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Very interesting. So it is as I thought, Orcus's death takes place on the side lines. I really wonder what the design goal to kill him and replace him with Kiaransalee was? It's interesting to hear the H-series is so bad. Is it just H4 that is bad or are all of them terrible? I understand the...

All I know about Orcus's death is that he was slain by Kiaransalee, the drow goddess of undead. But in which D&D product is this event first outlined? Was there a novel line that told this story or series of modules detailing the event? I know the Planescape adventure Dead Gods involves the...

I'm still playing 3E and I was thinking of running the free downloadable Dungeon adventure "Touch of Madness" on WotC's website. This is part 1 in the Tear of Ioun trilogy. Unfortunately, the follow-up adventures, "Depths of Madness" (part 2) and "Brink of Madness" (part 3) were only released as...

I'd allow a character to do this but it would mean Wizards and such who probably don't have high Gather Info ranks (being a cross-class skill) would be less capable library researchers than, say, a street-smart rogue with lots of ranks in Gather Info.

This sounds like a good idea. So it will pretty much be like an Intelligence check to the untrained but those who do have skill in the field will have better chance as they will know which texts to seek out.

Just wondering which skill to have my players use when they research a topic at the city library. I understand d20 Modern has the Research skill and the Eberron Campaign Setting has the Research Feat (which allows you to use your Knowledge skills to research information). Having a feat to do...

Thanks everyone for the responses! Yes, I think I'll go for the 1E version as I can get it cheap on pdf. The 2E version I'd have to buy in print but some people are asking USD $100+ for it! There's a fan-based Gamma World adventure out there (GW11 Omega Project) that includes a Warden. Not...

OK. Thanks folks for the help. I thought you couldn't do it. It's kind of a nice touch, though, for a wizard to use in absolute desparation :)

One of my players was fresh out of useful spells - both memorised and on scrolls - and really wanted to cast a spell in a climatic battle. They asked if they could cast it from their spellbook. Can this be done? Effectively the spellbook would be like a bound collection of scrolls. If a spell...

Thanks for the feedback! With that evidence, I'd agree that they bleed the blood of the creature they are impersonating. Does change shape also include clothes/items of the creature to be impersonated or is it only the bodily form? For example, the doppelganger in his true form is wearing a...

If taking 20 means both failure and success over the course of 2 mins, and if you had the house rule that a roll of '1' meant breaking your lock picks, it would mean the PC would have to keep several backup sets of lockpicks if they intended to take 20 often :)

This came up in the game the other night too. The PCs wounded a disguised doppelganger (using its changeshape ability) and asked me what colour the blood was as they were suspicious. The doppelganger was disguised as a human. I said the blood was human blood. Let's pretend doppelganger blood...

Thanks for the feedback. This is what I thought. So for hold person to work or for the PC to directly target the enemy with fireball, he'd have to smash the glass then cast. With lightning bolt, it would be fine to fire the bolt outside so it passes *through* the glass (provided the damage is...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. So I guess you can take 10 and 20 in breaking down a door as well. It just means you've been bashing against it for a while. And let me get this right: - Take 10 is one attempt and takes the same amount of time as the normal skill check it's just that it...

Apologies. Haven't played in a while and I'm a bit rusty on the rules\; A rogue in the game last night asked if they could retry Open Locks after their first attempt failed. I said yes. They failed again. Rather than have them keep rolling dice, I then said they could Take 10. This still...

I'm just getting into D&D 3.0/3.5 again after a 3 year break and I'm a bit rusty. In the game last night, a player wanted to cast Hold Person at an NPC he could see through a closed glass window. The NPC was inside a house and the PC was secretly peering in from outside. I said, no. The player...

I wanted to track down a copy of MA for a sci-fi/fantasy cross-over I had in mind but wasn't sure which edition to pick up. 1st Edition 32-page original booklet that is still available as a pdf 2nd Edition 144-page book released under the Amazing Engine system. I heard most of the book...

Just downloaded the latest edition. Great stuff! This is the sort of thing that makes me proud to be a part of the gaming community. Brilliant (free) content by a dedicated, well-researched fan whose passion for the subject shows. Great work Joseph! And the blue maps are awesome!

Thanks for the link. I can get a near mint copy for $45 USD elsewhere though. I just bought a near mint copy but with a name inside for the equivalent of $25 USD anyway. This will do me until the hype dies down.

I emailed the The Games Keep and unfortunately they have no 3.5 PHBs :( But thanks for the link :)