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Embarrasing DM Stories... no extra charge OK, this isn't quite on topic, but still.... I once DM'd a guy who got the Invulnerable Coat of Arnd and killed Asmodeus. Yes it was in junior high school... why do you ask? My only solution was to have him ascend to Asgard and become Thor's...

We just lost half the party to bad dice rolls. I was the barbarian/tank, and we were fighting a high-AC, high-DR critter. They were all assisting me with something like a total +8, so I could use full power attack. That evening, I rolled three 1's in a row, and two 1's in a row twice, in...

Spring Attack + reach weapon? Readied action to move, poke, move again? I know the Guisarme is a reach + trip weapon, but I'm partial to long spears. Telas

Excellent point. I keep forgetting about the "take 10" rule.... I blame my 1st edition background.... :\ So a seveth level Expert could gross 100GP a week, netting about 66GP - rent, lab upkeep, etc. I guess I can live with that, especially as a fifth level Expert can do it with a decent...

Grappling Rant Grappling has always been a rough patch in the D&D rules. Since learning how to grapple (in real life), it's even more annoying. Any clarification or simplification is appreciated, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the columns. I agree that you should be able to melee...

Or you blow a whole week doing nothing but running the risk of destroying a chunk of your investment and (critical fumbles are in my campaign) ending up with a D6 of damage and a soot-stained face a la Wile E. Coyote. With a DC25, you'd need 13 ranks of Craft (alchemy) and a 500GP lab to have...

To extend a point made earlier: Good players are harder to find in 3.x than they were in 1.0. They're all powergamers and rules-lawyers. I have to say "because I said so" more in one session in 3.x than I had to do in a month of 1.0. Telas

The following is my opinion, and strictly for use in my campaign. However, you may wish to note my reasons for my opinion, and apply them to your campaign. <-- (My attorney made me say this.) Poison itself is not evil, it is just a tool, as a lockpick set is "just a tool". And, just like a...

Bingo. If we were to discard all the rules that don't make sense, we'd have to write a new system so complicated that ... well, it'd be like having a life-sized map. :\ I'll keep it for now, as the party's Gnome Sorcerer is going to occasionally try to create Thunderstones and such...

I had a long analysis of the Craft skill written, but it basically boils down to this: Craft (Alchemy) DCs are really high compared on a per-price basis with the other Craft skills. The only thing on there with near the DCs are Masterwork quality and "complex or superior items (locks)", both...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but is this a correct interpretation of Craft (Alchemy)? To make a Thunderstone (300SP), I need a DC25 roll. If I roll a 25 and multiply it by the DC, I get a minimum of 625, which allows me to make the stone in roughly three days. So I can either fail the...