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I once had a Mystic Theurge use Explosive Spell (from CA, I think) on his area of effect spells, like fireball, to push the PCs through his battlefield control spells, such as blade barrier. It was brutally effective, since they took damage simultaneously from the fireball and the blade barrier...

Like...ditto. I did pick up d20 Modern the other day though. Some cool stuff in there, so I think I've got my system. I'll try to post a teaser and some character bios before the last minute.

I've spent a lot of time, and I do mean a lot of time, thinking about computerizing character generators and even the entire D&D rule set. It's non-trivial. I'm fairly confident that given enough free time (or paid time), I could come up with something cool, but I hesitate to say that it would...

Just got the official word from Amazon. The book has been delayed, so I'll be doing something else. I'm out in San Fran at the moment, so I'll make a decision once more people have chimed in and I've had a chance to look at my books. At the moment I'm leaning towards Modern + Future, but I'm...

Well, I was really hoping to get to preview the new system and that is still a possibility. Amazon has not yet moved the ship date and I've got a pre-order in with them, so it all depends on whether the delay is from WotC due to production issues or if some suppliers got shafted. I have the...

Until the PCs invent "Magical" Laser Tatoo Removal ;) :D.

Yeah, but they're not permanent. They act like scrolls.

Oh heck yeah, that works wonderfully. I've reused entire dungeons following this idea. It keeps prep time way down.

I would take out polymorph. It's probably the second house rule that I'm going to bring to my Shackled City game. There are some good replacements, another poster already mentioned the spells that allow you to take a specific form (though I don't recall where they're from) and the PHBII druid...

Does anyone have some Star Wars minis (or any modern minis really)? I'm probably going to pick up a few for the game day, but it'd be cool to have "filler." Matt

Whew, it's a bit hot in here :cool:. Oryan77, I feel your pain from both as a player and as a DM. For example, this weekend at NC Gameday I tried to do a few things that were "outside" of the rules. Like using a kicked barrel to knock down an opponent. I wasn't looking for an unfair advantage, I...

A homebrew setting of one of my old DMs has been evolved twice: once by him and once by myself. After one party failed to stop the resurrection of a massive, world devouring undead worm due to a TPK, the campaign was advanced 30 some odd years to when the armies that had been raised by the worm...

Deus ex Machina: An ancient cabal of mortals who have been denied godhood at every turn begin construction of a machine that, powered by the souls of countless innocents, will destroy the multiverse and recreate it with them as the masters. A Planescape game (loosely) based on Tad William's...

And I have a new wallpaper :).

One tactic that always sets the PCs on edge but is usually a lot of fun is to take advantage of the natural tendency for the fighters to separate from the spellcasters. Present a group of tough melee foes in front of the party (ones that won't immediately fall to area of effect and the...

Just started on the east coast:

I'm back in Boston after a nice, short flight (hooray for no layovers!). In particular thanks to: Rel: For the good eats, the good game, the rides, and especially the spot on the couch, air matress, and floor. Reveal: For not killing me in my sleep :D. AA and Alenda: For being truly awesome DMs...

Headed for the airport. My flight is on time so everything should be set. See all of y'all BBQ-ers in about 15 hours. Matt

Looks like they've expanded the cstore hours since I was in school. It'll be open from 10:00AM-10:00 PM both days (Sat & Sun), assuming that the campus dining web site is up to date. However, there's not a lot of options for lunch there; a run to Hillsborough street may be in order...

Awesome :cool: