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Sadly enough, when I started with Amtgard, it more resembled that of which you speak. However, once we actually started fighting with other groups, it very quickly went to feather weight weapons swinging as fast as you can. :( Re: Proper foot work - Yup, that was the single most important...

It IS kind of amusing how close on the heels of the debate on being able to have fun while not knowing the rules... Weirdest troll I ever saw if it is a troll...

Regarding SCA and boffer fighter vs. real life Examples made using the SCA and boffer fighting forget two very important point: Strength doesn't matter. Game rules trump reality. This is an overly broad...

Not bad, scales up rather then starting powerful. I could definately live with such a mod in a game I played.

Frankly, I consider the sword & board style to be the weakest of the styles, esp. at higher levels. The defensive boost of the shield just doesn't keep up with attack bonuses, making the style far weaker then it is in 'reality'.

While there is no specific rules on how many free actions can be taken per turn, so it isn't a house rule per se, but it is still making a ruling because of a situation that came out of a house rule. It's so nice to be remembered! *sniff* ;) It does go to show that bad experiences stick...

For the record, I am also not against house rules, just on the fly ones. That said, you are making house rules to fix house rules. Tends to be a very messy path to go down...

On the spot house rules can also make it look like the GM favors some players. I was in one game where a number of the GM's on the spot house rules had the effect of making the his wife's character build more effective then other options. These included taking away the option to draw as part of...

Funny enough, I have almost never run into the scottish dwarves, and I don't think I have ever played with the 'last member of the clan'. Just lucky I guess.

Very true. The sins of the f@ther @re being visited on the son. The son will just h@ve to suck it up. ;) You seem to be taking some of this a little too seriously. Relax. This is for fun, after all. :)

To those who think dwarves are the new elves, the asymetry of power with dwarves in this edition don't even come close to the cheese of elves in the Complete Book of Elves. If nothing else, consider this: No game I played using 2nd edition rules lacked elves (small amount of hyperbole). I...

This is for the Complete Book of Elves! For some reason, most of the most obnoxious PCs I have run in to have been elf characters. I also remember a time in 2nd edition where everyone was making elves. I am also inclined to agree that, for a race that has a long lifespan and are noted for...

So you WOULD want to sleep with halfling women then?

Out of curiousity, where did the notion of female dwarves without beards come from? I started playing D&D with the Basic boxed set and 1st Edition and, by god, female dwarves had beards! The first I had heard of dwarves without beards was in the Darksun setting, but that was males and females...

Well, hopefully you GM something you ALL (y'ALL?) will enjoy...

I don't think anyone would argue against Dragon Scale Ear Defenders with Genuine Bug-bear Fur Lining...

A coincidence, but spookally true... :uhoh:

Others have said it, but I think it should be repeated with emphasis: You felt the PCs were not playing the scenario properly so you made an arbitrary change to make sure they when the direction you wanted them to. I could also say nasty things about how you didn't give ANYONE (goblins...

Stuff! Killing things is transitory, stuff is forever (unless you sell/trade it off for better stuff or roll a natural 1 on a reflex save).

Thanks everyone for the responses so far. For the record, no, I don't consider GMing to be the same as playing. ;) I will grant that the numbers are really only confirming what I would have guessed, other then the higher then expected percentage on gnomes...