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Two dusts list saving throws: Dust of dryness (which is not based on a spell) and dust of illusion (which is based on disguise self and lists the saving throw as an exception to the way the disguise self spell normally works). There is, in fact, only one dust which is based on a spell which...

:confused: You're kidding, right? Are you similarly baffled by the fact that greater invisibility doesn't list a casting time? It does say that it functions like invisibility, but it isn't invisibility. Look at the duration if you need proof of that! How am I supposed to cast greater...

That must have been a pretty short debate. Dust of disappearance works like greater invisibility, greater invisibility allows a saving throw. And, oh yeah, the rules for gaze attacks specifically state the invisible creatures can't use them. End of discussion, right? So this is pretty much as...

I rest my case. I find it impossible to engage in conversation with someone who simply refuses to address what was actually said and instead spends his time flailing at his own strawmen. Have a good day, Neonchameleon. I'd love to help you. But since I have specifically and repeatedly said...

A few questions: (1) Can pins be easily moved around after they've been created? (I would assume so, but they never actually get dragged-and-dropped during the demonstration video.) (2) Can I customize the color of a pin? It's probably a little weird to obsess over the pins, but their...

Everyone should be aware that the first thing Neonchameleon does when he reads something I've written is to rewrite it to say something else that he can then attempt to criticize. In the past, Neonchameleon has been incredibly vague and contradictory about whatever it is he's talking about when...

[/INDENT] For those struggling to understand strong scene-framing techniques like pemerton's, looking at this passage is key: The fundamental technique involves taking control of the PCs, railroading them through decision points "off-screen", and then continuing the action at the point where...

I'm not Cadence, but the answer for me is: A lot. My players are all using WotC classes, but all of them have equipment from OGL sources and the spellcasters use a lot of OGL spells. Meanwhile, as DM, my use of OGL material is extensive. The books I'm currently carrying to the table are: PHB...

In OD&D there were two polymorph spells: Polymorph self and polymorph others. Polymorph self allowed the user to take the shape of the desired creature, but does not grant "the combat abilities of the thing he has polymorphed himself to resemble". (The example given is that the caster gets...

And trying to peg it to HD instead just makes it worse because lots of creatures got lower HD in order to compensate for their powerful abilities. (See the beholder, for example.) I skimmed a chunk of this thread, but I don't think this has been mentioned: Pre-3E polymorph effects forced a...

I have never understood this "I don't like X, so nobody else should be allowed to have it as an option" attitude.

Interesting comment. If it's not the right thing for you and it also failed to achieve its commercial goals (as has been confirmed by multiple WotC sources at this point), in what sense do you feel 4E was WotC "doing exactly the right thing"?

Right, right. And nobody ever refers to a World of Darkness Storyteller as a Game Master. You're totally right.

Let's break this down. First, Diplomacy is broken. The concept of permanently re-pegging attitudes is so broken that the badly balanced DCs only serve to exacerbate the underlying problem. The RAW turns every character specializing in Diplomacy into the Mule from Asimov's Foundation Trilogy (and...

That's certainly my hope. But OTOH they keep talking about modular components to the rule system. And I really hope they avoid this. Turning the Basic game into a pay-to-preview product is just repeating the exact same mistakes. The fact that they're not using the term "skill check" to...

The two big reasons are balance and support.[/FONT][/COLOR] Balance is incredibly difficult to maintain in a system which features a multitude of choices interacting in complex ways. Most RPG designers (including those at WotC) tend to fail when they try to achieve it. Adding on an entire new...

The Truenamer is actually so weak that I briefly playtested the idea of breaking the class up into a small number of feats and letting any class gain access to its abilities that way. Worked well on at least a short-term basis at low-to-mid-levels. No idea how it would hold up at higher levels...

Great. I'm glad you agree with me when I say that pemerton is wrong in claiming that the mechanics inherently create a theme of "that fighter as a dogged, unflabbable, quintessentially dwarven devotee of Moradin". The rest of your post is full of irrelevant nitpicks, but ironically only serves...

We've been around this mulberry bush before and I doubt the outcome will be any different this time around. But this is probably the most direct I've seen you be in describing your creative process, so I'm going to take the opportunity to analyze it. To break it down into discrete steps: (1)...

This is, in fact, the way it should be done. But you simply have to acknowledge that this is not what the original DMG told the DM to do. And the Essentials rulebook was even more explicit: "When choosing a DC from the table, the Dungeon Master should use the level of the creature performing the...