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Danke. I'm not really looking for solutions, because, well, I'm not quitting the game, and I'm not going to do a one-man "I can make the game change" campaign. - The OOC table talk. - Actually getting to play a game, not just GM one. - Varied environments for combat - A fun "kill it, then eat...

Nightfall, as soon as the dang novel is done and I can take online time for something that isn't that, I'd love to. Honestly, while I'm aggrieved at the rules here, I really like the DM. He's a nice guy, and I'm interested in the story he's trying to tell. I always thought of myself as a...

Do you mean that there's a BAB requirement? (I don't see one.) Or do you mean that the opposed roll lets the target add his or her BAB? Actually, the way it went was me waking up and asking to borrow a dagger from someone, saying, in character, "Unless someone remembered to get my warhammer...

Just going by the core rules, I've found that the three classes that cover almost everything decently are: Bard: By far the most versatile. Fights, tricks, buffs, even heals a bit. Everything except (really) direct damage spells. Monk: Not exactly taking over the Tank role, but surviving...

Smurf, you know that, I and know that, but the DM does not, and based on how other questions I've asked along similar lines have been answered, the DM will not let "fine steel" overcome a vampire's DR. Players fighting a monster that hits for d8+12 damage twice per round? Fair. Players getting...

I can partially answer this, not for Obsidian but from what I know from BioWare's experience with Wizards: So while I have been as skeptical as anybody about the story, and whether parts of it were rushed as they were in KotOR2, this is almost definitely not one of those situations. I'd say...

Heh. Thanks, guys. And really, I just needed to let off some steam. This guy works with me, and it's a three-couple game -- the DM and his wife, me and my wife, and another coworker and his wife. All three of the guys (and my wife as well) work at BioWare, so quitting the game because I can't...

Hi, all. Let's all be clear on this: this is Tacky letting off steam. I don't consider myself a Powergamer, except that apparently I totally am. My character-creation philosophy is "Make a character concept, then make the best possible character within the rules for that concept, and then play...

I'm sure that that reasoning is why the Shifter was included in the Hordes of the Underdark expansion. Based on a quick NWVault check, you can take, without cross-class skills: Divine Champion Harper Agent Frenzied Berserker Neverwinter Nine War Priest (War Priest actually requires 5 ranks in...

Not Steel, so I'm not privy to the particular internal debate, but my guess would be that Shifter didn't make it because it's a PrC that only one class can take. I know there are others, but most PrCs are takeable by a decent range of classes. You can come into Shadowdancer, for example, as a...

I'd like to see at some point. My gut feeling is that it would make players more cautious against mooks, but it wouldn't be as big a change to normal gameplay as one might fear, mainly since characters in D&D tend to get better saves than characters in d20 Modern. Yeah, 30 points of damage from...

The PCs win easily. If the DM doesn't want his 15th level party to wade through X 2nd-level NPCs, then the DM should run a different game or use variant rules. If those crossbows become Composite Longbows, Mighty to +2, and the guards all have Point Blank Shot (both possible for very elite...

That's what happened with me, to a point. Got a few built up on the PVR, tried to watch, and said, "You know, this is a well-written and well-realized series that depresses the crap out of me, and I have no interest in watching it." Mind you, this was during a relatively stressful period in my...

Not to blindly side with the guy making the post, but the DM allowed the character and the alignment. If this was a passive-aggressive attempt to change your character, then that's a party foul. The DM should have discussed it with the player out of game or at the very least saved it for a...

A few different ideas: 1) Schedule the game so that each session is pretty self-contained. We pick weekend days or weekday nights when we can all stay out late enough to get to a good stopping point. (This is tough for the GM, I know.) 2) Schedule the next game night at the beginning of the...

Paladin would certainly fit the alignment. Plus, you know, Gold Dragon charisma + smiting...

Gah. That's bad. Funny, but bad. Not sure if the DM is just zany, or if he was having trouble with your character and chose a lousy passive-aggressive way of dealing with it in-game or what, but... gah.

I guess my experiences have been different. Every time I've been treated in a manner I consider unfair in a game, it's been because the GM chose to throw out the rules to make sure that his pet plot event happened. (Or, in some cases, failed to know the rules.) And that's not just with bad GMs...

Get better soon, and avoid raspy undead noises until you're totally recovered. :)

I'd be fine with, but not desperate for, a paired rules system -- one for "miniatures play" and one for "mini-less" play. Mutants & Masterminds 2E works fine for me without miniatures, and I could see adding it as one of two equally valid play options. The kicker here would be making sure that...