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The solution to GM burnout is definitely not to give the GM work making sure there’s a proper handoff to a “guest” GM. The way to counteract GM burnout is the GM in question simply stops GMing and someone else starts a completely new campaign. Then the burnout-GM gets to simply be a player and...

Per RAW, I’d agree with the GM, sort of. Spell Combat with Wand Wielder would allow you to make your melee attack(s) at -2, and also have cast Chill Touch. The casting of Chill Touch at L3 would then allow you to make three separate touch attacks to deliver the Chill Touch. Chill Touch seems...

Gamma World, done with the Alternity game mechanics. And then Star Frontiers, also with Alternity mechanics.0

White room/whiteboard analysis of classes based on “DPS” is basically bunk. In certain situations it might be a useful in limited scope, but in actual play the usefulness and effectiveness of a character build is more than just some arbitrary “DPS”. Thousands upon thousands of forum posts on...

Exactly. I’ve played in long single focus campaigns, total sandbox campaigns, and sort of ad-hoc campaigns, where we’d focus on something for 1 to 3 levels and then on to a totally new area/focus. I think the prevalence of long, single focus games these days is probably due in part to the rise...

The reason for low level published material to be focused more on PCs as “zeros” instead of “heroes” is based on a couple things: 1. Making sure every published campaign is accessible to novice players/GM 2. Following the D&D trope of “start weak but become powerful” 3. Mechanics. If there’s...

My household strictly quarantining and have been doing so for months. Plan to do so until there is an effective vaccine or cases in the US have significantly dropped to very small numbers and flatlined. I fully expect to be WFH from a long time. if I had a fane going it would have been...

Is it a PC or NPC? A PC, yes. An NPC, the same as any other NPC.

Side question, going back a few years there was the side adventure that resulted in Shemeska gaining the Shadow Key. Will Ashlanaya and Surefoot ever show up again?

I am finally caught up with this legendary Story Hour. I eagerly await further revelations :D One minor question - what happened with Alex the alienist? PC or NPC? This character came into the story with lots of unanswered questions but shortly was gone, leaving me scratching my head.

The Doomed Bastards is excellent! I’m well into that story hour at this point. Arcane casters don’t seem to fare well in your stories :) I’m probably my going to buy a .pdf of Rappan Athuk as a read along. I dug out my old copies of Dungeon magazine to read the Shackled City AP alongside...

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When reading long threads, such as some of the Story Hour threads, where I won’t be finishing in one read is there a way to go back to the last page or post I was reading? Some way to bookmark perhaps?

I was never into Planescape during the time it was an active product. Planescape came on the market at a time when I was playing games other than D&D, so it stayed underneath my radar, and by the time I came back to D&D 3E was in full swing. I’m at the point where I no longer buy any gaming...

I started with Travels and just finished Shackled City last night. All I can say is WOW, that was an epic ride! Truly an awesome pair of Story Hours!

Pathfinder version of the Player's Guide: On pg.12 "The PCs could use the inherent bonuses rule, and they wouldbe provided a much smaller stipend (about one-fourth the suggestedamount), which could be used to purchase expendable items and highcost spell components).". I believe inherent bonus...

I was browsing the Story Hour a while back and saw Funeris had posted a comment to this thread. After reading his praises, I decided to check out the story and was immediately hooked. I've been reading whenever possible, and just finished catching up yesterday. It's been an amazing read...

Reading this, I don't think the problem is Pathfinder (although unfamiliarity with the rules doesn't help) or Ptolus, but rather that you have serious group issues. Your players are all running off on their own agendas without regards to the campaign. Whether due to selfishness, boredom...

Short answer to the original question - no. I've seen several barbarian builds in the past few campaigns, and none of them have ever dominated. Good at dishing out some damage, sure. But dominate, nope. As for the question about the -2 AC compared to armor boosting magic items, the same...