockets of time, always relying on the players to set up games. One of the...

It'll be nigh impossible to DM your first adventure at 18th level and expect to be any where near as good as your old DM (assuming he didn't suck). I'd agree with the crowd and start over because the last thing you want to do is begin your DMing career on a bad note. DMing is a lot about trust...

For marching order we have the miniatures in position, towards the DM being front. This works double duty because it keeps people from playing with their mini and it is a concrete set up that they can't argue with. If you didn't want your guy in front he shouldn't have been left there. Now...

This is so much cooler because it is the players and note some stinkin characters! I vote this one wins. :D

I try to run my dream campaign too often and because it never sees fruition I think it is becoming tainted. I love the 'pull yourself up by the bootstraps' fantasy where the small time ignorant village kids are pulled into the mix and become heroes. Our problem is that we like slow leveling...

Well... none of your rules are inherently too harsh, but in writing they come across too harsh in my opinion. Being able to be voted out at any time is something that seems reasonable. Indeed, if a plurality of people want you gone, you probably should be gone. But to put it in writing seems...

I'd suggest allowing a liberal dose of swapping and communal picking as Crothian suggested. Stat-draft was our official method for a while and I really enjoyed it because it randomized stats while assuring that everyone was approximately equal. I'd also consider not tying numbers to specific...

I think the oriental adventures book did something similar to this. IIRC their numbers also went in increiments of 15. Although I am not sure they (or the core rules) allow you to use both skills to negate falling damage.

Power attack becomes more powerful the higher level you are because you have more BAB to shift around. More BAB also means more attacks, and power attack makes those secondary attacks really suffer. Your AC is static against all attacks. So while -5 to attack for +10 damage is a good idea...

I was very sad by the Giants of Legend. After 12 boosters my group acquired 5 frost giants, 3 treants, 2 bullete, and 2 warforged titans. There were several of the most common huge miniatures that we never acquired and we eventually lost interest. Hopefully this set will be better.

I got one too (only one) but I never filled out a customer survey... hmm.

Any yes- this thread is like a strange IM