Search results

Yeah, that's why I don't like D&D's static AC defense either. Sure, the two are essentially equivalent, but there's really no good reason why attack vs AC should work different from attack vs DC. (The main exception to this being effects that affect multiple targets - I do think that you...

I bought my CSA "on special" before my current subscription expired, and IIRC I got an extra year from the end of expiration of my previous subscription. I.e. I didn't just lose a couple months of subscription just because I re-registered early. I believe Morris has mentioned that's how this...

I nominate WorldWorks Games. Bitchin' cardstock scenery and buildings!

Oh, and yours don't? :p The only real difference in how "pro-active" the character can be about such a reward is that in your scenario, the heroes have to take the initiative to loot corpses. In mine, they have to take the initiative to be heroes. ;) In both scenarios, it's still up to the DM...

Or alternatively: The character can be given land in reward. Acquire a stronghold, laboratory, castle, what have you. The character can become active in politics, for which in any pseudo-medieval culture a hero's renown would surely come in handy. Perhaps the character will inherit or take over...

Ah - I don't know squat about Red Hand of Doom, so I assumed this was a CMG product. Of course, I could just have read past the first sentence in the post, but that would have required - you know - work, and would have gotten in the way of me blindly spouting my opinion. :D I see there's a Map...

As someone who didn't start out roleplaying in D&D, it still strikes me as odd that D&D players expect to be rewarded with "loot" whenever they accomplish an adventure. Or that someone would claim categorically that "a low payout will kill a game". Guess we must not have been playing correctly...

Any chance of regenerating those tiles from the original map files? Right now they're essentially blow-ups of the larger maps, at 72 dpi but with heavy rastering artifacts that make it look more like 36 dpi. I'm guessing you could probably get much better quality tiles if you go back to the...

So... DungeonLinX: Lair of the Dragon God just came out, in record time! Go check it out - you definitely can't complain that these guys don't show you what's in their sets. There's a beautiful flash movie on the web page, there's also a pdf to drool over at your leasure, there's an interactive...

Clearly, you must have mis-quoted me. ;)

Doh! Yes, of course, ECL 7. I'd be tempted to bump it up to ECL 8 with tool-using forearms, even if they can't hold a weapon. It already has decent natural weapons anyway, and for a cohort, using tools (potions, wands, rummaging through backpacks, loading crossbows...) is more useful anyway. I...

So... we get: Awakened Magebred Clawfoot Fighter 1: Medium magical beast (augmented animal) Hit Dice: 4d8+1d10+15 (38 HP) Initiative: +4 Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares) Armor Class: 21 (+4 Dex, +7 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 17 Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+10 Attack: Talons +10 melee (1d8+6) Full...

At 4HD, you also get one stat increase. I'm going to assume that one goes into STR as well, for a total of STR 22. (You also get an extra feat, but there's no need to nail that one down for the Ftr comparison.)

Actually, I'm aiming for EL 7-9. The goblins will attempt to fight their way out if need be - which will probably mean they get to melee with the PCs rearguard (i.e. hopefully their spellcasters ;)). Sure, the PCs could just let the goblins pass by, but most groups I've played with would...

I agree. Keep in mind that the +4/+2/+2 you get from the Magebred template would only amount to an extra 8 or 9 points, if you start from the default 10/10/10/11/11/11 base stats. Mind you, with the extra bennies you get from Magebred, the two don't come close to canceling each other out (you...

So, it comes down to... will brehobit's DM let him get away with a clawfoot that can use it's "hands"? If the answer is "yes", add another +1LA.

Just on first sight, this is a *lot* better than a riding dog, so I'd say the ECL would be 6 at a minimum, probably more. The Magebred template alone should be at least a +1 LA. (Note that I corrected the ECL values for riding dog and warhorse in my previous post - I forgot to add in the +2HD...

voracious in Swedish: glupsk voracious hill: glupskulle - sounds pretty good, no?

A few more words for the mix... Hunger/hungry in various languages: Norwegian: sult / sulten Old Norse: sultr (sultær) Swedish: hungra, hunger / hungrig Old Icelandic: svengd, sultr / van-mettr, sólginn (voracious!) And filling in some of those gaps in Old Icelandic: hill - borg, hóll...

What the <bleep> is a magebreed clawfoot? :D Have a look at thread in my sig for a good discussion of awakened animals, and some examples of the Level Adjustment estimation process. For reference, we came up with +1 LA for an Awakened riding dog (ECL 5), and +3 LA for an Awakened heavy warhorse...