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I didn't think I was - my intent was the opposite. I possibly misread emotion into your earlier post, when you might've possibly been still talking about the rules. In context, my post was intended more to convey "even as a former platoon leader, I think putting any emotion into this is silly"...

Other ideas. - Player's "deck" can also contain specific gear items (like treasure cards for paizo). Make cards for: -Action points (i.e. use instead of other action point tokens, plus they have rules on them) -Conditions (like Dying, for the DM to hand out) -Character sheet: to save room and...

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet - from Dave Noonans blog about "The Colors of 4e": "One of the things you'll see when you get a real copy of the Player's Handbook is that color conveys meaning in the graphic design. Specifically, at-will powers get green headers, encounter powers get...

We are talking about D&D, a game that doesn't simulate reality, but is instead designed around the concept of constantly killing things and taking their stuff... and occasionally (but temporarily) dying yourself. The mechanic in question (i.e. permanent level retarding) is a glitch, not a tool...

(As a veteran platoon leader, your impassioned response seems a little silly to me, but) 'Role'playing aside: PC's can die through no fault of the player, and cohorts especially are likely to die simply because they are near situations designed for higher level PC's. The balance system can be...

The rules allow for it to aid attack rolls and skill checks, but most interpret that to include things like grapple checks and ability checks (like strength rolls*... which is indeed an expectation of the rules). The rules aren't perfectly written, but we have some solid precedence here for RAI...

So far, yes Well, in this scenario only one kobold is considered grappling. The non-grappling ones can still aid in grapple checks (even to pin), but they are not technically grappling the opponent themselves, so the opponent would only have to break the hold of the first kobold in order to no...

Unless the opponent has a high grapple roll, each of the kobolds are likely better off making individual rolls... thanks to the shallow bell curve of two d20 rolls, the standard deviation is fairly high, meaning that at least one will do well. Also, once one starts the grapple, the rest of them...

That is actually not a truism. I've seen this happen also. With strategic use of XP (i.e. routinely staying just below the leveling threshold) one can even cause this to happen fairly often.

Excellent. I agree completely.

It's a good explanation, but I'm not positive that this was the case. All I can be certain is that it is a poorly written stipulation (i.e. unintuitive and difficult to adjudicate). I like the earlier mentioned Dark Template from Tome of Magic: "Use the Hide skill even while being observed...

While I'm the one that always maintains that RAI beats RAW... I'm not positive what RAI is here. Is it "common sense" that a Shadowdancer's HIPS works in complete darkness, or did the writer's intend for the ability to require an actual 'shadow' somewhere?

I sometimes allow permanently animated objects to serve as prosthetics.

I was actually being facetious, but semantically: darkness is the absence of light, while shadow implies the presence of light. From the dictionary: "a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light." ... so a small object sitting in the shadow of a large...

Doesn't the "composite" prefix accomplish that?

We would normally just follow the rules if possible. Ray of Ice says: "A frozen creature can free itself with a DC 18 Strength check or by dealing 15 points of damage to the ice." The rules say "Acid and sonic attacks deal damage to most objects just as they do to creatures; roll damage and...

I guess this explains why giants throw rocks...

Taunting is described in the 3.5 Dragonlance campaign setting book (p.29), but is not described as supernatural (and anyone can do it... Kenders just have a natural +4 to the roll). It is basically just a contest of bluff check vs. sense motive (standard action) that acts like a mild...

"When a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, he is tired of life" - Discworld ancient proverb.

I kinda view that as being incorporated in the saving throw. Still, you could maybe allow a wisdom check (DC = poison DC) to notice a strange taste if someone is specifically saying they are testing their food. Other rolls that could be used (depending on the circumstance): - Craft (poison) -...