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I ordered it because comments from the designers made it sound like it contained tips on how to run a city Adventure (i.e., any city adventure, not just this one). But I'm not seeing any of that in the reviews thus far. Are there any concrete suggestions or mechanics that would be applicable to...

This may be the sweetest thing I've ever read on a gaming messageboard. And as a bonus it exemplifies how different games have different goals and thus require different strategies. As a single childless man it never occurred to me that sometimes spell choice can be about being a better parent!

My cursed monkey paw and I thank you for your sacrifice.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Wait, that was a joke right?

Brilliant. And I'm old...

Dude. Mind. BLOWN

Sorry but I just canceled my subscription. With DMGuild taking off it just didn't seem to make sense to commit to $2 per article sight unseen especially given that I haven't found a use for any of the material after 4+ months of being a patron.

Typically no, actually. The psionic versions can start off a little stronger (with appropriate element choice, or even, or lower) but with magic scaling they are generally left behind pretty quickly. No, not really. Everyone keeps talking about how magic 'scales' so rapidly, but it goes up...

What makes Monte's system work (and brilliant, in my opinion) is that he traded down the power level of each spell in order to introduce more versatility: what with heightened and diminished versions of every spell, plus the ability to (un)weave spell slots of one level to cast...

I disagree. Web is one of the notoriously overpowered (for its level) spells in 3.5. Why they fixed Haste and Shield and not Web is beyond me.

That's the problem: I have a player who has been begging to play a psion for 4 years and with the release of Eberron I finally capitulated. I should have seen it coming: he is a great guy but a compulsive power-gamer and everything he has ever felt really strongly about has had balance issues...

Of course the cleric can always be a healing machine, and in my games that has proven to be so popular for its diverse and interesting applications. And it is not just the spontaneity, it is a level of sponaneity that is afforded to no one else in the group. Change energy at will, use you...

It seems to me that the mental attacks allow saves, but none of the physical ones that have been used yet in my game. The scorching ray analogy is a bad one. Scorching ray is ALWAYS fire. ALWAYS. How easy is fire resistance to obtain? How common is fire immunity? E.ray negates...

I have never liked psionics, and as a DM have never allowed them in my game. However, since I have started an Eberron campaign I felt that locking out psionics would cut off too many potentially cool plot points, so I decided to allow them. And I still hate them. Does anyone else think it is...

Personally I think you should go with the first book, but that may be because everyone I know has read the Princess Bride. I would recommend the Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells. It is a great book in its own right and she has just started writing sequels to it that are truly...

Book of Exalted Deeds gets yet another vote. It had such a 'must churn out antithesis of BoVD' feel, yet had none of the creativity. But how about ALL of the Kalamar books? Kalamar has the worst spells (esp. the Villain Design Handbook...shudder), feats, and then the most pointless monstrous...

Book of Exalted Deeds gets yet another vote. It had such a 'must churn out antithesis of BoVD', yet had none of the creativity. But how about ALL of the Kalamar books? Kalamar has the worst spells (esp. the Villain Design Handbook...shudder), feats, and then the most pointless monstrous...

Harpies! I was the DM for Urbanmech's harpy encounter, and I thought it went great! Sure it was a TPK but we are still talking about it, and isn't that what is important? Now the incorporeal beholder on the other hand might have been a bit over the top...

It's true, I've seen it and it's not pretty. Of course, he can only digest baptized babies so you heathens are safe for now.

A group of players in SF who have been gaming together for years is starting a new campaign in Eberron. In the interest of introducing 'new blood' to the group, we are considering adding a couple of new players. We game pretty religiously on Sunday nights (or on Monday for long weekends where...