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Intelligence as a leader surprises me a little. I expected Dexterity to do well. And Charisma coming in third place absolutely boggles me (even though I chose it) considering the amount of arguments over its usefulness in the past and the numerous threads declaring it the 'dump stat' of the...

DEX: Because with all of the other stats being 'low' I could still get the armor bonus and do up a great dual-wielding fighter/rogue sneak-attacker that gets decent enough damage. CHA: Because I just read those "arcane tank" articles and think a Sorcerer/Paladin would make for one sick...

A couple of questions on artistic style... I've seen a few other artists who draw faces similar in style to yours. Is there a particular influence that inspired the way you tackle the face (particularly the nose/eye region)? I know you probably developed a lot of what you do on your own, but...

You continue to impress me with your flowing lines, expressive postures, and attention to detail. If I could afford you, I'd contract you to illustrate my entire homebrew campaign. :) Excellent work, as always.

Very neat! I daydream about the 'perfect game room' all the time and I often wonder if I'd go with an overhead projector or an underglass monitor. I thought a touch screen would be neat. Especially if you could configure the software to hilight an area of effect centered on where you touch...

I only read the fiction in the first post and the first page of replies. Mine won't likely be seen if others do the same, but I did vote "Yes" to allowing such a paladin but with the huge caveat that nothing the paladin is doing can be directly opposed to the deities portfolio. I think to many...

Square Counting for the purpose of movement, avoiding attack, and placing ranged attacks or spells is definately a common occurence when a grid is in place. I expect someone who fights for a living to be able to determine whether they should be able to cross a certain distance in the alloted...

Lots of mini talk recently... I don't know what my group is doing that others aren't but I have never felt, or heard complaints about, a disconnection from the role playing experience from any player I have run games for in the past. The role playing keeps happening, and the players keep...

I'm all for dragons with spells and the ocasional use of magic items (although I tend to prefer custom dragon-specific items rather than standard treasure). In one adventure I ran, a dragon spread a thin layer of gold pieces or what looked to be gold pieces across a chamber. Under what looked...

To echo what you've heard a thousand times before: Great setting with lousy mechanics. I actually have a large RIFTS collection but I've never run it. I just got it to read the fluff and mine it for ideas for campaigns. I stopped a few years ago after hearing some of the things ex-employees had...

I like D&D magic for the implied setting, and most of the other published settings out there I believe, but I'm not a fan of any one type of magic over another. I think its fine for magic to be tailored, replaces, or even completely left out if it fits the setting. If I'm creating my own...

Miniatures have been nothing but a positive thing since I introduced them to my game a year ago. Before this we would use dice (color and upwards turned number were used to tell them apart) for situations that seemed to benefit from the visual aid (almost all combat). I wouldn't have been able...

Fields of Blood Elements of Magic: Revised Edition Magical Medival Society: Western Europe DM Genie (software) Megamat (game accessory) Unearthed Arcana D&D Plastic Minis (game accessory and addiction) Every once in a while you stumble across a 3rd party product that you feel everyone should own...

I've got too many unfinished (unstarted!) homebrew projects to count, and I fully understand that I'm the only soul that'll ever find most of them interesting. Here are 'concept statements' for a few of them. My best shot at sentences... D&D Setting #1 An oceanless world, war-torn from...

oh well, it hasn't broken anything yet, and I've already got DM Genie scripted for it, so I'm going to keep on running it as a replacement and allowing the combo with two-weapon defense for now.

No I have not... that is the 2 volume pdf set that was published as a book, right? It's very high on my "to buy" list if it is. Still, even though I am looking to get away from "net running" through virtual dungeons ... I want it to be a fun and necessary part of adventuring in this setting...

The Combat Expertise feat's notes make it seem like it is an upgrade/replacement to defensive fighting. Is that the case? It does basically the same thing, but at a lower penalty to the character. If it doesn't replace it, then the two could be used together since dodge bonuses stack. My...

I couldn't agree with you more. In fact this is something I'm quite passionate about. I was simply saying how it is, not how I want it to be. I think the public education system needs massive improvement. I'd venture that most people think so (I know most teachers do), but for one reason or...

I'm far from an expert on the d20 Modern (Future) ruleset, but for an upcoming campaign of mine I wanted to flesh out a "Hacker" Advanced Class and maybe a couple of specialized prestige classes to go along with it ... this (in my current opinion) means I need a more robust hacking mechanic with...

As far as money goes... Schools are businesses. Most of the decisions that the administration makes hinge on making money for the school or spending as little as possible for what the school has to have. I don't agree that it should be like that (but then again I think teachers should make twice...