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Hi Vaxalon, Even though the spell description states very explicitly that those angles are allowable? From the SRD: This spell creates a spinning disk of razor-sharp blades. These whirl and flash around a central point, creating an immobile, circular barrier. Any creature passing through the...

Hi radferth, My issue with this way to play it is Blade Barrier, as I understand it, is not intended to have any adverse effect on the creature if the creature makes its save... but this penalizes the creature by taking away its next action, even though it did make its save. Seems against the...

Hi Jaxom, I won't dispute that this spell is a headache to adjudicate, but I don't think nerfing it like you all have decided to do is the route I want to take. Cheers, -War Golem

Hi Vaxalon, That seems problematic in use, though. In an open field, or a large room, there may well not be any such suitable object on which to leap. And that is quite a different way to play it than, for instance, saying the creature that makes its save automatically moves out of the AoE; in...

Hi folks, I don't think Blade Barrier is overpowered, but I do have some questions about its use. 1- The AoE is a disk up to 30' radius, but it cannot affect solid objects. If the spell is cast in a long corridor that is only 20' wide, is the spell confined to a full circle 20' across, or...

I won't swear this is still the plan, but I think I remember the publishers of Tal4 saying their plan was to have a second printing of the book (with errata and corrections fixed) available before the end of the year. Possibly in softcover, or maybe both SC and HC. I'll breeze through the...

I voted standard, although there are occassional forays into mature territory. We are all adults, near or over 30, but several of my players are fairly new to the whole RPG experience and I think it's better to keep things more black and white - good guys vs. bad guys. All of my PCs are required...

Max HP at 1st level. Level 2+: Hit Points – At each level gained, Roll, except minimum additional hit points are the average of the die, rounded up. E.g., d4/3, d6/4, d8/5, d10/6, d12/7. As DM, I always bump up the HP of monsters and NPCs as well - usually to 70-100% of maximum. I like hit...

I second toberane... on both counts! ;) <b>DEMOGORGON!</b> Cheers, -War Golem

Here is the announcement: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wizards of the Coast is pleased to announce that after a rigorous search through nearly 11,000 one-page proposals, we have narrowed our search for a new fantasy setting to eleven proposals. As of August 30, 2002, the authors of all eleven...

Always 1st for a campaign. Just have found much more sense of ownership, and, as a DM, I prefer the twists and turns the characters take as they develop over the course of their careers. Starting at 1st level is like being the biological birth mother. Any level after that is like being an...

I do not believe so. Part of the problem with compiling such an Atlas (at least without Cook's participation) is that there is sometimes a lack of consistency within the setting. Cook can get away with this by writing with the voices of various annalists, who do not always have the same...

1 more... Vor, the Maelstrom. Forgot that one. Never played the game, but some of the setting material and races are great. Some version of both the Pharon and the Growlers will be playing a large role in my campaign in the next year or two (as NPC/Monster types, of course). Cheers, -War Golem

Hi Limper, That sounds to me like a topic best raised in the House Rules forum, as there is no need for that aspect of our discussion to be intimately related to the BC universe. Probably get more and better input on such a topic in the HR forum, rather than this thread focused on the BC...

Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms from the formative years of my homebrew back in late 1st/ early 2nd edition. Greyhawk cause I played there some. Never played in the Realms back in those days, but loved Greenwood's articles in Dragon back then - such a sense of history and scope that Greyhawk could...

It seems to me that a private email to Morrus would be in order, and would not invalidate the "blind" aspect of the contest. Thus, Morrus could announce that an EN Boarder (or more than 1? Wishful thinking?) had moved to the next round, without naming names. Entrant remains anonymous, EN...

Hi Bendris, Agreed. I guess I was thinking more simply in terms of game mechanics, and what is entailed with being a 0-level deity versus "just" epic level. If I recall correctly, 0-level deities cannot grant spells anyway? Didn't mean to imply that any of the Taken would be deity-level; only...

Hey folks, I've just joined the Yahoo Group, although I'd prefer to see most of our "thinking out loud" occur here on the EN Boards. Some thoughts on the Taken: Are the Taken epic level, or deity level? I think we all agree that "Taken" should be a template - but should it always be the...

Cheers all! Cook's Black Company series rocks. It's definitely near the top of my favorites list. First off, anyone who is interested in the Black Company setting should be subscribed to the Glen Cook mailing list: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, subscribe, or access the archives of this...

Ok, here's a 4-roll run: 1. Fast Healing +1 2. Fast Healing +1 (rolled 54 twice in a row) 3. Fast Healing +1 (I kid you not, and I really shook up the dice this time!) 4. Gain fire subtype (with physical changes, i.e. red skin, etc.) Not bad. The fire subtype could pose some problems in...