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On an amusing note, I was in a game with another group. We added a player while in the middle of a swamp. His intro was that his previous party was wiped out by a hydra. 3-4 levels later, all but his character killed in a battle with a fiendish treant. New characters in hand, we proceeded to...

From a purely XP standpoint, the lower level characters, should gain xp quite a bit faster then higher level ones. Is the GM giving more XP to the low end characters? If this is done, you shouldn't get TOO far behind the survival monkey. What level does the GM have you bring new characters in...

The Race Survivor thread got me to wondering what races people have played in D&D3.5. Please vote for each one you have played.

It sounds like the only reason the player is there is to socialize. What is your relationship to the group? Are you all friends from the beginning? Were they a pre-existing group you joined? If you joined the group, then you are probably out of luck and even appropriate in-character...

No doubt, and I hope you didn't take it personally. At the time I read you comment, WF had one more vote then II, so I felt the need to chide you in a light-hearted manner. Again, no offense was intended.

And yet, had you voted for the real loser, Improved Init would have the most votes, not Weapon Finesse. For shame. For shame. :p

I thought what he wrote was very well said, though after your comment, DAM probably would have been a better choice.

Improved Initiative - Players dumped it the moment they got the chance.

Here you go: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=131233

I think many of us are familier with the occasional debates that take place on the boards from time to time. Some of the exchanges on 'In game rules disputes' over in the rules forum is starting to remind of some of the boxing scenes from the Rocky movies: long and bloody with neither side will...

Just 'cause... DIE IMPROVED INITIATIVE! DIE! DIE! :lol:

The GM can set up situations in the game to take advantage of rule oddities far more easily then the players can. He controls the world afterall. The main reason that sticking to the RAW is more 'fair' then spontaneous house rules is that everyone has access to the RAW ahead of time and can...

I gotta say, I don't think the role of trust in this debate really is larger then is accepted. If you trust the GM, you will point out where he has gotten a clear cut rule wrong, and if they tell you it is different for a reason, you will accept this and move on. Said GM is highly unlikely...

This strikes me as a situation of the GM screwing over the players (actually, I think this might be one of those 'strawman' thingies people keep talking about...). This is a situation the GM set-up and chose to run in a way that would exploit an oddity of the rules to disadvantage the player...

A report from the field Field experience leads me to vote out Improved Initiative. Those of you familiar with Living Greyhawk know about the recent conversion. People were basically allowed to rewrite their characters, but couldn't touch the starting statistics. There were some pretty...

It is an even better one for sorcerers, though the feat investment is a bit heavier...

Given my comments about answering my questions, it is only fair I answer yours. Yes, that sounds right to me. He would have to approach from the opposite side as the light source, but otherwise that is how it would work and I have absolutely no problem with that. Neither has either GM I have...

Well, I think it is safe to say (again) that baggage has totally taken over this thread. People on both sides have acknowledge that those on the other have valid points. Most of the posts lately are either arguments about what is a valid argument, or just talking past each other. Enough...

So you are arguing that a the shadow of a tree in a sunlit field isn't some sort of shadow?

In my opinion as a player, no. However, one GM I played with ruled that the total darkness caused by being underground counted as shadow, so go figure.