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Ditto I hate it when someone says exactly what I was going to say, so that I am left with nothing to add but "ditto." :cool:

Kai, Your poll is too binary. There is should be some sort of middle ground for those of us who don't think that this was much of a problem either way. Stacking increased critical threat range modifiers was not a particularly effective way to increase damage. Thus eliminating the possibility...

Batman a Killer? What comics were you reading in '39? ;) Batman was never a killer, right from the very start. He used a gun in precisely 1 issue - & that was against the undead, not against criminals. Now I absolutely agree with you that the original Bob Kane Batman was inspired by the...

But Heighten is better when confronting a Globe of Invulnerability. An Empowered Fireball will do nothing against a Minor Globe of Invulnerability, while a Heightened Fireball will strike to full affect. This makes Heighten useful for mid-level Sorcerors able to cast 4th or 5th level spells...

"It's go time!" The player of a paladin used this catchphrase whenever combat became the only option available. The DM hated it & docked the player of XP whenever he uttered it - which led to the following: "The flag is up!" Out of combat, the party used a single figure as the party...

D&D 3.0 Will Larkin Human Sorceror Level 7 The campaign is the DM's homebrew world based off of a decaying pseudo-Roman empire confronted by pseudo-Teutonic barbarian hordes. Quite enjoyable.

Why Half-Elves? Why are half-elves mechanically lame in 3e? So that only real roleplayers will play them. Given that half-elves are half-breeds caught between two worlds, they are a wonderful challenge for a good roleplayer to tackle & thus can actually add something to your world. If they...

Anything from Monty Python & the Holy Grail Brother Maynard The Enchanter Tim Robin & his mistrels I absolutely love the movie, but somehow these names kill the mood... ;) We had a game where all of the characters were named after pharmaceuticals: Darvon the Dwarf Acetaminophen the Paladin...

"Dibs!" As a newbie DM of 1e way back when, I thought it would be cool to confront a party of low level characters with a well-equipped high level fighter. The fighter demanded a toll for crossing a bridge. Predictably the party's response was "Nuts!" & they charged the enemy. The fighter...

Well there IS a point value as the mechanic in 3.0 - WotC just did all of the math themselves & then listed the possible legal combinations for each specialist. In 3.0 the schools of Conjuration, Evocation, & Transmutation have a point value of 3. Abjuration, Enchantment, & Illusion have a...

Other I start the new character at 75% of the maximum inidividual XP awarded in the campaign. So far this has always worked out as 75% of the XP of the highest level character(s) because I have always had 2 players that always show up for every session. If we game, they are there. ;) This...

Thanks ShadowStar! :) Is RoytheOdd okay? Or did you hurt him much when you swiped the PHB? ;)

I'm glad someone finally mentioned this. The 1e/2e Strength spell was useful, but it wasn't a no brainer 2nd level spell choice for Magic Users. While I preferred to memorize one a day, most Magic Users preferred another Invisibility out of this slot. And if the fighters in the party already...

Scheduled for once a week for about 5 hours a session, but we don't play if we can't hit our quorum of 4 PCs in attendance, so it averages that we are off about every 3rd week. We sound about average, it seems...

Good times... Darklance said: One of my sisters went there. Since all of the girls there dated West Point cadets, it was nicknamed Mt St Mattress. :rolleyes: Guess it worked - my sister married her cadet, & he became an army doctor to boot. They are still happily married & raising an army of...

I used to live in Walden, which is a village west of Newburgh off Route 17K. There was a really good gaming/comic store up in New Paltz - "October Country" I think was the name - which we used to frequent. I have no idea if it still exists. But I expect that you won't have much trouble...

Celebrim said: This was my system for 1e & 2e also. It worked quite well with the geometric progression of level vs. XP. But in 3e with the somewhat more linear XP chart this could lead to some serious lagging, so I adopted a 3/4 rule that worked well. Any new characters come in at 75% of the...

Wormwood said: That was my feeling about 2e once the new car smell faded. ;) But 3e really did break new ground compared with the earlier editions of the game with its integrated skills system & the addition of feats. There is now actually a system to the madness. That some tired conventions...

I'm surprised that this thread has gone on so long after everyone stated their preference one way or the other. But Point Buy vs. Die Rolling apparently is a matter of religious conviction around here. A lot of folks seem determined to try to convert the heathens who believe in the other...

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave..." Azlan said: Azlan, this is precisely the point. D&D is a web of abstractions, each of which when taken individually can be seen to be erroneous or problematic. But the real question is whether the web taken as a whole provides a playable simulation...