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Ah. Hey, I'm soon going to have to deal with a mind flayer city too. If they manage to do it, let me know the trick. I'm planning on diplomacy, but it's nice having a plan B (even if it is "break out the nukes"). :D

I run two campaigns; the Warcraft campaign is at about standard magic level, and the Planescape campaign is in the upper range of "standard" for presence of magic but the lower range of "standard" for availability to the PCs (mostly due to lack of money).

The only TPK I've ever had was at 10th, so I voted 10th. But my guts tell me that TPKs should be easier at 5th/6th (due to area effect spells).

I've been thinking for a while about a "rare magic" campaign with limited rule changes. A concept I've been toying with is as follows. Mind ya, I haven't really thought this through yet. Only classes allowed are barbarian, fighter, and a modified rogue that can switch sneak attack damage for...

I hope so. :uhoh:

Mostly A and B, and C on top of that. It isn't quite satisfactory, I know.

I suspect that this is the whole point. If you don't do what the rules don't cover, or you only do once lest the made-up-on-the-spot ruling collapses in a vortex of abuse, then rules-light systems are good and fast. But personally, I just can't take that "bargain". :)

I think this is one of the points over which we have different perspectives. It's a bit late and I may sound confusing right now; don't hesitate to ask for clarifications, I'll check on the thread tomorrow. :) If I want to be able to feint in order to get the opportunity to disarm my enemy and...

Ok, but what about the next time that I want to shoot someone in the second row? Will it still be -4? If it is, then it's a house rule. If it isn't, the DM is being unfair (not to mention the shattering of my suspension of disbelief as the laws of physics seem to change from a week to the next).

This is exactly what I meant in my first post. You've got a rules-light system which allows anyone to simply walk to the second line of enemies and whack them. So, the DM ruled that you couldn't. Now, you have a game which is a bit more rules-heavy, and a bit more... I hate the word "realistic"...

I think you should consider this position more carefully. I mostly play MMORPGs nowadays because they work out cheaper than traditional games. A MMORPG client is often free, you only pay the monthly fee, and it takes four months or so before that exceeds the cost of a new traditional game. IME...

Mmmmm... unrated... :]

Judging from the adventure title - maybe the party is supposed to be captured?

I pay for online games, but I wouldn't pay for a DM. Online games are there whenever I feel like playing, regardless of anyone else. That's what I'm paying for, and D&D doesn't work like that.

Huh. I can lift more than 22.6796185 kilograms overhead, at least for a few "rounds", and I consider myself weaker-than-average.

I don't think it would work. I DM for free, but if I wanted to be paid, I wouldn't want to be paid less than, say, 100$ per session total (about 20$ per player). The reason is, that people that pay for something begin having expectations. They'd want something better. If I have to put in more...

I agree that too much stuff ruins the flavor. But the only thing DMs need to do is to put their foot down about what can be used and why. In my Warcraft campaign, I only allow stuff from the Warcraft and core books by default. No initiates of the sevenfold veil, no fists of raziel, no...

I wouldn't - not because of the metagaming consideration that PCs shouldn't get items that easily, but just because of common sense. I don't know the value of a ring of water breathing, but a ring of water walking is 15000 and fairly similar in power level. The NPC was tricked into believing...

The people I game with are spread all around the spectrum, but there is a definite slant towards the left. But Italian politics are a lot more fragmented than in the USA. I am decidedly leftist but I disagree with several of the leftist parties on a few key positions. And my rightist friends...

I had a PC fall into a lava stream due to a botched teleport, but he was a half-red dragon so he easily survived. His items didn't fare so well. :]