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I don't really like interrupts much at all, and that's one of the reasons I never "loved" 4E, despite it being much easier to DM than 3E/3.5E/Pathfinder. DM, "and the damage is 27, and you're weakened until the end..." Player 1: "wait, I do my immediate interrupt power! Player 1 rolls...

I like it for the free 2 day shipping, even though it normally takes 3 days. Order something and you get it pretty quick. I can order a single paperback today and get it for the weekend. Or, "oops, I forgot my daughter is going to a birthday party on Saturday..." She and I can now browse 7...

AMF is an emanation, but it surrounds you & moves with you per the text. It's seems silly that the spell would be useless to a large, huge, colossal or gargantuan creature, which is why the text specifies that it surrounds you and is different than your typical emanation description. Heck...

Haven't tried it with Next yet, but I always thought it was a lot easier to stabilize in 1e/2e than it was in 3e or 4e. Back in the old days, you only had to reach your fallen & dying companion to "stanch the bleeding" in order to save him or her. As the DM would say it - put a finger on the...

Having big swings back & forth in terms of fairness/surprise/advantageous ground, etc can be fun. However, if you try to stack the odds against the PCs too often this way, they're going to feel like you're screwing them over. I rarely had problems challenging high level PCs in 3.5e, it's just...

High level games in 3.5E and Pathfinder can be a real bear with all the buffing & debuffing going on - especially if both sides have several casters. But, one of the more memorable moments in the 3.5E game I ran was when the party cleric decided to burn her 5,000XP to get her fallen comrade...

What I want is a pony, and a unicorn, as well as them paying me $5,000/month to play the game. ;) In all seriousness, the big thing I'm looking for is faster and easier combat.

Why would a dragon have learned the spell in the first place if its centered inside itself and it wouldn't be able to cast that level of a spell until it's Very Old (it's a level 6 sorcerer spell, so a Red Dragon would "learn" it when it hits the Very Old age category and is Gargantuan in size)...

The spell description for AMF says that the field surrounds you and moves with you. I'd rule that it's the dragon's space, and 10 feet around the dragon in every direction. Also, I believe the Orb spells specifically do work against creatures or objects within an anti-magic field, like the...

Lead doesn't block an anti-magic field, and a suppressed item just wouldn't function at all - too big items inside a bag of holding don't spring out because it's inside of an AMF. The bag is just inert while inside. The same with a lead hat.

Yes, I would play in any version of D&D. However, I won't DM 3e or 3.5e again unless it's not more than a one-shot deal. Too much prep work required.

The OP mentioned an open field before, so I guess in that case, it depends on who gets initiative, or if anybody is invisible and can get surprise. So, if the dragon gets the jump, it could fly in 200 feet and then cast AMF and have the sorcerer in the field. If the sorcerer tries to escape...

Back in 2E Days, I was a player in an excellent adventure called Tragedy in the House of Brodeln. It's a Kenzer product and the game was set in Kalamar. It kicked off what was the best campaign I'd ever been involved in as a player or DM, and I've been gaming for a good 35 years now. It's...

Playing off the beholder idea, I was a "guest" DM in a high magic 2E campaign many years ago and ran a memorable encounter. The players were in the level 8 or 9 range if I recall and were traveling through the Underdark. They went down a corridor perfectly sized for a beholder's anti-magic...

Nope. This was also the guy that insisted when we were making "play yourself" characters that he should have a natural 19 for his intelligence back in 2E days. (but, then had to ask another guy or me for help when doing basic math ("my guy has 21 hit points and takes 8 damage... how much do I...

We had a DM insist that every dragon would do just that - just drop giant rocks like bombs from beyond spell range. However, most dragon lore from literature has dragons as vain, egotistical creatures, and I can't imagine an arrogant dragon resorting to cowardly tactics like that.

I can't see a CR:21 dragon being a match for a party of 6 PCs that are level 25 unless the dragon has several advantages working in its favor: 1) If you're insistent on using Anti-Magic field, make it an ancient dragon or a wyrm and give the dragon Widen Spell as a feat. That way, it makes it a...

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I've found some charts online that have the damage for standard monsters, as well as minions. However, how do you calculate elite & solo monster damage beyond that? Is elite damage output doubled from the standard, while a solo is quadrupled? or, something else? Most of what I've seen online...

Definitely looks promising. Hope it's as good as Red Hand of Doom