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My first thought is, how many times have you talked to her about her characters decisons? How kind are your when characters do something foolish. Do you fudge rolls or do you let the dice fall where they may? Her behavior is not unheard of. In early DnD Gygax era, Robilar freed 9 demigods...

One reason I think you are getting varied responses, is that some DM's fudge rolls to keep characters alive (this is well within their right.) This leads to players being more ready to jump into a fight. This also skews your experience award. In the current campaign I am involved in, our...

I agree with both of your decisions 100%. Risk=combat xp. I remember recently reading an article by Monte Cook. He wrote about what to do when a player is absent. He wrote to not allow his character to die (to avoid hard feelings) but not give him as much experience. This article was in...

Over the years, I have picked up a Dungeon mag here and there, I must say that I was not too impressed. The issue that gained my notice was the Istivin series by Greg A. Vaughan. It was from issue 117-119. I have played Greyhawk for years and the name of that city caught my eye. After...

The persistent spell is quite costly, +6 spell slot. I was wondering why the cost is not variable based on the duration of the spell to be adjusted. Magic items are adjusted according to the spell in question, and if its duration is in rounds,minutes,or hours. I was thinking of a feat that...

Some time ago when I was a player our DM allowed a player to outfit his house how he wanted as long as he tallied up the costs and informed the GM. We were visited by a cocky Zhent warrior who challenged our fighter to a duel. Our fighter opened the door accepted the duel and said let me get...

I am suprised by your situation. Giants are great grapplers. Archers and mages are not good against grapples. If these two guys are ripping up the giants they would be the target of the most attacks. Overrun and a giant's greater speed will get them there quickly. If the barbarian is...

Most stereotypes evolve out of the ability adjustments. Elf-int-smarter-arrogant (yes I know 3.5 elves get dex bonuses but it was not always that way) Dwarf-tough-lower cha-gruff Half-orc-stronger-low cha-bully. I have a character not currently played from Dark Sun (the DM is waiting for...

No wonder so many halflings become thieves,they are always getting grabbed. :) They need escape artist skills. For player using grapple without the improved grapple feat, does the AoO often foil your attack? We had a player try to grapple a vampire dominated mage and the mage socked him in...

I have to say Athas provided the best atmosphere for foolish play. It was our start to playing and the three of us each made up three characters. Play started with us being slaves in a huge rolling prison being taken to Tyr to work ourselves to death building a ziggurat for the insane sorcerer...

Boy, I hope the player who did this does not read this. lol I was running a group through GDW's Dangerous Journeys. Yes, what Gary Gygax right after DnD. The adventure was low magic set in the England area. Farms were suffering blight and people were moving away, or selling their land but...

I would like to add that the character's wisdom should come into account as well. A character with a high wisdom might be aware that his comment will be taken poorly and clam up at the last second. I would not detect thoughts on him. lol Often those in need will groan when finding they need...

I ran into a situation where I wanted to look up the DMG II business rules. Our party had just arrived at a new city and in order for someone to retain his noble social status, he would need to produce something to benefit the city. I chose to borrow money to establish a fighting arena and...

The half-vampire, LA+2, is in Libris Mortis (p.106) updated from the Dragon article. I play one as a character and he is definitely a fun and tragic character. The bonus to charisma helps him maintain his aristocratic demeanor but he still has blood dependency which he view as an animalistic...

In previous editions I have read liturature regarding spell mishaps. The most notable is when summoning spells go wrong and a different creature is summoned. In 3.x edition there does not seem to be very much of this, everything happens as planned. Has anyone added similar elements of...

Here are a few ideas on the Scarlet Brotherhood. If you have the Complete Divine book, the Black Flame Zealot feels as if it was specifically made for priests of Pyremius. The 2nd Ed Scarlet Brotherhood book (by Sean Reynolds) gives excellent backdrop infomation on the Scarlet Brotherhood. I...

Here are a few of my favorites that have not been mentioned. Color spray-knock unconscious,blind or stun enemies displacement-bad AC no problem attacks only hit 1/2 the time slow-never worry about trying to keep your enemies from getting away to warn others haste- if you are worried about...

Hello Gary. I have a question concerning the resurgence of Greyhawk material in the Dungeon magazine. Eric Mona has shown a strong commitment to supporting the works of those who have come before him and trying to tie up any conflicting sources. What do you think of this? On a side note I...

I agree, that the biggest problem you have is the level variance. In 3.x level means so much more than in previous editions. This actually would be a benefit to your halfling fighter with a low strength if he had the same levels. I would recommend semi-retiring the characters under 10th level...

A few ideas for you. I would have the players man the siege weapons. A heavy catapult (p.100 DMG) can do 6d6 damage. Even with their great damage reduction avg damage is still 6. Alchemist fire will bypass their spell resistance since it is not magical and they have no resistances...