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I'd say your player is pretty unique. Most people would be happy to spend less time healing and more time fighting. The "walking first aid" thing is what, in my experience, keeps people away from cleric.

You say you are a new DM. I think it is pretty cool that your first instinct is a Charisma vs. Reflex check. A strict analysis of the process of successfully throwing sand in an opponent’s eyes might point to Dexterity. I would argue that the literary tradition requires a clever, strong willed...

I have not read close to everything (And I have retained less than that). Are we referring to the fact that everyone can bluff once per encounter to gain "combat advantage?" If so, I can see a lot of interesting ways that the bluff check can be described, including the old "sand in the eyes" trick.

Spoiler Warning for those who did not happen to benefit from the mistakes of certain online vendors… From a cursory look: Spinning Sweep (F-at will), Serpent Dance Strike (F-Daily), Vorpral Tornado (F-Encounter), Topple Over (R-Encounter) are essentially trip. Exorcism of Steal (F-Enounter) is...

Especially 1st edition. Once you reached "Lord" you could earn 250,000 Xp for +3 HP and not much else or start over. Magic Users, on the other hand, got spells. Invariably we would resolve some important plot thread and establish an interesting end story and then start over. Often, the DM would...

I have lurked for years but don't generally post. The righteous indignation over spending money gets to me a bit, though. I spend around 14 to 21 hours a month (5:00 to midnight; two or three Sundays a month) with my friends having a good time. I spend additional time reading message boards...