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Are these stats acceptable? (No, they weren't the first set I rolled up.) Str - 14 Dex - 11 Con - 15 Int - 16 Wis - 18 Cha - 8 -Albert

Here are some thoughts I had about elves, dwarves, local barbarian cultures, and druids. Adopt them if you like them, ignore them if you don't. #1: Idea for Dwarves. Dwarves are naturally lawful (ditch the auto-'good' portion). So lawful, in fact, that they strongly imprint on the immediate...

Here's an idea: A Druid who frankly doesn't give a damn about the throne, but has come to the conclusion that Syrael needs him to keep an eye on a few people. Perhaps, say, the PCs. NG and impatient with the current shortcomings of the dictates of the Wise Ones. (Not above blasting someone who...

Here's a wierd idea for Rangers and Favored Enemies: Split it into two things: Attunement to terrain and recent study. The Ranger can select one terrain that he is attuned to - maybe at higher levels he can have more than one. He gets a bonus against all instinctive-dominant creatures (ie...

Here's one way to mitigate mental buff abuse: The first - I dunno, either 5 or 10, let's go with 10 - the first 10 points of buffing cost the standard amount. So, buffing int by 10 would be 14 + 12, or 26. The next ten points of buffing cost double. So, buffing int by 20 would be 14 (the first...

For the Feats, I notice that certain feats provide a -20 mitigating bonus. I might consider allowing these bonuses to be applied before research time, cost, and xp cost are all calculated, because these are areas where the caster is specifically empowered to be better at this type of magic...

Fair. Somewhat. Lowbies should know to run and hide. My second serious DM did something like this. The party - first level - was approached by a random giant. He threw rocks at us - but aimed to scare us, rather than kill us. A failed bluff attempt later, he was forcing us into his cave, where...

If they're done well, dwarves and elves can be equally cool. In different ways, of course, so preference is a matter of taste. That said, elves have been turned into various flavors of uncool more often and to greater depths than dwarves have. -Albert the Absentminded

There is only one possible justification for this: The Evil Sword was destroyed in such a way that it released its evil into the world. Go get the atonement cast. It should tell you that you must destroy the evil, and that while you do anything unrelated, your powers won't function. That makes...

I think scout/outer guards/inner guards/BBEG only makes sense when you have good stealth. If the enemy is alerted, it becomes more: Scout Entire Group Minus Reserve Chasing the Reserve Scouring the area for runaways Assuming an army or tribal structure to the enemy, of course. -Albert the...

Question for Gygax: When I read the AD&D first edition DM's guide, I get the feeling that when coming to a new area, the PCs were expected to spend time gathering information before they went out to kill things and take their stuff. For example, a good-aligned party, upon hearing that there...

I'd say that it translates any language that is not magical. However, it doesn't translate codes. It translates what you hear into your native tongue. It translates what you say into their native tongue (which is almost certainly not druidic). Is Druidic a natural language, or a manifestation...

I think Warriors should stay at 2 per, as well. They're _supposed_ to be the bumblers that Rogues use to show off against. -Albert

In a world I'm creating (which I'm not going to run, since I suck as a DM, I'm going to try to get a sucker^H^H^H^H^H^Hgenerous soul to run it for me), there's a city of elves called Aisur'Donu. It's the longest-standing elven civilization in the world - over twenty thousand years old. Over...

Has it been mentioned anywhere why the Claviger warned Mostin away from aquiring Shomei's soul? I mean, she's made her choice, and that choice is to no longer have any say over who owns her. Why should Mostin be disqualified from owning her if he wishes to persue that option? -Albert the...

Was it known that there was an utter bad*** in the tower? Because, either: A) The vampire-mage-assassin doesn't care about being known, and thus people know that this tower is a _bad_ place to go. In which case the nearest town should have been full of dire warnings. In which case you should...

This isn't precisely canonical, but here's how I'd house-rule it. The item effectively casts a spell on whoever activated the curse (in this case, used the sword in battle). Break the item and its ability to cast curses ends. Remove Curse on the character and the curse on _him_ ends (although...