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    How does the Mob template work in 3.5?

    You guys seem to be talking at cross-purposes. One of you wants to be able to beat the stuffing out of high level characters. "Even though your character is high level, you should _never_ take it for granted that you'll be able to stomp something." The other is cheering on mook rules, and how...
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    DM's Toolkit Program--NOW AVAILABLE!

    You need to remove the ~. The main address is http://www.aeyrie.net/dmtools/Toolkit_Main.html you'll notice the ~ has been removed from in front of "dmtools". Copy/Paste the link into your address window and remove the tilde and you're fine. Do the same with the download and it will download...
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    E6: The Game Inside D&D

    Well, Ryan had this to say... So any "work" is going to be coming from someone else. Part of what you've got to ask yourself though, is what exactly it is you're trying to get from some sort of E6 for 4th Ed. Ryan had some pretty specific things he wanted to focus on when he made E6 and it...
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    September RPG Book Club: Monsters and other Childish Things

    I haven't been able to run this yet, but part of that is because the one person that would be willing to play (my wife) doesn't really have a "cool!" reaction to the premise. Kid, monster... it's ok, it's just not something that wows her. However... One nifty thing about MaOCT is that the...
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    E6: The Game Inside D&D

    Yup. Sort of. There's the E6 document that's posted at the beginning of the thread. But there was an awful lot of other discussion stuff that's gone on since then. "Capstone" feats, ideas for prestige classes, some stuff about increasing casters abilities... Ryan was involved with some of it...
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    Classless/Point Buy d20?

    Heh. Any point system can be abused. The big lie people tell themselves is that "point-based" means "balanced". I've never seen a point-based system yet that can't be abused, and I don't think I've ever seen anyone seriously argue that 2 characters of the same point value in any point-based...
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    Anything new for D20 modern or D20 BESM

    Actually, BESM went to White Wolf. They published one print run of BESM 3E and that was it. Currently, it appears as though BESM is dead in all its forms including BESMd20. Maybe White Wolf will do something with it, but I'm not holding my breath. As for the whole Traveller -> Star Trek...
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    Legend of the 5 Rings - 3rd Edition: Tell me About It

    A number of people over at rpg.net feel that the rules as presented in Legend of the Burning Sands are much better than the presentation in the 3rd Ed book. Disclaimer: I know nothing about L5R other than it sounded like a game I'd really like to get into but refuse to because of the whole CCG...
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    Any experience with Uresia?

    I've got some experience with it, although not running it "straight up". It's currently being used in a game I'm running for my wife. The world is basically all islands floating in the air, and she's playing an Airship pirate. Uresia is being used mostly as is to fill in the "gaps" of the...
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    DMs: Do you tell players the DC before they roll?

    I usually do. I also usually roll out in the open too.
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    A lot of creatures, but not really a swarm or mob

    If you really like it, go for it. It seems kinda complicated to me, and I'd simply go with Mook rules myself. You can find a couple of approaches in this thread: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=208523 I think the rules that Psion linked to would do just fine for the sort of...
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    Gaming Pride / Gaming Shame

    I spend 40 hours a week basically being a bitch for six people. I don't feel I am a bitch, it's just something I do. Just because someone spends a fair amount of time (or time and effort) at something doesn't mean that they also derive self-identity from it. I've spent 20 years playing and...
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    Armour rules from Unearthed Arcana

    I ran a BESMd20 variant game for a year. It featured Armor as DR, and a Class Defense bonus. I didn't have any real problems with how it worked out, and actually liked how it played. Some folks complain about the whole dagger thing. "OMFG!!!1! It's br0kn!! If I have a dagger, the plat mail guy...
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    Gaming Pride / Gaming Shame

    I started out being pretty open about it, but I quickly kept it to myself after I had some problems at work because of it. Specifically, someone overheard me talking to another guy about it (both of us played) and came to the conclusion that I was a "devil worshipper". She complained about it...
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    How do you scare your players?

    It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway... Make sure your players are actually interested in this in the first place. Just because they're playing a "horror" game doesn't mean they want somebody trying to jack with their head. It'd be considered poor form for me to get up and punch...
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    Artificer Handbook Update

    Thanks very much for posting that. Thanks also to der_kluge for his email response to me.
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    Artificer Handbook Update

    A while ago, der_kluge uploaded an update to the Artificer's Handbook rules here at ENWorld. However, I'm unable to find the #$%#$ thread where it is, and I seem to have lost the file. Anyone able to help a fellow out?
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    Classless/Point Buy d20?

    I'll certainly be interested in seeing the preview.
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    d20 3.0 SRD Complete?

    I realize it's not rtf format, but over on Zombler he's got the 3.0 SRD online, and you can get the html version for download as well. Zombler - Content Just load up the "index" page of the downloaded html version, and you've got a nice and pretty copy of the online 3.0 SRD. He does note that...
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    Reshuffling Skills ...

    I'm not quite sure what you're really arguing for, but as someone that's been trained to be an interpreter, I've gotta say you're partially wrong. There's some pretty big differences in terms of ability to speak a language. You've got things like "register" (how formal or informal your word...
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