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I don't recognize the spells you're talking about. I suspect that such things exist in people's particular campaign world, but for someone having trouble with teleport-assassins, clearly they aren't deemed sufficient so I was trying to describe additional possibilities. BTW, I happen to think...

Well, I have an ability to swing a sword, so why does the DM "take that away" by making me have to hit a certain armorclass? Darn shields. Why does see invisibility take away my invisibility? Why does Resist Fire thwart my fireball? What about Dispel Magic? How about my ability to not get...

I didn't take it as criticizing, I think that's a good question because we might have different answers that have a bearing on the issue. For my campaign, the answer is yes, 10th level is high level. But I think more significantly in my campaign are the myriads of ways that teleport can be...

Will no one give Quasimodo a drink of water!? :confused:

Well, for one, human fighters in DnD *are* mortals. There's no real flavor justification for mortal human fighters having god-like abilities. And they do have super-human physical abilities already in 3E. See for reference - any thread regarding falling damage. Or also consider the fact that...

I was quoting someone else saying that there were hundreds! I have no idea how many there were and it wasn't germane to the point I was trying to make. Wouldn't you prefer that I spent my effort on trying to understand your point rather than picking out your spelling mistakes? What you can't...

Conan seemed to be generally unfamiliar with the finer aspects of thieving in the REH stories I recall. His main claim to being a thief is that he went on "thief adventures" and used his barbarian stealth and climb abilities and good Reflex saves in order to stay alive. Slight of hand, lock...

"Epic level" DnD is not the same thing as epic IMO. A normal DnD character of medium levels is epic from the perspective of literature. It's hard to judge power levels in literature from a DnD perspective but I don't remember Aragorn laughing and taking quick naps during the fight with the...

I can't imagine getting rid of ability-boosting items. Strength boosting items seem prevalent enough in folklore that I think their absence would seem strange and they would be back in some d20 book in short order. Maybe consider costs - magic items seem really cheap to me. A ship should...

Not enough for you to read around it apparently. Does it really matter? Since you've apparently seen and remember the hundreds of episodes then I'm sure you can make your own list of times when the transporter doesn't function as expected. Someone get killed in the first movie, IIRC. I...

What fantasy is that? Does any have a clear idea what Gandalf's resource issues were in LotR? Was it fatiguing to cast spells? Why did he use lightning against the Ringwraiths on Weathertop and not use it in Moria? I guess he was hoping Frodo would die so he could get his magic items. Can...

The problem with high level play is that the rules aren't really designed for it in ways that I think have been so far unexplored. I don't see any reason why teleport shouldn't be at least as risky as a transporter in Star Trek. That thing is killing people every other episode. You don't even...

I think it can possibly be horrible. Fixing bad rules is one thing, but if DnD becomes a game that's only interested to beginning players then you'll lose experienced gamers. Losing experienced gamers means a loss of existing networks for players, new and experienced. But ultimately my...

I guess it depends on what you think the significant parts of the illusionist are that translate from the rules into the world. For instance if my illusionist cast phantasmal forces or shadow monsters before, similar spells existed in later systems. I'm not really sure based on my experiences...

Wow. That was a really cool post. Thanks.

I'll speak up. Yes, that's my point too. Ok, I think that relationship is clear. Well then my comments should just be taken as the non-sequitur that you're claiming here. Feel free to return to the topic at hand as it appears that what I'm saying is irrelevant.

But his point doesn't rely on the similarity or difference between S&S and Tolkien and I think it's somewhat of a distraction to debate the meaning when Rounser's core issue (from what I can tell by by the quote) is that some prior edition of DnD was generic fantasy, whereas some other version...

Here's the quote: You were referring to art in what I responded to. I guess there's some sort of miscommunication here. But it seems pretty clear to me that you were equating rules with art in a way to show by analogy that in the way that rules have improved (a little more solid ground in...

Well then I suppose you do know what a poster means by "anime" then :) I agree, in the example you've given it's not all that ambiguous. I can't answer for every use of the word anime, but the "hot/cold" answer I think was relevant just to illustrate that context was an issue. "Hot/cold"...

Maybe that is what I'm concerned about. I've wanted to talk about art in the past on this board but the responses I've gotten have often been really aggressive and fixated on the vocabulary and other details that I thought were a distraction from the points I was trying to make. In any case...