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I think that that's the best description of a circumstance modifier I've seen - "There is a way around it." If there's an obvious solution, then the DM should feel free to pile on the penalties or bonuses as he sees fit, since a clever PC should probably change the circumstance be he attempts...

Funny thing is, in your campaigns, most of us have been really quite good at avoiding them recently, even if they did exist.

It's plagued with minor problems (weird spec requirements, bad netcode, server memory leaks)... but damn, BF2 is probably the most fun I've had online in a long time. The ranking server lag got (mostly) fixed in the first few days, and now that it's working... it's awesome. Getting various...

I never go to my FLGS to buy a specific book, or even a pack of minis or some dice. Books are cheaper online, it's easier to look through and choose from thousands of miniatures catalogued and categorized on company websites, and I can get dice any color of the rainbow and any shape that bows to...

The best way I've seen big cities run is to make one or two distinctive NPCs or places (a bar, a shop, an inn, something weird) for each district that the PC's will visit. The Sharn sourcebook has enough quirks for each district it's easy to create something distinctive in each one without more...

I've been trying a "flat-level" system recently, where I just keep tally of how much XP the group as a whole has earned, and give out level ups when appropriate. XP loss just means deleveling for a session or two. Havn't played that much with it though. Is anyone else using a similar system...

I generally prefer, both as a player and a DM, to have absent player's PCs be either off-camera, or there, but non-participatory. Generally, nobody is going to willingly miss a session, and adding on a PC-death to a string of what's already likely bad-news hardly helps make the game fun. One of...

Regardless, you should be able to copy/paste the text from the .pdf into Babelfish (or another online translation program). Unless the file is stored as images (or protected, in which case you may be breaking some copyrights), using the text select tool should allow you to put the text into a...

I tend to start my campaigns with big, set piece adventures or battles, and then run with it from there. It's mostly a lack of planning, and it tends to backfire when I get too grandoise, too early, and have DM'd the campaign into a corner. Lots of fun while it's happening though, so I suppose...

As a player, I'd be very annoyed if a DM severely reduced the availability of magic or magic items, but only if he didn't take that into account when calculating CR's and encounter difficulties. The expected wealth levels are there for a reason, and if I'm not getting the magical items I need to...

Normally, the DM either assigns the group outright "You all are tasked with doing X", and places everyone's individual stakes with the group "...and if you don't, well, none of you will be seeing daylight for a few years"; or we come up with a common association. Last campaign, we were all part...

I've been lurking the site for a few years, and only created an account when I first felt that I really wanted to say something. In retrospect, I find that somewhat interesting, as once I created my account, I started posting constantly, chiming in with minor opinions and clarifications, and...

Personally, I don't see Prestige Classes as roleplaying aides, or special organizations/situations/etc. A decent imagination and some minor descriptive flavor can turn pretty much any class into whatever you want. What I really like about 3e is that the base classes are further removed from...

You've managed to find a way that manages to directly punish players who choose certain feats and abilities that are already underused. If you were looking to completely discourage players from playing paladins, druids, wizards/sorcerors/hexblades, then congradulations! Otherwise, your method is...

Weapon Finesse. Frankly, I'm suprised it lasted this long at all.

I've seen a couple mentions of Mad Irishman's sheets (http://www.unc.edu/~murphy/mad_irishman/pub_dnd.html for those not in the know), and I need to pimp them as well. I've been using them for a few years, and I really like the way they break down bonuses and modifiers for pretty much...

I was just reading through the developer posts on the DDO forums, and god-damn, these are the people I want to design the game. When a developer comes right out and says Sure, it may make min-maxing an ultimate goal of the game. But it also makes roleplaying a lot more feasable. No MMO has...

I'm not sure why you're condeming that, however. PrC's give characters cool, flavorful abilities in a structured manner. Some of them have backgrounds and stories pregenerated to help them "fit-in" in a world, but that's always been up to the GM. I tend to see PrC's as a way of expanding a...

Fighter > OotBI is hardly overpowered, if he goes straight through. If he's just in it for the two level dip, and plans to go into another ranged class (Such as Peerless Archer from Silver Marches, a more powerful PrC), then you might want to worry. Two levels with full BAB is a somewhat low...

I'm fairly ambivalent about mapping software, since a grid, some basic tokens, and the ability to draw a straight line are all that's really necessary. The killer app for me, however, is the chat functionality. It needs to be seamless, and allow for custom aliases/changed nicks. If my...