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Ahh, but are they the same hit points?! That's the kicker. I could easily rule that they are new ones, not the ones you had previously. ;) AFAIAC the magic item is granting a temporary bonus to begin with. When the item is lost, so is the temporary bonus. Regaining the item requires wearing...

Heh, not in my campaign. ;) Adamantine will bypass DR but it doesn't have hardness 20 that bypasses all hardness of 20 or less. This means it's still useful against constructs and such, but you can't dig a hole in an iron door using an adamantine toothpick. :) I'm actually thinking of turning...

I used to say the same thing about DM Genie. But I don't use that program any more. In addition, with the advent of MapTool (and the other RPTools applications) which are Java-based, I don't need a Windows virtual machine at all. (I still have one for that stupid, icky LiveMeeting crapware...

Thanks for the reply. :) The question is more of the "my frost weapon made my equipment so cold that my potions froze!" variety. Not damaging to the equipment per se, but something that makes them unusable in the short-term. Or perhaps the cold permeates the sheath and starts to makes the...

Arise, my thread! Arise! Behold -- IT IS ALLIIIIIIVE!! ;) Do you have a quote for that? The SRD says it doesn't affect the wielder, but someone carrying the weapon could be affected, correct? So unless it's being wielded, they're susceptible? (Yeah, being picky, but I'm trying to...

Well, Todd. You sat in on my Tuesday night game last week -- what did you think? We got to talk about it for about 3 minutes at the end of the session, but if you'd care to write a bit more I'd like to hear it. A few things to recap: 1. We're playing PF Beta and not 3.5, but they are very...

Oh, I'll have to take a look-see then. Thanks for that info. I don't really believe that's in your best interest just yet. The MapTool UI is going to evolve drastically in the 1.4 series -- we're currently working to finalize 1.3 so that users will have a stable base to use for their games...

I apologize for my choice of words. A bad mistake on my part. I am impressed that you continue to develop the product with just two programmers on staff! Those must be some true hotshots to cover such a large code base! I haven't worked in a proprietary software environment for ... about 20...

And wil you stop by the RPTools forum and let us know what you like/don't like about d20pro? (I'm not using Windows so I find myself lacking the motivation to load up a virtual machine just to try a single software package. :() Thanks!

I don't like Tasha's Hideous Laughter (too debilitating for such a low-level spell). The lyre of building is WAY too functionalty for its cost and requires a Perform check to build something instead of a Craft check (which is what the prerequisite spell, fabricate, requires). Btw, I rule that...

The extra expense is more mindset than reality, however. Heh, I never mentioned Macs. ;) Of course, I'm typing on one right now, but the rest of my machines run Linux. <threadjack> I can understand the ROI for video games on Windows; there is a huge financial investment in performance-driven...

I agree for video games, but movies can be done using other software without a problem. VLC is great for streaming video from one machine to another (used to stand for VideoLAN Client, but now it's both server and client so the name is a misnomer). My brother uses VNC to remote in from his...

Or you can have a truly nasty DM who makes sure that the bad guys have tremorsense, blindsight, or similar abilities that don't rely on normal senses so illusions don't help. Personally, I like Blink. Since I play core-only games primarily, the MiC isn't a factor (thank goodness!).

Your BBEG should have done this in an area with water and used control water to drown the party. Or cast rock to mud on the ceiling over the cages and suffocated them. Or if he's high enough level cast earthquake to swallow them up. All of these work best if one of the PCs inside each force...

Looks like it's Windows-only. Bummer. :( It's my wish that someday developers will realize that a cross-platform language will net them more customers, but I'm not holding my breath waiting. Too bad, 'cuz Hero Lab sounds like a perfect complement to the PF PDF I plan to purchase on Thursday. :(

The main site worked for me (but I had to use the correct URL :)). However, the forums did not. Given that Janik seems to have abandoned DM Genie, I wouldn't expect any further updates from that direction. Instead, check out GeniesLamp and GeniesBottle on Yahoo! Groups as both are quite...

It is always best to use the DNS addresses that your ISP provides. The reason is that some DNS servers (most?) will refuse DNS requests from clients they don't recognize as a way of reducing their load. So if you're a client on one ISP's network and try to use the DNS servers of another ISP...

I use the WebStart on my MacBook Pro running Tiger, but I understand that the latest Java update from Apple has broken the WebStart feature (ugh!) so that's rather unfortunate -- the ZIP technique is a pain on the Mac because Apple, in their infinite wisdom, chose not to provide a GUI option for...

I would second the recommendation to check out MapTool. It's only tool out of a suite of free and open source tools for helping GMs and players with gaming. If you also pick up a campaign framework that fits the game system you're using, a lot of stuff is automated. A "campaign framework" is...

how to price a Ring of Dispel Magic (This was a double-post somehow -- gotta love ENworld! But I decided I had more to add anyway...) The dispel magic being at CL10 was something I hadn't factored into my pricing of 16k (previous post). For a 6th level PC to have a dispel magic at +10 once...