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    3 weeks till new Who!

    I thought Davison pulled it off credibly enough in the short they did a few seasons back. When they were doing these specials back in the '80s, all they did was murmur about the Doctor's proximity to his future self closing a time circuit and causing his former incarnations to look older...
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    Pathfinder 1E Your experiences with broken Pathfinder characters? (edit: more accurately, w/1 avg PF character when the rest of the party is meh)

    This is the part I'm not getting. I thought there was a possibility that Paizo's creature guidelines were incorrect, but looking at the attack bonuses of CR 7 creatures I get: +10, +17, +13, +8, +12, +13, +12, +14, +13 Which means that bog standard, straight-out-of-the-book opponents should...
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    Pathfinder 1E Your experiences with broken Pathfinder characters? (edit: more accurately, w/1 avg PF character when the rest of the party is meh)

    I'm still struggling to understand what the actual problem is with this character having a high AC for two encounters every day. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, completely standard CR 7 opponents taken straight out of the books will still hit her a significant portion of the time...
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    Pathfinder 1E Your experiences with broken Pathfinder characters? (edit: more accurately, w/1 avg PF character when the rest of the party is meh)

    Doesn't seem that broken. She can only do that twice per day and against CR 7 monsters (which should have a +13 attack bonus) she'll still get hit 25% of the time. So it's not like she's found some loophole that completely blows open the balance of the game: Bog standard opponents are still...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    The problem with this conversation is that you're ascribing properties to the desert/siege which aren't actually inherent. Nor does the phrase "geographic proximity" create the inherent properties you seem to think it does. Depending on how it's used, the desert is both an obstacle and an...
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    3 weeks till new Who!

    There are two ages skipped in the list of when Clara owned the book. One of them was 23, which was also the number that she couldn't type into the wi-fi password. There's also the subtler gag around the book: "What chapter are you on?" "10." "11 is the best, you'll cry your eyes out." Note...
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    3 weeks till new Who!

    Well, that was unfortunate. Another poorly written effort by Moffat filled with telling instead of showing and dull, repetitive echoes from other, better episodes from recent seasons. The fact that he spends the entire episode violating his own rules for how the story concept works simply adds a...
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    3 weeks till new Who!

    I've got no problem with Madame Vastra as a character. My problem is exclusively with the incredibly poor writing of that character. Please refrain from putting words in my mouth. It's incredibly rude. I'm not really convinced by your argument that bad writing is OK as long as it's not the...
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&DN going down the wrong path for everyone.

    Are the Rip van Winkle of gaming or something? Did you fall asleep in 2007 and not wake up until yesterday?
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    Pathfinder 1E So far not impressed with Pathfinder

    Vastly superior in long dungeon corridors and allows for more precise targeting to avoid allies.
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    D&D 5E (2014) D&DN going down the wrong path for everyone.

    They made a lot of mistakes with Essentials: The product line was confusing, expensive, and (as you say) divisive. It accomplished none of the things WotC claimed they were trying to accomplish with it. The entire thing was badly bungled, represented a huge missed opportunity for the company...
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    3 weeks till new Who!

    I'd agree with these three being high points from the last two seasons. But, yes, I would qualify "The Snowmen" as being fairly atrocious. Here's a critique I wrote on a different forum: From a purely structural POV, the script was terrible. Moffat has gotten incredibly lazy as a writer...
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    3 weeks till new Who!

    Misquote or not, sabrinathecat is right: The show was getting truly dire during RTD's last years, but after an initial uptick at the top of Moffat's run the writing quality on the show has dropped precipitously again. "Sloppy" and "unfocused" are perhaps the kindest words that could be applied...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    What you claimed I said: "You cited the Save for Dust of Disappearance as an established fact..." What I actually said (and you just quoted me saying): "Dust of disappearance is based on a spell which allows a saving throw." Regardless of whether or not you agree that dust of disappearance...
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    Pathfinder 1E Help with EL

    There's a couple of levels on which to address your question. First, the guards appear to have attack rolls of +2 to +4. According to the Bestiary (pg. 91), your CR 3 monsters are going to have attack rolls of +4 to +6. CR 4 monsters have hits of +6 to +8. So these guards will hit about 10-20%...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    Let's see if that's true. All of the wondrous items in the SRD that replicate a spell which allows for a saving throw: Amulet of the Planes - No Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location - No (harmless) Bead of Force - Yes Boots of Speed - No Boots of Teleportation - No Boots of the...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    You're kidding, right? I point you directly at the rule which demonstrates that you're wrong and your response is, "LA LA LA LA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"? And you would obviously be wrong. The DMG clearly states that magic items which produce spells grant saving throws and gives you the formula for...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    No. I didn't. Please stop lying about what I said. It's rude. Here is a link to the dusts listed in the SRD. Dust of Appearance - Does not list a saving throw. Dust of Disappearance - Does not list a saving throw. Dust of Dryness - Fort DC 18 Dust of Illusion - Reflex DC 11 Dust of...
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    You're doing what? Surprising the DM

    That's not what I said. Apparently your reading comprehension here is as poor as your reading comprehension when looking at the rulebooks. I will accept your apologies for your needless slander at your earliest convenience. Mod Note: Ladies and Gents, Rules #1 of EN World is, "Keep it civil"...
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