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Ah...that brings back memories of Sir Lancelot in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," running the guests through, kicking the bride in the chest, slashing the boquet of flowers on the wall. I always looked on that character as a comically-overblown example of an overzealous knight/paladin gone...

Interesting, but your example isn't that similar to the OP's situation. It sounds like the OP's scenario took place in a major city with its own set of laws; whether "Your home is your castle" is one of those laws is debateable. Also, the halfling was invited inside; he didn't come through a...

Wow. Where to start? This is looking so Annakin Skywalker to me..... The paladin in question has gone beyond all normal reasoning, apparently, so he should be allowed to do whatever he wants, or, more precisely, whatever his rage drives him to. I disagree. I mean, look at this example...

Roll 1d6: 1) He is not joking. 2) He is neither joking loudly nor singing. 3) His face is expressionless but he is still joking. 4) He is dressed as a cleric but he's still joking. 5-6) He is neither tarrying nor running but is still joking.

My turn! My turn! 37. Chloe the Nymph (Again) If the PCs used the antidote to bring the lake back to normal, Chloe is crying because all the forest birds have returned and are singing but not joking loudly. The nymph says she doesn’t like blonde jokes, though, being brunette herself. If...

Crap...saw this part of your post after the fact. Good point. Eyes are tired...must go to bed. Part of Arravis' thread-strarter was the following quote: <<It seems many DMs do not give full XP (or non) if a player can't make it to a game. I don't understand why.>> My short answer: because...

Not necessarily (if you use my XP method)! If I have an encounter that would net the party 3,000 XPs (750 for a full party of 4) but only three players show up and their PCs defeat that encounter alone, they'd get 1,000 XPs each. If that happens enough time (or even just at the right point in...

Not really. I'm more arguing the point of the thread starter who can't understand why others don't see the matter the way he does. If all the players agree that same XPs no matter what, then you have no problem. I'm saying that if the group is split on that, an XP penalty solution seems like a...

Well ThirdWizard, then you've got a sweet DMing deal with some cool, laid-back players! :) I originally said : <<What if he died because the fighter's player didn't show up that night and whoever RPed him forgot that the fighter always looks out for the wimpy wizard? Fair?>> I have a...

No, I'm not suggesting just two choices; I gave pretty much the exact opposite of "go with the flow, everyone gets the same XP even if they don't show." Compromise pretty much means middle ground. Let me try to make my point with another example. If only one player (the one who shows up every...

There are no beneficial effects. However, there may be detrimental effects if other players in the group see XPs to absentees as a "free ride." I personally see it in the best interest of the game to put a little more weight on the wishes and opinions of players who show up consistently than...

Common sense and compromise. It would be insane for a DM to kick a player out of his game just because a player has to miss an occasional game due to real life issues. His character earning less or no XPs for those sessions seems like a good compromise to me. If DM and player are both making...

Lancelot: "I got A note." (Or was it message? Don't have the DVD handy to double-check)

Nope, you're not missing a prereq. You missed the mention of using Power Attack in Green Slime's example. An orc Bbn3 would have 2 feats: in this case, Power Attack plus one other. I was trying (not so clearly) to point out that such a Bbn couldn't have Power Critical for its second feat, as...

OK, I kinda suck. I should have said "A 3rd-level orc barbarian," which is what was used in the example I quoted. A Bbn3 would only have 2 feats, so It couldn't possible be power attacking with Power Critical (since Power Crit also requires the Weapon Focus feat as a prerequisite)...and its...

Power Critical's prerequisites require Weapon Focus with the weapon in question, plus a base attack bonus of +4. An orc barbarian wouldn't be able to get such bonuses until 6th level. Since a greataxe only threatens a crit on a roll of 20, I don't see whereas the +4 bonus from Power Critical...

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One of my pet peeves is when something unintelligent eats something (or someone) and then gives the obligatory burp. It's almost as bad as the jumping cats in horror flicks.

Sounds like a graveyard might be appropriate as well.

Probably...unless perhaps Malfoy's been made a living Horcrux. Harry seemed certain that Malfoy now has the Death Eater mark on his arm, but maybe (yeah, it's a long shot) Voldemorte 'marked' him in another, more powerful way. The other stretches I can think of are: 1) If (as someone...