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What did you expect? Convoluted plots are too much hard work for me. I'm much happier just throwing a bunch of stuff out there, as you said, and then just run with what the PCs are focused (or about to focus) on. And then pretend it's convoluted ;)

Thanks. And here's the next update... * * * * * * * * * * “What’s you-auntie?” asks Gareth. “Yuan-ti,” corrects Nameless, realizing as he speaks that this is something he hasn’t encountered in his studies but simply knows due to his connections with Xoriat. “They are a species of humanoids...

Alas, we never got enough written about that to make it a real story hour. But yes, it was (and is, since we're still playing) a pretty interesting and amusing game/story. BTW, I'm almost done with the next writeup, so I should have it up in a couple of days. Watch this space.

Predicting mayhem with the Guardian Angels is ... well, you know :) Five months? Damn. Welcome to the secret club. Yeah, that's something I'd be very interested to read about too. I gather that part of it is the fact that he's doing things very differently to the RAW and it sounds like he...

Once Kallionaxis is dead, Prine skins the dragon with the aid of Korm and Six, while attempting to ignore Gareth’s excited suggestions and discussion of what parts of the skin can be turned into which form of armor. When that is accomplished, the group proceeds to search for her lair. It takes...

Thanks. I'm having a good time here and stuffing myself. One of the biggest advantages to being Indian is the sheer volume of great cuisine, even for someone like me (can't eat spicy food and generally avoid vegetables). And I'm already working on the next update.

I'm off to India for the summer in less than 24 hrs, so there'll definitely be no updates for a few weeks.

Hah! I saw the thread title and thought, "Wait - did someone else do that?" Yup, I'm the player in question. :D Nice try, but no. When I had my PC try to grapple the allip, as a player I could have recited the allip's abilities without looking at the MM. So it had nothing to do with my...

Oh lord, that's horrible! Please tell me the character name wasn't chosen just so you could make that pun. Especially since that would mean you've been letting it marinate for a couple of years! :D Good clarifier. In his current form, Korm isn't really much more abusive than any of the...

Not quite that bad, as Rackhir noted. And this is how the Angels deal with a CR 18 dragon that has a caster level of 23... * * * * * * * * * * Kallionaxis’ horrid wilting strikes the entire group, painfully draining the water from their bodies, wounding Nameless and Prine especially badly. Even...

I'll comment on one area here: You can go one further, if you want to de-emphasize the combat focus in D&D, which I've very successfully used and seen used by others. Rather than awarding XP for killing things, simply award a certain amount of XP every session, irrespective of what the PCs do...

That's what I presume happened in at least a few cases, if not most. And here I thought you were the guy asking for precise use of language :D! That we agree on. Much of what I'm focusing on here is a third form of sexism, i.e. privileging the experience/taste/desire of one sex and...

Yeah, the lack of the mail-alerts is messing up my ability to keep up with the threads I like too, esp. since I'm not on ENWorld that often any more. Hopefully I'll have another update sometime this week. Good question(s). I've got some ideas on the subject myself, but I thought I'd get you...

That's just beautiful :D

I'll post more later, but on the subject of dumb/sexist art in RPGs, I just saw this post in the "Proper Use of Nudity in FRPG Art" thread and it cracked me up :D

Personally, I find that the ideas of males about how another male who isn't them should act are off too. And females about males/females too. Most people just aren't that good at working out what makes others tick, which is why the whole "I don't want players to play different genders because...

:D :D :D You just about summed up Proserpine's response, I think. I tend to get less upset about such stuff, though I don't feel any the less strongly about it. :D Agreed on all counts. It's definitely better than it was. There's just scope for more improvement. As I (and others) have...

Some of you are damn patient readers! I am too when it comes to work-related stuff, but I can't recall the last time I made it through a thread this size post by post. Good thing I started this one :) Thanks. Glad you liked it, and I esp. liked that you picked up (and apparently so did some...

Nice image! True. Which is why I'm calling :) I agree that it seems to be so. Obviously, I have some issues with that. And I think it's especially amusing (though I understand why it exists) when that gets applied to non-human fantasy species to, which it often/usually does. Fair enough...

Sounds like it, in more ways than one. Thanks for the specific examples.