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First, if you're playing in the Band of Dwarven Brothers campaign, get out lest your DM smite you. :) . . . Hi EN World, long time no post. Anyone from the olden days remember me? I have a high-level group which just found themselves dumped on a plane of chaos following a failed plane shift...

Maybe. Do we know who designed the slaadi? Are they originally from the FF?

Yes, I understand that most of the FF were either published in or submissions to WD.

Kevin, I emailed Alex and he said he'd send me the details after New Year's. Thanks for the suggestion! Great, glad to have a second pair of eyes. In looking over it I see the Githyanki reference was actually correct, just misleading (it claimed only that FF was its first hardcover), so I...

Thanks! I don't want my work to duplicate yours, of course; my focus is different. But I will cross-check and make corrections as you suggest. In your opinion, what are the most important/classic monsters missing from my site?

I'm looking for feedback on my D&D Monster Origins page: D&D Monster Origins I wrote this a while back, and I've recently updated it slightly -- but I imagine most people here haven't seen it yet. It attempts to cover the original or early sources for D&D monsters, both the origin of the...

Don't spend too much effort developing that, as I suspect this will widely differ from world to world. My halflings, gnomes, dwarves, and orcs differ in alignment from yours, I have no single god for dragons (most worship the elemental gods), no single god for humans (they were created by a...

Well once it's out I'll surely buy it for full price. You'll no doubt need the money...

I saw something posted on a rather old (2002) thread and thought I'd bring it up here to see if you could shed some light on it. I'd also like to know if there's any kernel of truth to this story.

What? It had a lid, she burned herself trying to get it off. Regardless, you're right about the temperature and the fact that they had been warned repeatedly. I won't draw any conclusions about it on these boards, though.

A 20-ft radius per level would be very large.

U_K: When do you think Ascension will be done and up at DriveThruRPG, RPGNow, and all that? U_K or anyone who knows: What percentage of pages are done now in the latest update?

Hey UK, long time no see (I've been busy). Any news on when the print edition might see the light of day? The website says 2007 -- can I expect December, or is the website outdated?

I think the trip rules are too strong in 3.5. In my games we use a DC 5 Jump check to stand from prone (move action) without provoking an AoO. A Tumble DC 35 does the same as a free action. Other than that point, I see no reason to ban the spiked chain as a DM. I don't, and none of the other...

Actually I rather like the characters in LotR and think the dialogue is peerless (see the Tolkien letter on levels of writing, "My dear Gandalf", in his letters or in Shippey). I can understand how people are frustrated by the pacing, but I found the book to be a quick read. Admittedly this...

My general impression is that the quality has dropped, rapidly if anything.

Ditto. That takes guts. :D

The child of a half-elf and a human is a quarter-elf, mechanically identical to a human.

Ah, I misunderstood you. It's very hard to get plutonium or uranium to get hot without letting it go critical. Still, if you're using magic to hold it together somehow it would get very hot, no doubt. I do tend to agree with the suggestion earlier in the thread that plutonium/uranium golems...

Being radioactive has nothing to do with burning. Radioactivity has to do with losing protons and neutrons (alpha), electrons or positrons (beta), or emitting electromagnetism (x/gamma). Burning has to do with combining with oxygen. Radioactivity happens within an atom; oxidizing (burning)...