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Pharmacy school: bane of updates. Regardless, I hope the summer is treating you well, Shemeska.

This pretty well sums up my attitude towards railroading players into the Asmodeus-end-all-be-all mold: Tieflings and aasimar should be whatever the Player and DM agree upon and a choice always beats none.

It's high time to revive Planescape. Ravnica is a poor substitute and what's been done to tieflings since 2E is an abomination. TSR got tieflings and aasimar right back then and WotC has consistently screwed up the Planes--the Great Wheel is the only model for me.

Still don't like the artwork. Were Brom, Diterlizzi, and Barlowe unavailable? Oh well...

No surprises here. Players want freedom and aren't really into being bipedal sphincters constantly causing problems for and within the party, hence the preference for Chaos and Good over Law and Evil.

The to-hit bonuses/penalties kept more of a combat simulator or wargame feel to the important encounters. There is no logic in a bo stick being just as dangerous to an opponent in full plate as a footman's flail--none. Percentile strength scores? I'll agree with you there. Strength differences...

We didn't use them for every encounter, but as DM I did insist that they be used for all important fights (i.e. sub-bosses and bosses). Also, I kept track of how much space was available for the players and their opponents. Having a smaller, more nimble back-up weapon or two was necessary for my...

I hope he comments on why 3.0 was so profoundly half-baked that it was necessary to bring forth 3.5 a few short years after 3.0 hit the shelves. Didn't the Monster Manual lack illustrations for at least half of the creatures in 3.0? How'd anyone consider that a good idea? Whoever made the call...

I still have mine, along with the Players Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Fiend Folio. I will NEVER part with them.

I still have mine, along with the Players Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Fiend Folio. I will NEVER part with them.

Which I'm sure you promptly caught in vials to be stored and savored at a future moment when you're contemplating the joys and satisfactions of sublime cruelty. Go, 'Loth, go!

Is it possible to use the "heavy magic" to translate Baern into common safely? Being able to read it would undoubtedly save the party a lot of guessing and backtracking. Maybe the "heavy magic" could create a transparent eyepiece through which one could gaze upon Baern symbols without one's...

Babylon V... Order vs. Chaos and the coming of humanity into the fullness of its potential on the galactic scene. Well done. R.I.P., good Sir.

I've never liked his artistic style very much--too cartoonish and all the undead look like they've bitten into a lemon rind.

Daru ib Shamiq: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/807332516898242564/w9vBWIrJ.jpg A fine update, Shemeska. I knew you weren't dead because of your Twitter activity, but you've been scarce around here. Will the ultroloths ever tumble to the fact that the Ebon has it in for them?

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd go with the twisted, neurotic, and possessive need to both own and destroy--or at the very least seriously damage--those whom she "loves". Rage alone wouldn't inspire the need for such intricate role-playing. I'm looking forward to seeing this play out. And Happy...

Conjecture: So much for the "purity" of an existence devoid of love. She's a wreck because she was, at some level and at some point in her multi-millennia life, touched by love. The Ebon took note of this while he was disciplining her and added some extra "correction" to that which was already...

Excellent observations.

Not much turns up in a search for Laughing Jane. Does anyone have a few more tidbits of information to add?

How are your studies faring, Shemeska? You're not usually silent for such an extended period of time, so you must be buried in books and papers. Hang tough!