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Playing D&D has certainly improved my problem-solving skills. In fact, I would go a step further: involvement with any kind of speculative-fiction (media, games, etc) makes a person smarter. S-F has at its heart an exploration of what could be. Once you start exploring theoretical...

So, if someone casts fly, are you suggesting they wouldn't be able to perform a double-move in combat to go 120'? Spider

OK then. Let's try these: Would Freedom of Movement allow you to move normally while influenced by a Command spell if the command were "Stop!"? Would Freedom of Movement allow you to move normally while influenced by a Sleep spell? Spider

I'm pretty sure that any attack that requires a to-hit roll can result in a critical hit. Spider

Hrm. What if someone summoned a troll, and it started grappling the cleric? It's magic, and it's impeding the cleric's movement... I might have to re-think my position on this. Wouldn't the travel domain get you out of a Hold Person, too? Spider

The party had found a scroll of Teleport, and the Sorcerer used it move the whole group into the middle of an enemy encampment for a commando-style rescue of the nation's high-priest (who had been kidnapped by wizards looking to slay his god). We ended the session right when the Teleport went...

Seems pretty obvious to me--the cleric succeeds at the grapple check automatically once he invokes his Travel Domain power. For one, Telekinesis qualifies as "magic that usually impedes movement". The "such as" list is not comprehensive. Does the Travel Domain only grant the "magic that...

This is not correct. There is a table that gives the DC to change the target's attitude. Making a Hostile target change to Unfriendly is DC 20; making him Indifferent is DC 25. And Piel, I threw nearly a dozen non-undead, non-construct enemies at you guys! You just chose to run away from...

He does not have the extend spell feat, nor does he have any of the spells you mentioned. I do notice that he's got Polymorph. We're using Rich Burlew's alternate polymorph rules, meaning he can turn into a pegasus--that's 110 minutes per 4th level spell, and a 120' flight speed. So it's not...

Can you hustle while under the effect of the Fly spell? 1) YES. If you do the math, Hustling works out to effectively doing a "double move" every round for an hour. Since you can perform a "double move" while using the Fly spell, it should be allowed. 2) NO. Go read "Overland Flight". It...

An interesting question all around. I can easily see bluff/diplomacy/intimidate turning an unreasonable request into a reasonable one. But I think I'd put a strict limit on it: either use a standard action to convince them, or keep your lie to simple concepts/short phrases. I think that...

I'm been mulling this spell around in my head for a while. Its primary use is as an area-effect Dispel Magic soaker. When the Dispel goes off, this spell gets targeted first. The duration should be high enough to let your wiz/sor cast it on the whole group when you've got a day to prepare...

I have... 1) Started a goth scene in a small town 2) Designed a logo for a nightclub 3) Spent the night sleeping on the floor of a 1920's-era ballroom 4) Had a shot of Absinthe for breakfast 5) Beaten up a 7 year old 6) Spent 2 days in the wilderness with no food or human contact 7) Put...

I'd recommend he learn a little bit about a lot of languages. Starting off with a scripting language is great. Javascript is designed to be easily human-readable, which means the learning curve is much lower than something like Perl or C++. And you get instant gratification for your work. In...

I'll also agree that you should consider running a "different kind of game." One thing that works really well for me as a DM is working the PC's deeply into the plots of my game. Hardly a single event occurs in the game that isn't tied directly to a PC, a PC's close relative, etc. This can be...

I'd probably go for a combination of both hyperdrive and jump gates. From a plot perspective, both have strengths. If you have to get to Farpoint really soon, and the only way to get there is to push your ships engines to the limits, that can provide for some great tension. Or, as Straczynski...

*Whisk* Off to Meta... Oh, wait...I'm not a mod. Dang. Spider

I've long thought about what I would do with 3 "save slots" available to me. The basic idea is that I'd be able to "save my game" at any moment during my life. But I've only got 3 available slots. And if I ever reloaded, I'd have to live my life from that point forward (but with my current...

I'm the DM running the campaign. I think option #1 makes sense. It's got significant limitations (number of targets, and taking several rounds to make the suggestions). My only hesitation (and it's a small one) is here: along with I could see a very strict interpretation that says, "as...

My understanding is that the problem has more to do with the way trademark law is written than it has to do with the ill effects of identity-dilution. Basically, if they don't protect their trademark actively in the courts, someone could come along and start another search engine called Google...