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House Rules Maybe of interest: the house rules... Bigest change was made on the magic system. We don't use the slot system anymore, but developed a point-based spell system. The spells are still sorted into levels, but the caster can choose the caster level of the spell, e.g., a wizard 10...

Ok, here it goes on...I have a bit more time now, but had to improvise the yesterday session somewhat. The party was making a plan about what to do next. Instead of going to the cloister, they decided to go to Ashanath (an unclaimed area north of Two Stars, where some Thayan farmers herd cattle...

Next sunday will be the next session. I'm not 100% sure about what to do next. There are some options: 1) The party is now united, but still partially weakened. The group's plan is to seek asylum in the cloister where the monk was trained. There, the party wants to recover, get some spells and...

While I agree on that one, a rules lawyer wouldn't: as long as a PC can speak, he is not unconcious and thus may be able to act, i.e. cast spells (unless not otherwise being disabled). That's why I was wondering. /offtopic Hm, if Miko was at -3128 hp, she maybe was a deathless Frenzied...

Here are the stats of the hathran (my PC), almost no equipment at the moment.... Jasmina Larad Female Human (Rashemi), Clr 4 / Sor 3 / Hth 10 (using FRCS 3.0 rules!) / MyT 2; CR 19; Medium Humanoid (Human); grey eyes, long black hair, size 1m65, weight 110 pds., age 21. HD 4d8+8 + 15d4+30; hp...

Liked Miko's part in the story (the whole part not only her physical end ;) ). Hm, would be nice if the D&D rules would offer an opportunity for some last words. Now, at 1 hp a PC could kill lots of foes (both in melee and spell combat). At 0 hp, he has the option to retreat or go down...

Bad feelings: more for the OotS, should they get into the throne room, too :]

I did expect some laments from the players, but surprisingly, no one complained. The player of the ranger regarded the loss of the items a good idea, actually ;) The group has lost some effectiveness, especially the damage output in melee fights has lowered. With the bodyguard dead and the...

Oh, I forgot that to mention, have to clarify it... The tempest thought that it would be the best for her friends if she stays away from the party. She has a CN alignment (and only a Wis score of 10) and thus sometimes makes unpredictable decisions ;) Second, she hoped that she has better...

Last weekend, the story continued... The party has successfully left the the prison complex and was forced to rest two hours later, because most party members were totally exhausted. Ca. one hour later after the talk with the Green Dragon, the ranger noticed approaching persons. He found out...

Yeah, I tried that once (giving 'medieval' people futuristic weapons), but it didn't work that good. So, should I use a creature from a futuristic setting, it certainly will not dish-out weapons, bombs, and the like to people who cannot handle that. So, even if the party gets a laser gun, they...

Ok, here is the leader of the Two Stars assassination squad: Ajuntis of Telflamm Male Human (Damaran) Rog11/Asn7; CR 18; Medium Humanoid (Human); brown eyes, black short hair, size 1m75, weight 170 pds. HD 18d6+54; hp 119; Init +9; Spd 30 ft/x4; AC 24 (+5 armor, +5 dex, +1 natural, +2...

Thanks, I will try to post the PC stats after the next session (will take place next monday, I don't have the sheets at hand). The alienist is a sorcerer/alienist with the eschew materials feat, so he doesn't need a spellbook. As he is very paranoid, he had chosen Private Sanctum and other...

Thanks. I don't like the idea of deus ex machina either, so I used the idea of the alienist's frequent contacts with the Far Realms. The mind-link power he learned there is very useful but also very exhausting (it costs him the energy of a level 9 spell and 1 Con point, temporarily). I think...

Yeah, but that's often the case when a PC is on a solo tour and then gets into trouble...not so easy to handle. Nevertheless, the story continued. To bring the group together (easier for me as the DM), and to minimise a vendetta (the monk always seeks revenge when someone treated him bad, he is...

Yes, that is often a problem with the CR system. Another example is the balor. A party of level 18 has no chance against this CR 20 monster, IF the DM plays it properly (i.e., the balor uses blasphemy and summons up another balor to finish the group off). I knew that the aging breath is a big...

Very true. It forced the party to turn all attacks against the dragon to eliminate the threat of being aged to death (except for the druid, who is immune to magical aging, and the elf, who has lots of years before him). I'd say that CR 16 is appropriate for THIS special dragon. Magic Missile...

My idea is to use him as a puppet, either by geas, charm person or dominate person. This would be useful to give the party a very bad reputation... IIRC, Modify Memory should also be able to extract more information from the monk's mind.

Exactly that has happened, well, nearly...Thanks for the idea, I modified it a bit. The hathran was attacked the same night when the landhouse was attacked by the rogues. However, this time it was done by an ambitious red wizard who leads a group of 4 people (himself, his Thayan knight, a...

Thanks for everyone's input so far. Last night, the story continued. I abandoned the idea using poison which was good luck for the party because no one checked for poisoned water (in the well) or poisoned door knobs within the house. Hmm, I expected them to be more cautious. Well, maybe next...