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Hello True20 fans. The all-new, juicy, delicious, Warriors's Handbook on PDF is now avalable. It does for warriors what the Expert's and Adept's Handbook does for these classes. Definately even's the playing field for warriors. Buy it at: http://greenronin.com/store/grr1713e/ :)...

Brother you are reeeaaacching. Though I offer the smackdown to munchkinism at my table, if something is in the rules it is by default not cheating to use it. Even using the letter of the rule as opposed to the spirit of the rule isn't cheating as such behavior is often exploiting a loophole...

Its not only a question of racial mixing, its a whole dynamic of believability I don't want to DM or play in a setting that is basically a fantasy version of the Star Trek Federation. Dull as dirt IMO. I do not like "shiny happy campaigns" where the only people who have societies with...

IME cheaters cheat. They cheat to win and will find any means to do so. I don't think the cheater is more a narrativist than a gamist or a simulationist....she's a lying cheaterist. Her real problem is that her perspective is one of winning vs. losing in a RPing game. There is also the...

That's what having a strong opinion is these days. Just like cheating is an acceptable playstyle. Because we all know that all points of view are equally valid. We could get into the endless loop of: "Well you can't say that a cheater's playstyle is invalid because all points of view are...

You cheat, you get called on it. I would warn once privately that if I catch her cheating again she's no longer welcome at my table. She can take her 'playstyle' :confused: somewhere else. I am not going to bend over backwards to accomodate someone who has a problem with following a simple...

This kind of thinking is of a paradigm I saw very frequently when both myself and my players were teens. There were the players for whom playing the game was its own reward. Just the opportunity to play an interesting character in an immersive setting is reward enough. These types of players...

I think there was a book called Lords of Darkness that expanded the bad guys a bit. Agreed. I recall the Return of the Archwizards trilogy where an army of folk, led by the Chosen, were slaughtering beholders and Illythids left and right. It was very, very over the top. FR initially...

That is one way to do it. Something like the way Eberron attempted to limit the number of high level NPCs. I don't know how that worked out for Eberron however. You set it up that way, run it that way and that's cool. The only argument I have is when someone would claim to espouse the one true...

Of course bards exaggerate, it makes for a better story. This doesn't mean that they have to exaggerate for the sake of the PCs. Never as a DM have I encountered, "Oh no, we just entered Cormyr and suddenly I feel my heroism drained away for the good King Azoun is greater than us. For shame...

That works and works well from time to time. As I said before, there is no hard and fast rule on the use of NPCs because there can't be. There are too many types of stories out there that are told and in each of these the support system for the protagonists (the PCs) is different. Sometimes...

No, because, as I state in my last post all the DM has to do is find a believable reason not to involve the NPC. This isn't difficult if the world isn't brimming with uber-NPCs. Fair enough. FR was guilty of this because there were a large number of extremely powerful NPCs. If I recall...

Ah, there is the rub. Allowing the PCs to know of the NPCs abilities is 'rubbing their nose in it'? If there is a great mage, lord protector knight of the realm, warrior king, mighty high priest, etc. the PCs are going to hear about it...people talk. Taverns are full of stories NOT just those...

Some of the thinking on this subject would actually make a setting full of weak doddering old wizards, weak doddering old kings, weak doddering old high priests, etc. that populate a world that: 1. Quails endlessly in fear while hopelessly waiting for the PCs to arrive on the scene. 2. Has...

How one uses supporting NPCs is entirely context dependant. A sidekick A mentor A love interest A family member A society the PCs belong to (the Harpers, church hierarchy) etc. They all provide plot hooks and the opportunity for interaction that supports the plot or adds versimilitude by...

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Ah blame the victim..."If you fall for propaganda masquerading as an unbiased review that's your fault." How can you really educate yourself if you can't look at the book prior to purchase? You read reviews of others along with overt company copy designed to sell you a product. Many people don't...

I agree. I look for reviews that contain real meat and not so much for the personal impressions of the reviewer but if I have the same tastes as the reviewer personal impressions will have some pact. However, in regards to posting reviews to get exposure....not ethical in the least because it...

Apology accepted. I own a few of your products and I like them. I also like that you are going to support the OGL and its going to take good new products to keep the 3.5e system alive. I am honestly surprised that you did what you did but you are doing the right thing. Good form. Wyrmshadows

My question as well. Any issue over fixed vs. standardized HP is a non-issue. DMs can decide with their players which system to use in their game the same way they can decide whether or not they prefer to use dice rolls or various standardized arrays to generate character stats. All Pathfinder...