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    Disintegration Help

    THANKS ALL!!!! I was looking through the listed SRD at the time but I missed the underlined part that Altamont Ravenard emphasized. You guys rock! dren
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    How would you rate your current campaign?

    Mindblowing! They surprise me at every step... roleplay their characters amazingly well...are creative in their tactics and spell-use....e-mail me if they have any questions or problems, and have challenged me to learn the rules just as well as they do. I look forward to playing and they show...
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    What do you do when a PC dies because of a bad dice roll?

    At the end of the day, dice are the only gods of the game. Roll'em for glory or for doom, either way, fate still lies in the PCs hands.
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    How dumb are golems?

    Just like everything else, a golem has certain strengths and weaknesses. In large rooms where missile combat is an option and the party has room to maneuver, fly, etc...they shouldn't be a problem. That's why I like to use them in rooms with large numbers of allies (protecting the master's door...
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    Disintegration Help

    Hi all, Had a small rule problem during today's game, and I could not determine what the best resolution was. Hope the experts here at ENWorld can help. A 12th level Psion dimension doored under water to manifest a disintegration effect agaisnt the bow of a boat. Can he do this? Does water...
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    DM prep time with D&D

    Yes, DMing high level games is a task, I'll agree. But it's worth it, especially if you have really good players who show excitement, enthsuiasm and put in detail over both their game mechanics and storyline. There are some good ideas listed here, but another is to just keep a notepad on you...
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    Players not speaking in character

    Accents...meh. I don't care for them much. I've only had one of my players do this. (An intentionally bad texan accent from a fighter elf missile specialist with a mission to kill as many human wizards as possible. He kept it up 50% of the time, but when he said anything with attitude, he made...
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    What is the "Base Level" of your Campaign?

    The overall average level, counting both PCs and NPCs - 5th. Lots of people are really good at non-martial specialized tasks (cooks, scholars, artists, etc), otherwise how could a seemingly pseudo-medieval society function? Adventuers average level, is probably 6th or 7th...but most of those...
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    What Monsters Do you Use?

    Depends on where in the world they are...each type of category you listed has an area that they are dominant in, but overall, everything will get used at least in one corner of the world/game.
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    Ability points PC vs. NPCs

    General rule: PCs and adventuring NPCs 48 points - with a slightly more advanced attritbute gain; Non-adventuring PCs - 28 points. But this is a tool I use to speed up character creation than anything else.
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    Blown Fuse > d20 Overload

    No...definitely not. Having more stuff doesn't help you as a player or DM. Sure, it's nice to have, but it's not needed and sometimes gets in the way as wanting to add or use everything (or a lot of things for that matter) just means you throw everything in without ever getting a feel for the...
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    Do we really need (fill in the blank)

    Do we really need...all these newfangled combat feats? I remember back in the days (channeling the voice of Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man) when combat was about swinging a sword as hard as you can and killing something. Not all these fancy feats, and skills and prestige classes. We had THAC0 and...
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    DMing from a Laptop

    Background, ideas and descriptions are usually in notepad saved as a simple txt file, this way it is extremely easy for me to read and do quick searches to find what I need. This is rarely over ten pages long. I have over 100+ original monsters; so I create a pdfs on my desktop, that way in...
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    Movies screaming for sequels.

    I concur 1000%...
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    How many spells have you banned from your game?

    To begin, but certainly not limited to: Alignment Spells: Protection from good/evil/law/chaos - unavailable for wizards Bestow / Remove Curse: Priest Only Mordenkainen or Otiluke Spells unavailable Most Scrying spells are unavailable Shadow Spells are unavailable Undead spells: Animate, create...
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    how to hit on girls without being creepy?

    Hitting on someone is the first problem. Outside of a bar setting, you shouldn't be hitting on someone you would like to meet or date. Talk to her, be yourself, be nice but too sweet, be confident but not a jerk. Ask others who may know her, what she's like. Look for someone you find...
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    So What Did Santa Bring You?

    Misc toilitries (deodorant, cologne, razor blades, etc) Set of metallic dice from Chessex Star Wars box set I just finished watching all three movies and about one hour of the bonus features...and I'm a very happy geek right now! (Well, except for the scene where Greedo shoots first, but I...
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    How do you handle Summon Monster spells?

    Simple really..who is summoning and what purpose. Good summoning celestials; normal if asked to attack evil. They may attack neutral creatures depending upon the threat, the caster must make a caster-level check to make them attack other good creatures; otherwise as per the book. Good...
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    No combat in a whole session

    No, not at all. In a civilized area, it might be more trouble to them if they do start something, especially if the characters are lawful and noble and avoid the troublesome areas during the evening.
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    Tell me about Vampires (or lack of vampires) in Your World

    Vampires....yawn...been done to death.
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