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In my experience this is an oft asked question and my response is: Magic! Now, this is more so in high magic than in low magic settings. No, magic doesn't cause everyone to read. No, wizards do not walk around teaching everyone to read. No, little Tommy and Jane do not go to bed each night...

He is a Demigod mentioned in _Faiths & Pantheons_ and looks like he will suit my purposes. I wonder why there isn't a (human) god of dreams. FR has a god for everything, how is this common (imho) portfolio missed?

Who would be the FR god of Dreams? Fortune Telling? Selune and Shar have provinces in the night, is that as close as we get?

I do recognize that the DM can say that there are '0' or that there are '1,000,000.' I am really interested in what the FR 'cannon' would be; recognizing that it is probably vague on the subject. Seems most posters are more interest in telling us what they think _should_ be the case, rather...

Or they become a people seeking redemption and a plot that goes beyond simply 'kill anything that doesn't look like you.' It is clear that in the Realms that some Drow are seeking or have found redemption. One of the Seven Sisters (of which i know very, very little) is a Drow. There are...

I am curious about the percentage of ‘good’ drow living in the Realms, both on the surface and possibly in the Underdark. We know that Eilistraee has temples/shrines/support across Faerûn. We know that, while evil, other communities of Drow have come to the surface to escape Lloth dominated...

Cloning gone wrong... Think Dolly... Bahhh Bahh...

Re: High-level Fighters Ever played a Wizard in a dead magic / anti-magic area? Not pretty. The fundamental problem with fighters is not there 'unbalanced' in that they can't compete in a wizard's duel. The problem is that, in general, players make their Fighter (the class) characters into...

D&D is more than a game. The point I was trying to make with my previous post is that "D&D" encompasses more than just a 'game.' Dragon supports "D&D" ("100% Official Dungeons & Dragons" as it says on the cover). While most of us would agree that the RPG is the most important part of the...

D&D is more than rolling d20s, assigning skill points, and choosing armor. There are D&D novels. There are D&D movies (well, there was one...). There are D&D comics, suggestions, computer games, rules lawyer-ing, and last but not least, fiction. Does a piece of fiction set in FR or GH...

I am one of those wierd ones that _like_ the fiction. Why? Because it is like being in the game. It generates ideas, not for just one combat or encounter, or even one adventure; but for an entire campaighn. To me the RP experience (skills, feats, combat, charachter, motivation...) are all...

Yes, clearly. There is no doubt that popularity, prestige, and political power can allow one author to get away with things that another could not. If I took a picture of a man playing a sitar, cut it into pieces and rearranged it and slapped some blue paint across it - calling it Art, people...

I would say yes because it would not be authentic to the character. One of Martin's strengths is that he designs _and_ implements a believable system where the world and the characters therein are true to the system. I think that is what people mean by 'realism,' not reality measured against...

Re: Re: Thinking about it some more... I think this is the crux of the thread, or at least the reason it was started. In a magazine, "Dragon," which deals with subjects such as vastly evil creatures from completely evil planes of existence, how to siege castles and destroy your enemies'...

Why does a _word_ need to be inherently profane for there to be a _concept_ which is profane? Words are simply (poor) representations for concepts and constructs that can not perfectly represent the underlying image. So you need the context or a common understanding to provide context clues to...

As a member of the rest of society, I do not think there is anything inherently "profane" in any word. By "profane" i mean vulgar, coarse. I think context is exceptionally important. If i walk up to my best friend and say "what up B----?" (which i do often because its a vernacular we use in...

I _am_ a lawyer, and am warning you that the fine print _does_ matter! The 'I didn't read it' or 'I didn't understand it' defense will not work. While a contract written by a party will generally be construed agaisnt it (becuase of the bargaining power), that doesn't mean that a court will...

You answered your own question. It is such a hassel that it is not worth keeping track. The game would become one of resource managment rather than role-playing.

Just beware the really s...l...o...w conections :)

FitzChivalry from Hobb's Assassin series (or Tawny Man for that matter)... ... oh wait, playing a character based thereon IMC as we speak. :)