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Fellows, Can't find any reference to how time zones work with regard to Normal Time Planes. If my elf steps into a portal on the material plane at noon, does he step out in Sigil at noon? If not, and it's the first time going to Sigil (ie., character has no idea what the time zone is), do you...

Thanks so much for this opening gambit! Sunless would have been great, unfortunately I ran it years ago! Definitely likes dragons. Not great with magic, but likes it. Likes NPCs, roleplaying is important, and does not like just battle to battle. Terrain: I imagine DMing the first time is...

Dear Community, My ten year old son has been playing D&D since he was 4. He's an experienced player, but has only now cracked the DMG. (we're 3.5, dabbled in 4, quickly returned to 3.5). He wants to have his very first DM'ing experience beginning in January. I (39) will be a player, along with...

Funny, a dragonfire rifle is exactly what I"ve given him! (they're nearing Ptolus, so used their tech) I built him as a white dragon killer, with a +2 flaming burst greataxe, white dragoncraft full plate, winged boots, and a ring of cold resistance. Should be fun!

Does such a character exist? My group are off in the mountains, and just ran away from an aspect of Tiamat. They're going to run into a Dwarven Keep, for shelter and healing, and I'd like to present them with a champion, who will join them for the Tiamat hunt. 10th level party. So, Dwarf, 10th...

I bought the Ptolus PDF. I am about 100 pages in. My god. I've dreamed of a product like this for 20 years! incredible...

The monk's unarmed attack is indeed deemed BOTH magic AND good. So, not only did she get past the DR, she also did non-regenerative damage to this bad boy! So then, I had them each attack each other twice, at a lower numbered second attack. It would seem though, from this discussion, that they...

Well, we ran the massive grapple, and holy smokes....did we ever learn a lot. the monk chose improved grapple when first created. On perhaps three occasions she has used it, just for a round or two, to overpower someone. Now TENTH level, and she used it extensively for the first time...and may...

Wow, indeed Ptolus seems perfect and mindblowing. I love owning books though, and 300+ for this out of print beauty is unfortunate. If it is the best, I'll buy the pdf. What about Waterdeep, the city of splendour book? On first glance, it seems WAY less detailed than Ptolus, and indeed, detail...

Looking for a well developed city to base a group of 10th level adventurers for a while. Large city on a major river, near mountains. Freeport just not quite right. Using Cauldron in another adventure. Can someone suggest something that won't require too much work for me? iow, a guide or major...

Thanks to both of you. For the tricky number 3: yes, Vegepygmy, opposed grapple checks are only against one person. So, if two of the hobgoblins have successfully pinned, then the pinned person needs to individually break each pin before attempting an escape from grapple i suppose...

It seems clear to me that the Owlbear would a)escape from the grapple, and if successful, would be placed adj to the ranger. b) the owlbear would then use any remaining attacks against the newly arrived pcs. Yes? The owlbear cannot 'choose' to end the grapple, but the Ranger PC may freely...

Some questions: 1) Three hobgoblins grapple a barbarian, one after the other. Do ALL three hobgoblins move into the one square with the barbarian? 2) Monk joins the grapple to help her friend the barbarian. She also successfully starts to grapple. Does she ALSO move into this square of 4...

Thanks for the responses so far. It is indeed a grey rule. A) yes, the Rogue failed the charisma check B) I see no basis anywhere for 're-rolling' the charisma check every round. Haven't done anything of the sort since 1st edition charm spells and see no reason to start now! C)...

Dear Friends, A Rogue PC enters a room, the monster there, a minor demon, successfully casts 'charm monster' ordering the Rogue to leave the room and never enter it again. He runs out, the rest of the party enters and kills the demon. For fun, I have banned the Rogue from entering to search...

1) A +1 wounding pick hits a barbed devil, DR/10 good, for 11 hit points of damage. Does the devil take one hp of damage AND the 1 CON damage? What if no 9 HP damage, therefore no hp damage, still CON damage? 2) I see the rule for range attacks into a melee, but what if your monk is grappling...

May a Monk use Gauntlets of Ogre Power without penalty? Does the deflection bonus of, say, a ring of protection, apply to Touch AC? thanks!

This ready action tactic that has been mentioned several times: is the idea that, instead of simply attacking on the barbarian's turn to do damage to the wizard, he instead readies an action, in the hopes of both doing damage and disrupting a spell? Otherwise, the barbarian is readying on his...

Great Discussion, and the GRAPPLE Thanks guys, this has been great for me. 1) Wizards and open spaces. This has been made abundantly clear several times to us: a Wizard in a small room is toast. A Wizard in a large space who can constantly slip back and fire a lightning bolt is much better...

thanks for that! we knew there had been a good reason 6 months ago that we had called a low level druid out of retirement to use the staff, and thought it was for such a reason, but in scouring the tomes last night, could not find that rule. thanks again!