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You're comparing a computer game (NWN) to the RPG. There isn't a Persuasion skill in D*D 3.*. There's Diplomacy. There's a "Persuasive" feat, which adds to the Diplomacy and Bluff skills (I think), but I don't think that's what you were talking about. Still, the problem you're complaining...

I guess I'm looking at this from a different perspective. You talk about splitting Spot and Listen. Running from earlier versions to the later ones, 3.* didn't split them. Later versions joined them. In a dark place or where line of sight is obscured, such as the classic dungeon crawl...

Could you walk me through that please? I'm not sure I'm getting what you wrote. Let's look at the basic Fighter: 2 skill ranks per level, plus INT modifier and a possible Human point. Let's call it 3. At first level the character starts with that, times four, so he has 12 points. He...

Each edition has had strong and weak points. 1st edition was fairly freewheeling, as was 2nd. 2nd introduced skills as something other than "noncombat proficiencies". 3e standardized the mechanic and reversed the AC scale. Earlier, lower was better, but from 3e on higher was. This allowed...

I didn't say they were actually right, just credible. Something I learned a long time ago regarding game rules: There are three things to consider in game rules: Realism, credibility and playability. We've had lots of discussions about physics and magic, and we know that they don't mix very...

Have any of you seen the McFarland dragons? (Okay, better to ask who hasn't, I suppose). Here's one with credibly Large wings One Sci-writer used intelligent avians in his tales, and the challenge he addressed was getting enough oxygen to handle the metabolic demands of flight. His solution...

Afterthought: Many many moons ago a company called Archive Miniatures had a gorgeous dragon mini called Shredni, the Serpentine Dragon. It became their logo for quite a while. It came in 14 pieces (I kid you not), and the body was indeed long, twisting and serpentine. I had a couple, and...

I haven't read all of this, so if my post is a repeat, please forgive. So many posts, too iittle time. Dragon wings are usually depicted as being small, I blame the limits of lead, and shipping problems: The gaming figures always had pitifully small wings because if you put larger wings on...

It really depends on the setting, and to some extent the edition and system. In a D&D 3.5 game I had the party journey to a valley that was ruled by a Necromancer. The people who lived there were afraid of him, but had to admit that he kept them safe. Wee Jas is the deity of death and magic...

I thought that the Plane of Fire was Lawfully aligned, at least in the 3.* Manual of the Planes. Could be wrong, of course, and happy to be corrected, if appropriate. Reading that, I couldn't help but think, "Goodwill. That and a dollar, will buy you a cup of coffee". The way I see it...

Not sure on the metric v imperial measure thing. (Imperial being inches and feet.) Decimal is easier to work with, but in game we never go down to the inch/centimeter, so it's not a thing there. And, as illustrated, you'd need a 2 meter square to adequately represent the reach and control...

House or clan affiliations... Hadn't really occurred to me. Cool. I had an odd thought: Would a Lawful Evil society have "laws", in the written sense? Or just the rules laid down by custom and tradition, and of course the current ruler. I'm thinking that the words "Chaotic Evil" and...

The default was basically mechanical. In the original D&D the standard of measure was that each map square indoors represented 10 feet. It was 10 yards outdoors. And since most dungeon designs were drawn on what's essentially graph paper it was really hard to plot a corridor that was smaller...

I know we've beaten Alignments to death, over and over. This one is a bit different. There are creatures in the D&D worlds that have an "Always Chaotic Evil" type label, though the alignment referenced may change. So let's think about what a society would look like for creatures like that...

2 quick questions: Was I too hard on the Rogue, Siri? Did the Mash character betray or fail to support the Rogue, Siri?

Okay, it's been more than a few hours. Still, we'll pick things up where we left off. ** <Story>Dion decided to check in with Cyrano and Ardan at The Details, to see how their task was going. As he entered he saw that the figure behind the desk had changed. This time it was a towering figure...

If they're NPCs they gain whatever the DM says they gain. As PCs they earn Exp and levels like anyone else. Why wouldn't they? Some creatures have specific advancement paths, sometimes changing their size. Those should apply only if their advancement was in "monster" levels. For example, a...

Okay, it's a new day so I'll try to pick up where I left off. *** <Story>Pax looked at his fallen friend, unable to even determine from his still-misty form if the huge Barbarian was still alive. "He won't bleed in that form", one of the Janni guards said, almost casually. "He'll feel the...

Yeah, but there's an epilogue to the epilogue, sort of. As mentioned earlier, we take turns as the DM, so another member of the group was supposed to take over when I was done. "Was" being the operative word. He wasn't available, at the last minute, so I continued. And thereby hangs the...

I own a chain shirt IRL. Like I said earlier, I teach a class in how to make the stuff, and having a shirt for people to try on is a draw for the class. I'd call it Light armor. It doesn't impede ground speed at all (i.e. no Movement penalty). The extra 25 pounds on the upper body might make...