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It appears that you based this on the Complete Rules version of S&W (which I have only just recently discovered; as opposed to the White Box rules or the Core Rules versions, with which I am familiar). I posted this over on the S&W forum, but I'll post it here, too, for anyone interested in...

Did you read the article you quoted? It doesn't seem like it, so let me draw your attention to the following quote: "Israeli warplanes bombed a reactor project at the site in 1981. Later, U.N. inspectors documented and safeguarded the yellowcake, which had been stored in aging drums and...

I just hit my daily XP limit, so Happy Holidays to everyone else!

Ah, I see. I should have looked up Stealth Synergy. I figured it just gave you some static bonus. Instead, this feat makes Stealth checks much easier. Here's the math, in case you (or anyone else) wanna know. Let p be the probability of individual success, so 1-p is the probability of...

Answer: Even though each individual might have a very high probability of success, the party will always be less competent when working as a team, in some cases far less competent. (Thanks binomial distribution!) For example, if everyone has a probability p = 0.90 of success, then the party of...

How 'bout ridiculous pictures of Puck?

Another interested window-shopper...

The only possible excuse for not understanding THAC0 is not being able to subtract negative numbers. Really. If one finds that one cannot wrap one's head around that, just subtract the roll from one's THAC0 and announce the result (the AC that can be hit).

The suspense is killing me...

Indeed, please do update as the campaign progresses.

You know there's something wrong in [insert your favorite country] when dumb players can't be slapped... I'm Flatus Maximus, and I approve this message.

He chooses at the time of use.

When it's over (sniff), maybe you can start a "Should Acererak have an advantage?" thread? Anyway: It's been 6 months and I still can't XP you for this thread! I'll get around to it, eventually...

Perhaps a minor quibble, but I don't think the animal suddenly learns a language if its Int is bumped to 3, though it does now have the capacity to learn a language. So one thing you could do (if you don't have speak with animals always on): bump the Int to 3 and then have the animal take a rank...

No, but you do need to tell it to attack, and who to attack. I don't think this is right. It still needs to be told what to do, so either you speak to it in its language (speak with animals), or you need a Handle Animal check to tell it to Attack. An Int of 3+ just lets it pick a wider variety...

Yay! My first double post!

I think even with the increased Int, you'd still need to make a Handle Animal check to have it do "tricks," e.g., Attack. I think what you need is speak with animals -- then you can actually talk to the animal and tell it what to do. Since it is your companion, presumably it'll do what you ask...

Hobo/Elf Witch: I sincerely don't know why you found my comments patronizing, but apologies. I'm not telling people what to do or how to play. I'm just pointing out that there is a difference between enjoying games of chance and enjoying "winning" games of chance. If I know a friend doesn't...

Some people seem to be equating playing a game with having fun. They are not the same thing. I know lots of people who won't play games because they hate losing. They don't enjoy the experience of playing the game, win or lose. Having fun when you win, and not having fun when you lose is just...

This just can't be repeated enough. It's a game. Where outcomes are determined by dice.