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I'm never sure what to put in french, and what not to. Fils de pute = son of a whore, common french insult.

Normand spits before talking. "Fils de Pute Ortu. Wouldn't be surprised to learn he wear robes himself." Looking around, he then shrugs at the rest of what Marcel said. "True pilgrims wouldn't be much of a threat, I'd think. And I doubt they come here that often, and two of them just left...

I never thought the trap was crazy unfair, like the Sun in the room thing. The problem is that we have too little information, really, to know if the trap was fair for those characters. Here's what we know.. -There's a secret door in the room and an obvious lever -The characters looked for...

It's not like in a play, though, and you shouldn't approach your PC like it's a character in one. Say you are preparing to play Hamlet in.. Hamlet. You can get in the character, know how he thinks, get into how he reacts to different things that happen into the play, like meeting the ghost of...

Well I think we agree on the extreme crazy stuff. IE Slife's example. So, going on that, and given the info we got from the OP, would you agree that while perhaps fair, it wasn't fair to put the trap there, given the fact that the monk missed his save with a 19?

I, for one, work exactly like fusangite, and have played very varied characters. The thing to remember is that I (and probably fusangite) don't make up everything as we go. I do have a basic framework (human rogue, 23 years old, untrusting of authorities, maybe a couple more things). But then...

RC, just to verify.. You are saying that, basically, virtually any trap is fair (bearing the extreme crazy stuff), but it might not be fair to put them in certain places. For example, the OP's trap is fair, but it might not have been fair to put it there.

Here's a trap. DC 25 to find/disarm, 2d6+12 damage, Reflex save for half (DC 28) Is that fair or unfair?

Where the trap is, and even how obvious it might be, to me, is sorta irrelevant. A trap that kills someone who springs it despite the fact that they roll a 19 on a "good" save is a tad overkill for me, unless it guards something extremely important, and it's obvious that it does. By the OP...

The way they did it for 3rd edition. As others have pointed out, I'm hesitant to say they used Greyhawk, since, really, the only thing of importance they used was the Gods. Sure, there's the names of a few NPCs in spells, but that's hardly world-shaping. This way is pretty much perfect, since...

Considering that I only use one (Incarnum), I voted for it. While it has nothing at all in common with it, I use it as others use psionics in their games.

Well I've said before, I've got a great memory for trivia. So I guess that helps. And yeah, maybe people who don't have that quirk will find things harder. I dunno, I'm just saying for me, it isn't an issue at all. Well it depends. If you have, say, 5 players, they are at level 12-13, some...

Without looking at a rulebook.. Darkvision is easy, whatever footage they have will work no matter what, barring magical darkness. Torch is 30'. Low-light vision double what a "normal" vision gives. Plate (I'm assuming Full Plate) takes 4 minutes to put on, with help, and can't be put on...

Combat Speed: No problem there, or there shouldn't be. I know the rules very, very well (not bragging here, I'm just good at remembering trivia (and yes, D&D rules qualifies)). My players know that, and trust me, so combat goes quick.. Or it should. That one player of mine just isn't that...

Not you, Ortu. It's perfectly fine to have a few predictable NPCs, as there is predictable people in the real world, too. And since the rest of the cast is not as predictable as he is, it's all good, my good man.

Obviously I'm back from the delicious land of smoked meat and poutine. Thanks for the good wishes, it was a wonderful trip. And Normand figures he tried long enough to make nice with Ortu, and is over the man's surlishness. :)

Normand had taken note of the tireur's look earlier on, and is getting tired of the other man's crappy attitude. So, with a smile he calls out.. "Hey Ortu, why don't you help Marcel and I chase them? I once heard those jackals don't attack each other." As the rather predictable man throws...

Amusingly, an overwhelming encounter at somewhat higher levels should be more dangerous. 1st level characters should be wary of a rumble no matter what.

But there was! Any 1st level party that thinks they can take on a location with "great treasure" without even a tad of research ignored a pretty huge pointer.

I blame the wizard. He had nothing to lose and everything to gain by letting the pally know without letting the rogue know that he snitched! Seriously, while the DM isn't to blame for the actual situation, he is definitively to blame for letting a player stew in his own juices for 3 hours for...