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    Ways to make an airship fly?

    A few ideas that haven't been tossed around: 1) Once loaded, the airship and everything on it is turned into gaseous form. 2) Once loaded, the airship and everything on it is made incorporeal. 3) The airship isn't floating -- it's teleporting very short distances (inches, if that) several...
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    Do scenarios need a BBEG?

    Ditto PallidPatience. Gotta be something climactic and cool. If not a BBEG, then a BBEpuzzle, or a BBEgroupofmonsters, or a BBEmoraldecision. Something. The key is to get the feel of climactic excitement, not to have something with really high Save DCs. The BBEG can actually be pretty easy to...
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    Your favorite nonstandard races?

    Kenku and Wemics. I always loved both of those guys.
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    How long did this session take?

    So, Merric, when do we get to find out how much time it took? :)
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    How long did this session take?

    I guessed four hours, but that didn't include pizza-eating time. A lot of those encounters looked fast to me. And apparently my group plays quickly... :)
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    Fantasy with d20 modern classes... help.

    I don't know if this helps on the short notice, but Grim Tales does just about exactly what you're asking for, right out of the box. I've used it with a couple of different takes on magic, and it's solid in all departments. Wulf Ratbane, the guy who designed it, is a regular here, so feel free...
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    Explain why DMPCs are bad to me.

    I've seen it done well, and I've seen it done badly. Like others, the difference for me is whether the DMPC: 1) exists to prod the players to follow the plot 2) outshines an existing PC at something that PC is supposed to be good at When I played a DMPC, I played a paladin. The group was...
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    D&D 4E The Soonest You Would Purchase 4e

    I put 2007. I'm easy. I don't usually buy more than the Core Books for whatever I buy, but I'm easy. :)
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    Do characters know what spell levels and HP are?

    In my old campaign, we didn't use spell levels in character, but it was pretty clear that characters understood that spells had varying levels of power. They probably OUGHT to have just used levels, but we walked around the term. We didn't use hit points, but we used the good ol' thumb (thumb...
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    A powergamer in a non-powergame.

    Use Magic What-now? That skill has been removed in this game. Low magic and all. I do have access to rune-magic. After putting in 5 ranks, I have the ability to make myself an amulet that gives me a +1 to Hide checks. I've been informed that if I keep putting in ranks, I can either get...
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    A powergamer in a non-powergame.

    Dude. Wow. Yes. Thanks.
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    What's wrong with splitting the party?

    Definitely agree on the "cliffhangers" point. While I don't go for party splits all the time, when they're there, I'm quite happy to have PC Team One open a door, see twenty dark elves led by a mind flayer necromancer captain, and say, "You've got a surprise round. Figure out what to do with...
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    d20 Modern Shadowrun

    Wouldn't the Grim Tales be pretty easy to convert into something Shadowrunesque? Or is my memory failing me? My big worry, from the little I've seen of Shadowrun, is that combat would be a bit too easy and un-dangerous. Unless common-guard bad guys are hosing down the area with assault rifles...
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    Is this fair?

    Woooooooo! :)
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    What's wrong with splitting the party?

    Exactly. If it's the rogue and the ranger in one half, they can sneak and hit people by surprise. The party's wizard and cleric might actually do better in a fight against a magical monster (one that uses spell-like abilities and forces Will saves) if they're not worried about the low-Will-save...
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    A powergamer in a non-powergame.

    Icy, at the risk of sounding blunt, read my other posts. I've tried to acknowledge the difference between "I'd do it differently" and "Bad DMing".
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    A powergamer in a non-powergame.

    If I'd said that, I'd be totally all defensive right now. Generally speaking, though, and this could just be me being high-maintenance, my preference is: 1) Run things by the RAW unless you have a reason not to do so 2) If you change the rules, tell people what the new rules are I was okay...
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    Neverwinter Nights 2!!!

    Here's a complete guess, based on a) what I know of Wizards/Hasbro and b) what I know of Obsidian: they tried in good faith, pushed the envelope on the romances, realized that they'd bitten off more than they could chew with respect to Wizards/Hasbro when the smackdown over the romances came...
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    Is this fair?

    Please let us know how it goes. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. :)
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    A powergamer in a non-powergame.

    I was having a lot of trouble putting that into words, but yes. Yes, yes, yes. And because I'm a rogue, I've got a bunch of skills, and I want to use them... and so, foolishly, I ask. Other people just say "I climb onto the roof!" and he allows it, and then halfway through the session says...
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