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I have to disagree. The original statement in the article (as I read it, anyway) and many of the examples here (which are arguably strawmen, of course) assume exposition that is inherently unknowable by the PCs. I think that's an issue that hasn't been well explored either in this thread or in...

I think there's a point that's been missed in all this: The "100-year history of the staff" is known to the PCs how, exactly? Often the irrelevant information (to use the formulation above) is information that wouldn't be available to the PCs anyway. It's clear that some GMs like to build...

Vader: LE Jedi Council: C"N" (It says so right on the sheet! How can you possibly call me evil?)

Hero 5th Rev. Fantasy Hero Seventh Sea - Flawed world, but brilliant design for encouraging swashbuckling roleplaying. Lands of Mystery (expansion for Hero's Justice, Inc.) - Some of the best GMing advice I've seen anywhere. Space 1889

Don't forget that you also need a casting stat high enough to use the spell or else you also need to "Emulate an Ability Score". It's not completely clear from the description of the skill whether you need to "Emulate a Class Feature" to emulate the appropriate caster level or take a failure...

Fair response. Given that, the polymorph probably shouldn't expire on the death of the target as written. In that case, I would expect Detect Magic and possibly Dispel Magic would be common parts of preparation of a body for burial. They're low-cost and the cost of making a mistake could be...

"Your own nonmagical club or quarterstaff becomes a weapon with a +1 enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls." The description doesn't say it becomes anything other than "One touched nonmagical oak club or quarterstaff". (While that's an arguable inference, I don't know that it will stand...

Flesh to Stone has a duration of "Instantaneous", so it doesn't need a legal target after the spell is resolved -- its effect is done when the change happens (or doesn't).

As I read it (and I'm prepared to be corrected), it would be cannibalism: The duration of Baleful Polymorph is "Permanent", not "Instantaneous". Thus, the target of the spell is a human under a spell effect, not a chicken that used to be human. As to whether the target would revert on death...

Since the "Draw or Sheathe a Weapon" action is explicitly used for "weapon-like objects carried in easy reach, such as wands", I don't think it's a stretch to assume that Quick Draw would treat "weapon-like objects" in the same way. Or, if you don't care which wand you draw (multiple wands with...

There are Aleph-1 items of useless knowledge: Aleph-1 items of useless knowledge from the font, Aleph-1 items of useless knowledge, Find Aleph-0 uses For items from the font Aleph-1 items of useless knowledge from the font. ps. I think the scansion of the above could use some work. pps...

"Control Mount in Battle" is a usage intended only for situations in which you wish to take a standard action while riding a mount not trained for war. Note that failure only results in "...you can do nothing else in that round." Not on point for this situation.

The same way a sailor can make a balance check to not fall down aboard a boat in rough seas when he is surprised. Controlling a mount is not a reasoned response to stimulus, it is a trained reaction to stimulus. Causing a mount to act (rather than causing a mount to not react), is a very...

It's not the perception that's the problem; I wouldn't have any problem with giving a horse a bonus to Spot and Listen to counter any reduction in those skills caused by a reduction in WIS. The problem is that horses have the antithesis of common sense when interacting with humans. (Many of...

First, I'd definitely allow a mount to act when the PC directs it to act. A surprise round is a mechanism to account for a lack of knowledge (IMO; the initiative roll accounts for reaction times), and a mount doesn't need knowledge of anything but his rider's commands to act. Since the rider...

Swords & Spells S&S allowed for the purchase of armies with points (as did/do many minis games then and now). IIRC*, in S&S a goblin with morale grade D, a dagger, and no armor had a cost of -1 point. I'm sure you can intuit the problem. Of course, now that I think about it, this might be why...

I don't have calipers for a precise measurement, but using simple tools it looks like the base is quite close to 1". (It might be a nominal 25mm.) The thickness seems to be quite close to 3mm (definitely a bit thinner than 1/8").

I started role-playing as an AF dependent when I went to my first meeting of the Rhein Confederation Wargames Society in the fall of '76. We had moderately regular games with a mix of HS students and junior NCOs, though we were about as likely to play board wargames as RPGs. The group was both...

Yeah, I made it too. I'm waffling about whether to make a video. To do it right would be a pain in the rear, and there isn't much reason to do it if you're not planning to do it right. If there were fewer people, I'd have a greater incentive; if there were more people, I'd blow it off without...

Another obscure game that I rather like is Fuzzy Heroes, from Inner City Games Designs. Roleplaying/miniatures gaming for young kids using stuffed animals. The stats of the character depend on the characteristics of the stuffed animal. (If the animal is carrying a weapon, it gets a bonus on...