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Greetings! At GenCon this year, I ran a reprisal of the ORIGINAL Tomb of Horrors (Module S1) for my friends. I built it for 17th level, and it ran very, very well using skill challenges and combats. Still very deadly, (six character deaths in two sessions). Most players were not experienced...

Feedback - what an honor to participate in the dialogue! Where can we get more information on what a skirmish game is and what this means? Very interesting. I'm particularly intrigued if you're considering moving the D&D tabletop/board miniatures tactical game from the rpg. :D Brilliant...

Definitely public rumination in what will lead to be 5e or whatever we'll call it. My guess is we'll drop the numbers, and stick with good 'ol D&D. Expecting an announcement at GC 2012.

I believe there were crit tables dating back to Best of Dragon Vol 2 or 3.

Joe, if there's any chance you'll be at Origins, you should let us know. Amophous Blob Games has more than a dozen or more great GM's, and we run over 100 events every year for Origins. We may be interested in playing or running something. Just sayin...

Gut check time. I have read the news daily for 12 years+. Pretty tough habit to break. I'm a little disappointed by the depth of self-promotion, but I get it. Dragon/WoTC not really fitting or playing ball. I get that. Evolve? I've recently found other sites, particularly Critical Hits...

Wow! It's throwback time. Saberhagen's swords and 2e. Ah, memories... Most of my campaigns were set in the FR. In the early/mid nineties I developed a campaign, whose primary storyline was an homage to Saberhagen's swords. I called it the Seven Swords of Cyric. He created the swords while...

I'd pay a lot more than 45k to keep Blackrazor out of my PC's hands... Having said that, it sounds like a great opportunity to take these ideas and build them into your story. How will the PC discover the "true" value of his sword? How will he get it into the hands of someone who...

I'd say go Rog 1/Ftr 4. You can get some nice armor, nice hit points, and hold your own in any fight. You'd have some bonus DPR from the sneak attack, if you started rogue, you'd have some hella skills to compliment the party, which otherwise would be a fast "strike and move" kinda thing. I'd...

Three key advantages to monk levels would be SR, unarmed damge, and Evasion, for the build you're working to achieve. Sadly, the monk's SR is limited unless you take it all the way as a monk or a presitge class that will stack with his diamond body class ability. At 13th level, a monk gains...

Oh, but let us not lose sight of the tremendous fun we can have with the henchmen! One of my favorites for about this level. Two batches of 1st or 1/1 sorcerers who alternate assaults from behind cover. One set are truestriking on their crossbow attacks, while the others are Ray of Enfeebling...

Alter Self, Polymorph Self, Polymorph Other, Shape Change At their heart these are buff spells, and they are very, very overpowered compared to other buffs of the level. There is the "threat" of thse providing some inherent limitations to the character, but they really have no tactical...

Spells Worth A Second Look In the interest of simplicity, I will post my "modifications" to the SRD 3.5 spells. Alter Self Polymorph Self Polymorph Other Shape Change Scrying Greater Scrying Greater Prying Eyes Discern Location Anti-magic shell Poison Prismatic Spray Prismatic Wall Daze Daze...

Somewhere in the noise of this 20 page tirade, which I've not bothered to read, was lost a really interesting topic. A combined list of "warning" items, spells, and class/racial abilities. I would LOVE to have such a list, with which to compare, and the more people "voting" on a given item...

There is a nice battle in the Shadowdale 3.5 book on page 136-7. They have Scyllua riding on the back of her nightmare and they battle is to take place in the air. She is accompanied by 4 Erinyes in that encounter. She's a Ranger/Paladin/Blackguard. She's not really a powerhouse to go...

Five Parts 1) Build Excel Spreadsheets for ALL of your villians rolls in one click, include your key tactics for 3-5 rounds 2) Assign a player to manage initiative for you, and initiate pre-rolling for the player that is "on-deck" 3) Smooth Attack Rolls - allow your players to roll all their...

Well, I'm back. I see we've been relegated to the dregs of a new forum. I wonder if we'll even garner 20 viewers here... Too bad, this topic had potential. I'm pretty disappointed in that. Thanks for those who've added something substantive to the discussion. I'm going to skip the...

Welcome back, old friend. We said, "see you later". Now we will renew our friendship as if you had never left. We'll both be richer for our journeys during our times apart. We'll let the longing that filled our hearts, renew our bonds. I look forward to laughter, stories, and rekindling old...

Thank you Dede, Mark, and ggroy for those insights. Others? More of this is good...

Your turn to add some FACTS Alrighty! I've taken this pretty far today/this weekend. I'd like to throw this out to others. I'd still encourage you to stay away from OPINIONS if at all possible(we'll get there eventually). For now, we need some more facts, particularly about WoTC and as...