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Kelderen is something of an eccentric in the mindflayer world. To understand this properly, we need to look at the root cause: An odd obsession with physical form and capabilities... As opposed to a more 'healthy appetite' for brains and mental processes. This interest began with the...

Ach - it's one of those classes that I've always liked, but never had the chance to play... or even see in action! Figure it's got to be worth a stab. :)

I've put something together... just used the PhB, DMG and XPH. Added some notes about some XPH stuff at the bottom of the statblock. Had a few questions: I know and could find nothing about Mind Flayer naming conventions, so just plucked one out of the air... is it about right? Increased the...

I'm yet to find a fantasy game that has 'a feel' as good as DnD. Tried lots of others, but I keep coming back. Got so many iconic things there that define fantasy for me. Also like how you get different game types out of the D20 system. Anything from 'nearly a tabletop wargame' to a story RPG...

Personally, I feel you citing 2 opposite ends of the DM scale? :) On the one hand, it's a never kill GM. On the other, it's someone who will kill you. IMO there's a wide gulf of playtypes between the two. I'd lean a little towards the second type. Although there's a lot of ifs/buts and how...

Good point there Mr Piratecat! I think the most elegant change might be to make it a 1 round casting time. Gives a window of opportunity to disrupt it? Could always get into an arms race by introducing disjunctive buffering - like a dispel buffer, but more uber!

Considering a feat for a game I'm about to run. Feat: Armoured Casting Prequisite: None. Benefit: You do not risk Arcane Spell failure from any armour or shield. However, any spell which would normally incur spell failure chance instead applies the ACP (armour check penalty) as a penalty to...

I love it when someone writes what I want to say. Saves me the effort of typing it myself. :) No treasure games certainly don't equate to no fun. Just a different kind...

Got it! Thanks for clearing that one up. :) Will jiggle things around accordingly (ooer).

Edit: Looking forward to a read about Lagurno! For some reason, Wizards excluded some of the 'iconic' monsters from the open source policy - no Beholders or Slaad either... The MM version - I was confusing it with the XPH version and it's starting psion levels instead. Will dig up my copy...

I'm really interested in this one... never played a play by post game before and browsed in here after seeing this thread title on the main page. Anyhow - this idea fascinates me. Been trying to badger some of my players into a game like this since forever. Without much success... Love to...

I know a paladin who would beg to disagree, just as soon as he finishes eating that spit roasted orc baby. :)

I'd have it work normally on spell effects. Possibly make the item destroying part work more like dispel magic. Can either: a)target on 1 person/object and test all their stuff. b)targets highest caster level item on each person in the area. Keep going until it destroys something. /end...

Definitely allow feigning death. I'd call for a sleight of hand check to drink the potion without being noticed? But after the first attack, the ogre would not believe the bluff. He could try feigning again, but I'd give the ogre a fairly sizable bonus to the sense motive check. And he might...

From a financial point of view - Being dead is much cheaper to fix... A 9th level spell and some diamonds vs a full 20th level characters load of gear. Assuming someones alive to resurrect you that is. Which is a weird artefact of DnD, but what can you do :) Always felt the will save for...

Can be really good... although IMO, no BBEG should be an exception - where the standard 'rule' would be a BBEG or other large ruck at the end of a campaign. Been in a couple of memorable games where the climax of the action has not been a fight. Last one was a Star Wars campaign that ended in a...

I really like the Mul (sic? :o ) from Dark Sun - half man/half dwarf always seemed like fun to me.

Psion and Voadam - very nice synopses from you two! Thanks very much! Think this might have come along at just the right time - been thinking about writing something and this has gripped my imagination. :) Anyway, I'll stop threadjacking The_old_ones thread now. :o Thanks again!

A quick question: Anyone got a link to a synopsis of what Scarred Lands is all about? Some of the hintings in this thread have got me intrigued. Apologies for the sidetrack! :)

On reflection - posion? Somewhat dependant on whether it's evil in your game, etc, etc. Seems very ninja to me though. And also - items that boost hide (and to a lesser extent move silently) checks. More likely to get the drop on people. Higher possibility of staying hidden after that first...