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1) Overhaul the economy. I see where the OP is coming from, my head is reeling... but I also see why the designers did it. By default the PCs aren't merchants and in most games they won't be.... but, of course, they can be. The DMG gives guidelines on breaking the underlying premises of the...

There are rules for adjudicating 3D action. DMG p45 says (and I'm paraphrasing) when measuring to an elevated target you take the maximum of: 1) difference in height and 2) distance as measured on the horizontal plane (i.e. number of squares away on the battle mat) . *If* you apply this...

Hi Has anyone any utilities for Pocket PCs or reference materials optimised for viewing on PDAs (e.g. Pocket Acrobat Reader or hyperlinked files for PocketInternetExplorer)? PDA based character sheets? Noting, of course, changed liscencing arrangements from previous edition (I really liked...

The secret to playing RM (especially RMSS) is organisation and discipline. Organisation The GM should delegate tasks. One player should look up combat tables, another criticals, another skills. Tools help, I had a ripper monk comabt spreadsheet with buttons and look ups etc. 'Reverse...

I think how minions interact with the world is different with how they interact with PCs. Having 1 HP is an abstraction (as you noted) and, importantly, an abastrction that assumes the minion is in combat with PCs of a relevant level. This abstraction (and indeed game mechanics in general) are...

Thanks for those very good points. My thinking was very 3e, trying to make things fit within the system using the exisiting mechanics. My goal is to make all PCs have more ready access to Fireball (and so on)... so just give them the access. Otherwise players are buying feats just to get the...

Yeah, I was hoping for "daily" powers to eventually become "encounter" powers, and possibly (by epic levels) your initial dailies would become at-wills. I was pondering this too, because I was thinking of getting a Slayers D20 4e campaign going (where Fireball is at will for Beautiful Sorcery...

Drinking contest skill challenge Has anyone thought of a Skill Challenge to simulate a drinking contest. I would just like to point out in case our Prime Minister is reading this thread that I don't think in real life that drinking contests, binge drinking or alocpops are a good idea;):angel:

Nope, I would play Orcs as I imagine Orcs would act, as players would play their Int 8 Cha 9 PC as they would think those PCs would act. If they had ranks in intimidate that would reflect some aspect of their PC's background and/or training. I am simply assuming in the case of Orcs that...

I am having trouble understanding all the terms being used. Is there a glossary? Here are my initial guesses: RAW : "rules as written" Infinite Oregano: "You must have memorised every internet gaming meme to participate in these forums"

My opinion is that Orcs have initimidate to bully their minions into obeying orders. I would say that Orcs lack the subtlety required to use this skill to manipulate people in other ways (PC or otherwise), in play this would simply be reflected in how the DM played these monsters.

It would depend on your players. Some players might be tempted to squeeze a couple of millimetres extra out of a move to get a flank, in an easy going group this may be OK but it could arguments in others. Depending on how you adjudicate threatened areas, eg if someone moves in a zone of...

Wouldn't: . . X . . . X X X . X X X X X . X X X . . . X . . Be a 3 by 3 square?? Hee hee, that means 3 x 3=13. ;) When you move, you move faster along the diagonals, so why can't blasts go further? But, in the intersets of keeping things simple (even if there was no specific ruling in the...

I played my first 4e game (FR preview) yesterday and quite pleasantly surprised. The new rules for negative hit points are good. I added 3 check boxes to my character sheet when I went down to -ve HPs, each with a little icon: Wings Halo Harp Each time I missed a save, I got a new piece of...