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  1. MerakSpielman

    Cooperative Dungeon: open call for Editor

    I'd like to chip in that I've edited the previous CDs, but I know I missed things (I saw some errors when I ran my group through CD2). The more pairs of eyes we have looking at these adventures, the better!
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    How many spells have you banned from your game?

    Nope, no banned spells. I suppose if I ever have a spell-abuse problem I might consider it, but it hasn't happened. And I'm not going to ban spells based on potential possible abuse. That's too much bother.
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    D&D 3.x How 3.5e Darkness works?

    An interesting (or not) thought: Daylight is brighter than torchlight, right? What happens if you cast a Light spell outside at noon? Is the area slightly dimmer than it was before?
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    D&D 3.x How 3.5e Darkness works?

    Yes, the spell is badly written. I can only assume it's not meant to illuminate dark places. But that's not what it says.
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    Keeping powerful characters dead

    Yes, the bag of holding/portable hold trick. I was going to post that. Alternately, find a plane of existence where the time flow is different. Say, every day on our plane is a thousand years there. Kill him and dump the body there. By the time anybody things to True Res him, it'll be past...
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    Hiding true alignment?

    Hey, I forgot about that one. It looks like it could even be legitimately made into a potion.
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    Hiding true alignment?

    The typical answer is to have the NPC have an Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location. But that's a 35k item, and a 3rd-level npc is unlikely to have one. The method that looks most likely to work for this fellow is the Misdirection spell. It causes all divination spells that reveal...
  8. MerakSpielman

    Switching Deities...

    Assuming it was a major, once-in-a-lifetime kind of conversion on the part of the cleric, I'd allow it with no penalties. If the PC makes a habit of it (no pun intended), I'd have the gods start shunning him. Why accept a new cleric when he's just going to waltz off and worship some other...
  9. MerakSpielman

    HELP: Undead adventure! (my players go away!)

    Consider ghouls. They're sentient and can have class levels.
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    Way to block detection of illusions?

    I agree that misdirection is the best course of action. When loads of things are detecting as illusions, it gets harder to figure out what's going on. And after they get so caught up looking for illusions, hit them with some mundane pit traps or something that they, at that point, won't be...
  11. MerakSpielman

    WHere is the Craft domain?

    It's copied in the Kingdoms of Kalamar Player's Handbook, but creditted to the FR setting.
  12. MerakSpielman

    Roman Empires D20

    At first I thought this was a new post about that Roman d20 they found.
  13. MerakSpielman

    What's wrong with metamagic?

    No, it's a rule for wizards, clerics, and druids. It allows spontanious metamagic, but at the cost of TWO already-prepared spells. Quite different, really.
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    What's wrong with metamagic?

    What about the optional rule to allow classes that normally have to prepare their spells to spontaniously apply metamagic to their spells, but losing a random spell from the increased spell level? Example: Wizard is high enough level to cast 4th level spells. He has a Magic Missile prepared...
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    Vindictive, fair DMing, or is 3.5 too Lethal ??

    You made a bold move and it cost your character his life. Not every bold action results in glorious success, like it does in the movies. That said, there's different ways of running a campaign. If you're playing a game where at first level the lowly goblins would trip, disarm, hide, and...
  16. MerakSpielman

    how to hit on girls without being creepy?

    Cultivate female friends. Get to know them. At some point, romance will blossom. It worked for me. Married for 8 years now. If all you're looking for is some non-serious "female companionship" I'm afraid I can't help you.
  17. MerakSpielman

    Getting those potions out in combat: How long?

    I don't have a problem with letting somebody just "drink a potion" as a standard action, and assuming they have some way to get at them quickly. I'd get strict about enforcing the move-action to retrieve the potion if my players ever actually remembered to drink potions in combat. They keep...
  18. MerakSpielman

    Unused tools?

    I don't think a single player I've ever DMed for has ever: attempted a trip attack attempted a disarm attempted to attack a weapon or held item used the Aid action used any of the initiative-specific actions (though they occasionally ready an action) made a bluff check in combat
  19. MerakSpielman

    Evil: individuals or entire nations?

    There's one nation in my campaign that's under direct, total rule by a theocracy of a Lawful Evil deity (God of Slavery and Oppression). I have full intention of having squads of guards with 1st level clerics roaming the streets, arresting anybody who shows up under Detect Good or Detect Chaos...
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    You get ONE item ...

    I'd like something that let me cast Zone of Truth through a scrying device... then I'd have fun with all the politicians... :D
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