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I understand, but if the ranger has a supernatural ability that triggers when he fights undead, and he knows that it has triggered, there's no in-game reason why he could not communicate that. "Uh, guys, my Spirit of the Hunt only speaks when I fight the undead, and it's speaking!" Put another...

Oh, definitely. But I think once you get to the point of changing it to a supernatural ability that automatically works, you've already rounded that bend.

If he knows they're undead, why would he be forbidden from telling the other players?

The general rule in my group's campaigns is that good NPCs usually won't return from the dead because they are content with their eternal rewards, and most evil NPCs don't have trustworthy help to bring them back. It can and does happen sometimes, but only if it somehow helps the story.

I find your reasoning persuasive, but I'm still nagged by the first thing Eadric says when he's back with Shomei: "Perhaps celibacy is best." The other explanation for that statement is that he is ashamed at the way the conversation reveals his continuing sexual attraction for Nehael and what...

...is that right? It seems like it was implied that he consummated his relationship with Nehael in the last update - thus his horror at Nehael conveying the totality of their shared experience to Shomei. Certainly, by choosing to exercise compassion and to advocate for compassion, he has...

Arguably here: But I probably just have my godlike entities mixed up somehow.

I missed that the first time - good catch. Still Bloodcookie added value with his suggestion that Pharamne has a capricious interest in the outcome, I think. Kudos, though. :)

What an interesting analysis. Someone XP Bloodcookie for me?

No. No. Just no. Sorry, pet peeve of mine, but NPCs are basically monsters - you're going to fight them once and then they're dead. Just make up the parts of the NPC you need and wing the rest. From a PF/3.5 standpoint, anyway; I have no experience running 4e. /end digression

In case there is no rogue? In case the guy playing a rogue is an acrobat/swashbuckler type instead of a dungeon crawler? After all, if one of your four or so doesn't want to play that type of rogue, doors may still need to be unlocked. As an aside, a party that relies on wizard knock spells...

I don't think that's what he meant by team player. You can play a spellcaster with a personality of a loner who isn't a team player tactically, but as a player you select spells that still allow your fellow players to have spotlight time. Though your character is standoffish and maybe less...

I respectfully disagree. If any player playing any character can contribute equally to any facet of the game (i.e. any situation), then there may be some feelings that the choices they make are not meaningful. For example, if I choose to play a rogue and I can contribute equally in a fight...

This passage is really beautifully written.

At first I thought it was referring to an exemption from the Injunction, because that seems to be part of Mostin's concern with the whole situation: Soneillon is exempt, Shomei may be as well, and the Wyrish collegium is potentially caught between them. However, rereading this: Her...

I'm wondering just how bad the fee is to use the library.

Or as our programmer Ryan prefers to say it - "Hey, we made this cool thing. Come check it out."

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I'd go further and say that most evil creatures or characters don't do these things. Psycho- and sociopaths are the exception even among evil characters, not the rule. It's far more likely that an evil alignment results from extreme selfishness or an ends-justifies-the-means mindset. Such...

Careful, that kind of glossing is likely to end in tears and/or sparkly vampires.