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Reach, gauntlets, and visualization If you feel that having your combat play out more like Soul Calibur, cool. Nothing wrong with that. Reach is 10'. According to pg 113 of the PHB, you cannot attack an adjacent square with a reach weapon, like the glaive/guisarme/etc. Trying to find it in...

Just some quick ideas off of my head for the tests. Well, with heraldry and knowledge of royalty and religion in there, I'd think it'd be natural for part of that to be DC-based questions, 'Identify this religious icon and tell us the history', 'Identify this coat of arms and tell us three...

I agree with Piratecat's notion on the background. I mean, as an example, what of the focusing crystals for lightsabers? If I remember right, they have rules for upgrading those - obviously not as move actions, but to gain damage bonuses, etc. I agree that they offset the problem with not...

I was just coming in to say what Klaus said about the archers. Basically, archer mobs fire volleys that are area of effect in an area shaped like the mob. So, a group of ten archers, lined up five wide, and two deep, hits those same squares. Heroes of Battle covers it, but basically they do...

I agree that the best offense would involve something quick and as decisive as possible. If the keep/location is the target, destroying it, as well as its notoriety as a place to form alliances is key. It sounded in the details as if the fortress being used as a nest of opposition was the...

A few problems: 2e multiclassing: Well, yes, humans can dual class. But, you can never get levels in your old class again. And, as was pointed out, you get no xp for an encounter you fall back on your fighter skills UNTIL you're a level past there. So, a lvl 5 fighter/lvl 4 mage who's out...

I don't think the WF need more powers. They are relatively balanced, again like people say at the upper end of +0 LA. Turning has always been one of those special attacks that can make a big difference in the game. In earlier editions, an evil priest could turn paladins and clerics as if they...

Drizzt Clones I've missed out on most of the novels, sadly. To me, the adventuring party is where the interest would be for me - Drizzt, Bruenar, Wulfgar, Catti. I've found, in my years, quite a bit of fanboys who want to be dualwield drow rangers. And I agree with whoever said that the...

It still was the best Christmas ever. My older brother and I recieved both the D&D Basic (red box - I think it was Elmore or Caldwell art - the memory, it's not so good :) ) and the Expert set (Blue box, more weird type art) AND the old Crossbows and Catapaults game. I don't know why my mom...

I would also like to second World War Z. It's written as peoples memories of the zombie outbreak. It starts in China, with a doctor examining Patient Zero, moves on, etc etc. The thing is - what might make it useful for thinking about a zombie infection game they never tell you what the cause...

I think that CN gets a bad rap due to the players, partly because of how ill-explained it's been before. And the fact that new gamers learn from old gamers, rather than from reading. "CN? Oh that means you do whatever you want all the time, because you're Crazzee..." That, as well as what...

Another comment, on the detecting evil constantly. Look up detect evil. Depending on the hit dice/level of the creature/character, will determine the strength of the aura. Lower levels - like innkeepers - may give off a seedy vibe. Depending on the god, it's not the paladin's job to...

In my opinion, the absolute best code of conduct I ever saw for a paladin I found on ENworld. Literally, it was the Boy Scout Code: The Scout Motto Be Prepared. The Scout Slogan Do a Good Turn Daily. The Scout Oath On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country...

For the record, as was recently pointed out for my game... Wizards has a breakdown of templates as class levels, so instead of a +3, you actually have 3 class levels. It's basically a 3-level, nonmagic-dependent version of the Dragon Disciple. The article also had how to do that with...

Also, Paizo sells minis in theme-packs. Like dwarves, where it's six individual minis (one of each), but they're all dwarves. I picked up a few of those, a few goblinoids, etc. And yes. The colossal great red wyrm is gruesome. It is a CR26 after all. By the way, a point that hasn't been...

My two cents... It seems that so many gamers feel the predictions are completely dead wrong. Dancey has said before similiar things, and a lot of the business end of his predictions get lost. Hasbro controls Wizards. Hasbro will want to see results, and for Wotc to get Big Numbers, they will...

At this point, I'm getting ready to start up a Cormyr-centered Forgotten Realms campaign. We aim for once a week, usually on the weekend, midafternoon til whenever. Just testing the waters to see if there are any others who might be interested, or just to add new contacts, as it were. Feel...

My two cents are maybe there's just, obviously, differing opinions on what people want from the game. The other thing, as a fairly experienced DM and player, I know sometimes one or the other overlooks things. Sometimes, I need someone to 'metagame', to actually try to use their skills. There...

Heroes of Battle is good, but I feel it is geared more towards squad-based combat, with the PCs as a squad. Very good book for making a flowchart of how the battle will go, twists, turns, etc. I like that book. But, I prefer the Black Company Sourcebook for mass combat. Squads are basically...

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