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I've run into a recurring theme with a certain player. First off, he's the type who hands in significantly less character history than any other player (even if there's a requirement), or no character history at all. Second, we usually run games with alignment, and the majority of the...

I (try to) run story-based games, and my players, while full of good ideas, really enjoy their characters, and sometimes it takes a little effort to get them excited about a different concept if their most recent just kicked the bucket. So, in the interest of maintaining game autonomy and...

Forgive me if this point was raised on the previous page. I read through every post, but I have not had my full quota of sleep today. From the SRD: It was my group's interpretation that the ring needed to be worn for a week while the subject consumed their regular amount of food, and then...

I told one of our players (who ALWAYS plays non-verbal, anti-social druid types) that he should play an extrovert, ADD, PTA mom for our next d20 modern game. I don't think he took to it.

From Protection Against Evil: It doesn't say direct control, but just what 'ongoing control' means is a little ambiguous. Both Dominate Person and Charm Person/Monster have durations, and are both enchantment spells (compulsion and charm, respectively) that allow the caster to excercise...

What of being charmed by non-evil opponents? I'd just up the will save. Or a tinfoil hat!

I've learned that it's best to leave this up to the PCs as much as possible. They become more excited about it if they do it, and consequently are more into the game. I tried setting up a specific sort of dynamic by creating some common NPCs that each PC knew, and even though they were supposed...

First off, congrats Shilsen, that's a great feeling. I've only very recently (as in the current campaign I'm running) been fairly successful in getting players to realize hints had been dropping since session #1. Thing was, at one point, I didn't think I could get any more obvious, but it kept...

I edited because I realized that for some reason (most likely a lack of sleep) I had read the spell description to mean that you could affect any number of targets as long as they were no more than 30 feet away from any one of your other targets. I now realize that's ridiculous, and the text...

EDIT: Read that wrong. I follow now. Thank you for the clarification.

For reference, I'll quote Hold Person, the the Mass form thereof My query has to do with "One or more". How many more?

I've only ever observed aerial combat between two opponents (two PCs, actually, they couldn't play nice). I can see how the scenario you've described would be a real pain to keep track of. Something you might try would be employing the use of a white-board and eraseable markers, and having two...

I once had a rogue pick-pocket from another rogue in the party. His player was habitually oblique and hoarded more than his share of loot as a standard, whenever the opportunity arose. I slipped the DM a note with my pickpocket check on it, he shortly thereafter asked everyone to make spot...

That made me laugh. But seriously, if you're deafened you suffer 20% spell failure for spells with verbal components, presumably because there's a chance you might not pronounce them properly. Underwater, sound is altered quite drastically, both in emitting and receiving. The rule seems to be...

How would the verbal component be affected?

SRD text for a Portable Hole Portable Hole: A portable hole is a circle of cloth spun from the webs of a phase spider interwoven with strands of ether and beams of starlight. When opened fully, a portable hole is 6 feet in diameter, but it can be folded up to be as small as a pocket...

I found this thread once, then had a heck of a time locating it again afterwards. I must pay attention whilst browsing... On to introductions, then. I'm new to ENworld, and relatively new to gaming itself (only been playing since 2000). My groups have been heavy FR-ers, though they have...

Thank you for your responses, they have enlightened me regarding DR and the nature of the spell effect. That much is clear. I am still unsure about the incurable nature of the damage, though that would definitely be a stiffer penalty. Any character who reaches -1hp from this damage would be...

I have some questions regarding the Geas/Quest spells. First, here are the SRD entries: My questions come as a result of looking at the difference between these spells, and wondering why Geas/Quest seems to be less powerful than Lesser Geas in some respects. Yes, it has no saving throw or HD...

About three sessions into the first campaign I played with my current group, we chose to walk into a very bad spot against what turned out to be a cleric of Set (FR), his minions, and his very nasty staff (can't remember what it was exactly, though we were trying to stop it from leaving the city...