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Glad to see they simplified the determination of xp/challenges in 3E! :confused:

Yeah, I saw the aspects in the MH but I thought they were a pretty lame attempt to make avatars that a lower level party could face w/o a TPK. Now the Tiamat avatar in the MotP, THAT's an avatar!

In terms of cover art selling books, I can tell you this is ABSOLUTELY true. Go ask any publisher. It's a little known fact that any paperback with a swastika on the cover will outsell the same type of genre without one (and no, I'm not trying to be offensive). There's a strange fascination with...

Getting back to the original point of the post, I've run feudal campaigns and they generally didn't work out well with the players. The modern, western civilization attitude that values freedom so highly and questions authority didn't mesh well with the feudal era. There were times when the...

If you have access to a laptop, it can help out incredibly. I use an Excel spreadsheet and input all the NPCs beforehand (usually just their attacks and damage). By using the random formula you can generate any type of die roll. When you press F9, every random formula on the page generates a new...

I just came to the same realization when asking myself why there is a buckler and light shield in the game when they essentially do the same thing (I think; but that's not the point of this post). I've ruled that a cleric (or any spellcaster for that matter) wielding a weapon in one hand and a...

Thanks!

Are there official 3.0/3.5 stats for Tiamat somewhere?

We ran into some trouble with this today when it was cast for the first time. How does it work in relation to see invisibility? The wizard in question was going to cast it on a rock. What happens if the wizard then moves on, leaving the rock behind. Does that matter? Would, say, detect magic...

But Libris Mortis has a much better ring to it and, really, that's all that matters. At least from a marketing perspective (and WotC is a business, afterall). The VAST majority of gamers don't read latin and could care less if the title isn't 100% accurate.

Yeah, ain't it great! hehehe

Take a strong stance. You're the DM - act like one. If you know he's cheating, take him aside and tell him you're on to his game and he has two choices: clean up his act or ship off. Then have him sit next to you and keep a sharp eye on him. If he doesn't shape up, boot him from the game. You...

Could you use the contingency to disintegrate your gear when you die, thereby keeping it out of the greasy hands of the party? The items would be unattended...

Here is the situation: Minotaur, Cleric 11, Fighter 2, Justiciar 2 By my calculations: CR = 4 (minotaur) + 3 (6 levels cleric at 1/2 as non-associated class) + 5 (5 levels cleric at 1 per cleric level as non-associated class) + 4 (fighter & justiciar as associated class) = 16 ECL = 6...

Thanks Gabe. I used to capitalize spell names but stopped when I saw that Dungeon & Dragon magazine didn't do it. Same with magic items.

OK, I'm not an English major so I need some insight into this. When should a creature's name be capitalized? And, obviously, beyond at the beginning of a sentence. For example: Is it... The orc is green. OR The Orc is green. Is the creature capitalized when it is first written and then not...

I thought D&D had a definite moral stance to it? There IS a good and there IS an EVIL; they're tangible forces. That does away with all the moral ambiguity. The detect spell detects those people who have evil alignment; it doesn't matter if they're good tomorrow or yesterday, at the time of the...

I agree with those who said ARTWORK! When I look back at my old rulebooks and see Larry Elmore's awesome drawings, and then compare them to the crap I see today, it's disappointing and not at all inspiring. The whole cyberpunk-thing has gotta go. There's a lot to be said for a "realistic"...

Well, from my perspective, buff spells aren't meant to last through an entire dungeon crawl. Why? Because that would effectively mean the character's stats are ALWAYS 2-5 points higher than they should be. If the magic lasts as long as it's needed (i.e. the dungeon crawl), then the character...

At 1 minute/level it should already last the duration of one encounter - easily. How long are your encounters? 10/rnds per level (min 30 rounds for a 3rd-lvl caster) is quite sufficient for even a major battle. Basically, the spell lasts long enough for what you need it for. It doesn't last...