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I am of the opinion that the entire concept of Polymorph/Shapechange is intrisincally incompatible with play balance of any kind. If you want to make the situation better, axe them. Axe the druid, while you're at it. Form-altering spells should be form-specific. You could get Orcform at low...

Agreed. If the players can't change canon, then they're liable to get frustrated. I'd call canon a starting point, nothing more. Beyond that, you can and quite possibly should do whatever you like.

Trolls have the full right to say they're sorry. What they lack is the capacity to be so.

An interesting example, certainly, of varying definitions of good, evil and honor, and an illuminating one at that.

Just a couple of minor points. 1) Tolkien was not a "scholar of literature", he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon. He was a man interested not necessarily in books, but in the English language and mythology entwined to it. 2) Linking The Lord of the Rings into any kind of military strategy is a...

No, no, no, no, no! You have Salvatore to "thank" for Drizzt and Weis & Hickman for Dragonlance. Saying Tolkien is responsible for them is like saying the caveman who first picked up a stick is responsible for the hydrogen bomb. Both weaponry and fantasy have evolved from their original concepts.

Yes, it's a troll. Everyone else knows that Tolkien practically created modern fantasy.

You and me both, Mr. B. Well, I'm a few years younger and have kissed a girl on two occasions, but besides those minor points, your situation parallels mine.

I understand the Forgotten Realm setting has an assumption that dwarven birthrate has fairly recently surged up from fairly dismal numbers, largely eradicating the Tolkienesque dying-world feel.

The names and in-character justifications of powers are very important. This is a role-playing game, after all. How things are defined matters more than what things are. Characters can be based on these subtle distinctions on nomenclature easily enough.

I disagree. It is certainly not unfeasible at all that the DM could craft feats, prestige classes and other similar benefits for characters who refuse to use magic in any form. To flat-out deny the plausibility of such a character is not warranted. It just takes some extra work.

Hey, where's Deekin, the Iconic Kobold Bard?

Oh, FINE. I must be wrong, then, just like I'm always wrong about everything. The story of my sodding life, that is. I do beg your forgiveness that my misguided views thus tainted your thread. *sigh* I guess it's time for me to leave now.

"fond memories"? It brings back to me the mind-numbing horror that was "The Robot Monster". Aaargh

Funny thing, the 3rd-level party I'm DMing is also in the hills north of Waterdeep, seeking an abandoned dwarf outpost from the northern kingdom of.... whose name eludes me at the moment. So far they've only encountered only a lone orc who had his brains splattered by the party fighter's hammer...

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No, it appears that I didn't. I assume that my being a foreigner and not a native English speaker has led me to misunderstand your point so utterly. It is to be expected, of course, but I'm afraid I cannot do any better. I still stand by my conclusions. When I play, or DM, or design worlds or...

That is assuming there is a "correct" way to rate monsters, which I for one doubt. XP is something that cannot be pinned down onto a page because there are too many variables to take into consideration. For example, fighting a LG character dominated by an evil wizard becomes a whole lot harder...

Roleplaying is all about escaping your mundane day-to-day existence for something "greater". That's why it applies to the socially-inept, clueless-around-females mindset. Here's a place where they can be king for a day without fear, doubt or rejection. What's not to like? Having poor personal...

YES. Gamers REALLY are that desperate, that pathetic. Having been to two local cons, I can affirm this. I myself am a social reject. I don't go out, I don't have any friends, I don't even play face-to-face. I'm 21, never had a date, never will. Having seen what the mainstream is like, this is...