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If you have your characters rub pepper in their eyes... Hmmm, I may choose to have root canal instead.

In my opinion, the in-game penalties for being blind are not severe enough. Try closing your eyes and performing a task, such as touching a pet cat who does not want to be touched.

If you have your characters rub pepper in their eyes, then you won't have to worry about them seeing anything that "you can't fit the distances on your physical game table". What can be seen is potentially part of any encounter. There are some very simple ways to deal with distances greater...

I have never played WoW, nor any other video game (excepting Space Invaders a hand full of times). My only exposure to WoW came from South Park. But it impossible to exist in society and not understand what a video game is. There are two video game characteristics that I believe have...

Most rituals are cast in remote ares, where few components are available. I had to cast three month's of Traveler's Feast and Endure Elements (twice each per day) because our party of eight was snowed in in an abandoned ruins with no food or firewood.

As the party's Wizard, I did most of the ritual casting. First, all arcane based rituals were given to me without costing me share of treasure. The Cleric got the religion, nature and healing based rituals. When the Cleric died, the Warlord got the healing based rituals and I got the rest. Four...

That could be said for most game characteristics, including games without levels. That was one aspect of our game. Our first few years we played all heroes. Then we learned how much fun evil was, and that dominated our game for a few years. Then we graduated to characters that focused on world...

We just started a new game of 3.5E, and to no surprise I am playing a Wizard again. We just made fourth level, and Silent Illusion has saved the party twice and Rope Trick once. The Sleep spell has been by far the best weapon of the entire party. And only the Cleric (Longstrider) and I...

As one of the higher level characters, my first thought would be regret at sharing the looted treasure and experience with a lower level fodder who did not pull their own weight in battle. Every game is different, and upthread I stated (correctly) that another player was of a minority view...

As one of the higher level characters, my first thought would be regret at sharing the looted treasure and experience with a lower level fodder who did not pull their own weight in battle. My second thought would be that since the lower level fodder was wealthy, that I was looking forward to...

Yes, but it does not all have to be role played out to get the first level character back up to where the others are, while the others watch in inactivity. There are two basic ways to create a higher level character from scratch. 1) Look at all the levels at once, and add them all in at the...

Anyways, I still don't see the point. What's the advantage of starting at 1st level, when the rest of the party is like 12th? When my company looses an employee (like an adventuring group), we try to replace that person with someone of approximately equal experience. We will not replace a 12th...

This is the core point that must be addressed. D&D is a game... it need not follow reality when reality opposes fun. No DM has ever been complemented for a great game because they meticulously followed a rigid system of rules. Great DMs are recognized because all players enjoy the game, not...

I did this as a player and as a DM. I had one player whose character died take over an Ogre Mage, then backstab the rest of the monsters during their ambush. He then appealed to the other characters (actually the players) to allow him join the group. What the heck... it's only a game, so I...

This was one of the first rules to be thrown out.

I like to write an outline on scrap paper, then I write in the details on the computer. I try to get everything I need on one page, including scene descriptions monsters/NPCs, stats and effects. I like PDFs, because I can cut-n-paste. If I don't have a PDF, I make references to book/page. As a...

Since this preference is of my creation, and is shared by most players I know, it is definitely "a player induced phenomena". The opinion tends to be that player enjoyment increases when their character can do more, but mot too much. Both "more" and "too much" are subjective, and your mileage...

This would be a really difficult thing to 'make up'. Next group Paragon group I'm in, I will try to video record an encounter, and later on type in the details.

If you're ever in Suzail in Cormyr, please stop by Raguel's Discount Magic Mart, I am selling looted used magic items for only 60% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price!

Approaching 30th level should be like approaching the speed of light. The closer you get, the harder it is to get there. If I were running an Epic tier group, there would be more game sessions than usual between levels. In earlier D&D editions and now in 4.0E, I have always enjoyed playing...