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  1. TheEvil

    Name Inspiration

    I often use 'Ye Olde Tome of Names', AKA the white pages of the phone book. One of the big ones. I will usually pick a page a random and scan the page for a likely candidate for a given name or surname, then repeat for whatever I didn't get. Using this method, I have gotten names like Nicodemus...
  2. TheEvil

    What the heck am I doing??!?!

    Did it once already, getting ready to do it again! About 3 years ago, I decided I needed a change in scenery, so my GF and I saved up quit our jobs, and moved from Seattle, Washington to Raleigh, North Carolina. We got rid of anything that couldn't be mailed or put in my hatchback and drove...
  3. TheEvil

    Most embarassing gaming moment?

    You gotta figure the other side of this story makes the rounds on law enforcement oriented webforums...
  4. TheEvil

    Detect Evil on party members

    Most of the games I have played in have been of the 'no evil allowed' flavor, and no one really acted in a manner that suggested an imposter. That said, in one game we had a holy longsword. We used it as a test of people we needed to trust, PC and NPC alike. The reasoning was that one doesn't...
  5. TheEvil

    How far can you see...or Where the @$&# did THAT shot come from?

    Very true, but being as it is a game where people kill 20 some foot tall giants with a 3' long sword, I wouldn't worry overly much about physics.
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    How far can you see...or Where the @$&# did THAT shot come from?

    Add 5 levels Craig Top Archer from Races of Stone and you get Arcing Shot - 15 range increments as long as you have 40' of clearance and Horizon Shot - one shot per round at no range penalty, and you have a range of 4125 feet as a straight up shot! Add that to the fact that the CTA takes only...
  7. TheEvil

    The Story and The Rules

    Depends. I would generally rather the NPCs be bound by the same rules as the PCs. It would about have to be to not bother me. It kind of depends. For example, the BBEG auto-succeeding his saving throw almost never thrills me. GM better have a real good explaination here. If it seems to be...
  8. TheEvil

    Most embarassing gaming moment?

    Here's one I witnessed: We party is talking to a child in a village. Child is talking about her 'daddy'. My wife inquired as to the identity of her father using the child's nomiclature. You still can't say "Who's you daddy" without people giggling at the table.
  9. TheEvil

    "By the power of magic..." what is your verbal components like?

    The only verbal I really worry about with my sorcerer is Blindness/Deafness. In that case I point at the mini representing the target and, in a strong, clear voice, say "Damn your eyes!" I will probably come up with other for other spells as I play, as this isn't too hard to keep track of with...
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    Most embarassing gaming moment?

    All the talk lately of female gamers has reminded me of my most embarassing gaming moment. Figured I would toss it out for a laugh and see if anyone else had stories of embarassing but humorous happenings. The names have been omitted to protect the innocent and inattentive. The setting...
  11. TheEvil

    Don't hate the playa, hate the game

    I do think trust is the primary issue with most of the PVP and PVGM issues. The character of a trusted friend could steal items out from under the party nose and I wouldn't be overly bothered. If the character of a player I didn't particularly like or trust did the same thing, my blood...
  12. TheEvil

    Magical armor bonuses to AC

    I have to admit to not having put alot of thought into this, but what is your point? What does this change? I don't mean to denigrate what you've said, which looks pretty well researched.
  13. TheEvil

    Can Ex-Clerics use divine magic items?

    The title pretty much says it. It is in a living campaign which requires that all clerics have a deity, the loss of status would be due to alignment change. I don't think so, but it seems to be something of an open question...
  14. TheEvil

    Do your Front line characters refuse Enlarge Person?

    Mostly in my area it is a proliferation of mobile fighters who rely on their dex and have weapon finesse.
  15. TheEvil

    PCs starting a forest fire?

    It was a wargame campaign, but there was discussion about using the fireshot of the catapults to drive some archers out of the wooded area. I believe guy yelled out: "Remember, only you can prevent forests!" I don't think they ended up firing, but the comment had people rolling.
  16. TheEvil

    Do you use minis?

    Well, actually... I buy mini's and pay a poor college student friend of mine to paint them. I still put my vote in the first catagory.
  17. TheEvil

    Strength drain

    To be a wiseass, yes and no.
  18. TheEvil

    Taking damage while Spider Climbing

    My GM answered this problem by ruling you could tumble if your Spiderclimb required hands (eg- the spell) but not if you only used your feel, as in the slippers. You would be amazed how quickely the rogue took to a non-slipper route.
  19. TheEvil

    Strength drain

    Not to be a wiseass, but do you actually play it that way?
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    Do you use Xp Penalty and when ?

    Whereas I agree, I have been suprised by the number of stories I have heard of GMs who did nothing.
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