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"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." "Stop saying that!" or the even greater "To the pain"

Then when the players kill the NPCs they have 4 times the amount of stuff they used to have. Or all the PCs end up dead. It's a slippery slope not an illusion. Once you start down that path it is very hard to turn back.

For the bow - have a look at bag of tricks. There are different types of bag so pick the one where the creatures are of similar power to celestial eagles and use that price. Add it as a fixed price to the bow - don't make it a +x power, straight cash is the way to go. For the armour I wonder...

One of the problems is you DONT actually want them to roleplay their fear. What you want them to roleplay is being brave enough to confront their fear - by going down into the hole / cave / lair / etc. Having one (or more) players suddenly derailing the game because 'their character' would...

This would appear to be a misunderstanding of new technolody. Theoretically if you use HDMI to connect your dvd player to the television AND the source is hi-def AND the signal fails a handshake (i.e. one side doesn't support the encryption) THEN there is a POSSIBILITY that the source will drop...

Isn't that WotC's point? Paragon is the perfection of normality, Epic is leaving the constrains of normality behind. Therefore Epic is better than Paragon.

I agree with Edena - try a change of pace before ruining the group. I joined a group that had been playing for a decade or so. Everybody turned up out of loyalty but nobody was really enjoying themselves. Since I was a new boy they agreed to try different games and it reinvigorated the whole...

I complained that. Reading the red book OD&D my mind was afire with possibilities. Reading 1st ed / 2nd ed books (it was a friends library and thus mixed up) my mind was afire with possibilities. Reading 3rd ed I had to struggle to make it through the books and I was bored out my skull. That...

There has been mention of poison reduction so I'd assume normal DR is in as well. Maybe something was mentioned in the dragon encounter they did ages ago.

Isn't a doomspore basically a trap? When touched it triggers a poison gas cloud. Resets in 5 minutes. It's no different or more difficult to run than a current gas trap. The difference is 3rd ed (and previous) had the expectation that traps were found outside combat and 4th ed is going the...

People are probably turning up for the social aspect rather than the gaming aspect so they seem happy to advance the story slowly. Double check your expectation of what the group should be acheiving - are you trying to force a more complex game onto them than they want? On the mechanics side I...

I agree with this. If the players are already complaining they can't keep up with the plots then throwing more in-game activities at them isn't going to help. Talk to the player, ask him to dial it back. If he does then offer him some nice simple straight forward encounters to let him get his...

I understand your point but I disagree. They are not invalidating your expenditure they are JUST producing a new version. Supreme Commander is just a prettier version of Total Annihiliation yet I had to spend over a thousand on a new computer to play it. Final Fantasy 12 was just a prettier...

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Have one of the players handle initative order - it's there job to tell everybody else who's turn it is and who's next. (This frees up a lot of DM time I find and telling the players who's next gives them time to start planning 'early') Roll damage and to-hit dice at the same time. Suprising...

If / when your party kill 3 of the attackers will the rest switch to real damage, run away or stay with subdual?

The problem is not the adventurers - it's the monsters. In a world without monsters then there would be definite limits put on the power of adventurers by legitimate authorities. However in a world where a red Dragon can turn up in the neighbourhood and start annihilating your property having...

There had been a previous discussion about how you can't just keep giving more and more loot to the players or else everything ends up out of whack (the 20th level loot, 5th level saves issue) This means the McGuffin the party needs has to be in some way tied to the appropriate target. You...

For a 2 hour game then yes. For a multiple month campaign .... then why didn't he kill his nemesis in the first 2 hours? I agree the idea of a levelless game is doable and would be fine with the right group but personally I'd find the challenge offered to be poor. You can either fight the...

"My name is Inyo Monteres. You killed my father. Now prepare to kill me because I haven't improved at all throughout my career." Nah, doesn't work for me. (and yes I know I can't spell that guys name correctly)