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Sounds this elf barbarian may be fun for someone to play, but my mind is now stuck on my schtick for playing a big hulking guy (either a huge human or a half-orc) and not a little faerie elf :P I really like Steel_Wind 's build and will probably end up going with that or something very similar...

That's pretty flavorful for an elf. I've been looking over at the Paizo boards and a lot of people seem to really like human or half-elf for their racial bonus to the barbarian. I'm now thinking I'll probably go a big hulking human barbarian and play him like Steinbeck's "Lennie Small" as my...

Hey guys, just wanted to see if anyone knew of a good guide to barbarians in PF. I'm trying to get a good build together. We just got TPK'd in the Serpent Skulls AP having gone into the last fight of a dungeon crawl down a bit, but also getting our butts handed to us by the DM rolling a bunch...

Most of the posters are correct in that 4E takes longer than PF. I'm relatively new to PF, but have ran quite a few games of 4E and to me it's the conditions and the player choices that make 4E bog down in the combat department. In my experience the 4E combat is at least 2x as long as PF or any...

D&D: TNG gets my vote...

Hah!

I can see where everyone is coming from, but I kinda liked the old THAC0 system it's what I learned the D&D game with when first introduced to the hobby. It still gives me that feeling of nostalgia when I here the word "THAC0!"

I think you worded it just fine. It always happens with polls that someone will point out how supposedly silly or stupidly you worded your question and how you SHOULD have worded it so that they could understand it. The truth of the matter is that it's fine and your 3rd option on the poll...

I didn't get all fancy with the math other than to think it through a bit as to how powerful a 10th level character is vs. level 1 characters. There are quite a few variables involved here. If we are talking melee w/o reach weapons being a factor a character can only be attacked by 8 people at a...

Yes, I know that's why I said "IMHO", which is my opinion on the matter and how I would handle it. If it was a good party and I was DM'ing the game I wouldn't allow an evil assassin in the group as it would probably lead to intraparty fighting. I'd allow evil assassin in an evil group in an evil...

I don't dislike either. I believe they can co-exist in the same party even, depending on the flavor and setting of the campaign. I don't believe that a Monk is non-medieval, you can have medieval monks pretty easily. I think perhaps a good example is Salvatore's Cleric Quintet and the Monk...

I think a "month in review" or "week in review" that takes the best advice/comments/suggestions from some of the most popular threads/authors and summarizes them w/ a bit of funny/witty/germane commentary by the writer and the writer could post links back to the original stuff that is thought to...

I'd suggest reading over Bullgrit 's small excerpt of what happened when he ran a game for a bunch of kids and a couple of their dads. I thought it was a great idea and it looked like he kept it real simple and straight forward. Something that you'd probably want to do as well. The other...

Hmm you could always... paper, rock, scissors, lizard, spock to determine what you guys play.

It sounds disgusting (by the name), but when you look at the ingredients, it actually may taste pretty good!

I think a good analogy is ice cream. You can say "I like I cream" and people know what you mean, but then you get asked "what flavor of ice cream do you like best?" and you get specific like going with chocolate or schweddy balls. Some people love ALL kinds of ice cream and some only love one...

To me they are ALL D&D, if I want to be specific about what version I'm playing I will say 2E, 3E, 3.5E, Pathfinder, or 4E to clarify, but if someone asks what I'm doing this weekend, I'll say "I'm playing D&D." If they want to know specifics I'll say, "Pathfinder." But to me personally, they...

I'm not against a little bit of DM metagame in certain circumstances. I like to sometimes play off the players' fears and what they assume to expect in a dire situation. Lets face it, it's the 1 DM's mind against the mind of generally 4+ players, the come up with things in their little "think...

23. Setting Camp This can be interesting as well, having the PCs set up their camp to be defensible and decide on who does what watch. Having danger lurking in the shadows of a well known area of beastly creatures and the PCs on watch looking about nervously. Random NPC encounters are great at...

22. Gambling I've used gambling to "pass the time" and allow PCs to use skill checks to gain some coin...or lose some coin. Things that include their way to bluff and perception for playing cards to athletics for something like throwing knives and arm wrestling. There are other types of skill...