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I think, given the info about how dragons mature, if it's an evil race I would have had the egg have an evil aura. But here's the thing... the hatchling to be? Is innocent. Evil, but innocent... it has done no wrong. And a paladin's Good nature is to protect the innocent. If it was my campaign...

You know, lots of numbers and charts aside, I boil it down to: I want to move 10 feet that way. I move two squares. I want to move 10 feet that way, but someone is in front of me. a) 1-2-1-2: I have to move 15 feet, because I have to go around the guy. Or I could tumble 10 feet. b) 1-1-1-1: I...

My campaign was... while not ruined, severely battered by a PC druid with Shapechange. See, druid spends some time flipping through the Monster Manual and notices the insane abilities of the Marut (two fist attacks, one that deafens, one that blinds, every time you hit, lots of AC). And then he...

Uh, Promethean isn't a pure point based system and is, actually, pretty much a case example of what I'm talking about. You have pools in different categories. This helps someone from, say, putting all his points into ability scores and nothing into skills (and so on).

The advantage of telling someone 'play a nonevil character' and having them jot down CN is that when they try to sneak in evil you can say 'Dude, no. I said no before, I mean no now, and if you want to play an evil bastard you can do it in someone else's game.' And if they start whinging about...

Psion: re: siloing... excellent point. For a while I was really into point buy systems but certain things ... bugged me. After being dragged into D&D 3e and finding it enjoyable, the reason caught on; most point buy systems are formless, where points just go here and there and everywhere, and...

Why not kidnap the baby Hitler and raise him right? What are you, a lazy psycho?

Creative math? Er, right. LG, CG, NG, TN.

Yeah, I definitely think there's a huge difference between a Chaotic person who traipses along and reacts as the mood strikes and a Chaotic person who is fighting hard for liberty and freedom from oppressive government.

In my games, I usually declare that people must be within one step of NG: LG, CG, LN, TN, NG. It cuts out the majority of engrained conflicts alignments can pose; in my experience, while the LG and CG characters may argue about methods, they are vastly more likely to get along than, say, LG and...

Well, first, if prostitution is Evil or against the paladin code, it doesn't matter if he set it up or not; paying for it is becoming culpable to a degree. At issue, though, is that first if. I think it's clear that prostitution very likely isn't Good; it doesn't uphold the dignity or respect...

By the test, I'm apparently a LN Human Fighter 5, with: Str 10 Dex 11 Con 11 Int 14 Wis 15 Cha 12 So apparently my player is a :):):):)ing idiot. Granted, when I look at the details, I was very close to being a wizard. Also, my alignment was VERY close between L and N (one point off), so I...

Oh, and in a 'love/hate' category, Call of Cthulhu. Love running the game, adore it, love many elements of the game, but large sections of the rules are horrible, terribly clunky... gah. For 10 years I ran it, off and on, and struggled. If I get to run it again, I'm thinking of using M&M with a...

Edena, I really really really like that. It's a good, pragmatic way of working out alignment. I find in a lot of these discussions, particularly when it seems someone is trying to hammer bizarre antisocial behavior into LG ('Yes, I eat babies. But only BAD babies'), a more straight-forward 'how...

Thought I'd like, but didn't at all- Iron Heroes: For much of the reasons others have mentioned. Part of the problem was it completely went in a different direction than I expected, and this wasn't a good thing. I was hoping for a low-magic focus but still streamlined. I didn't like the...

Eh, thread's too big. But I'll take your word for it.

I think Scarred Lands would work GREAT as an E6 setting. It'd take some tweaks, but I always felt the setting didn't sit very comfortably within the normal range of D&D leveling.

I think part of being a good person is having FAITH in goodness. That is, you avoid torture, not merely because you're squeamish, but because you honestly, truly believe that BEING GOOD IS WORTHWHILE. So while the situation may look dire... some folks will falter (and maybe knock toward...

I haven't read the entire thread, but... I have no problem with the prostitution, assuming it's legal. And drinking? Eh, whatever. I find his attitude wrong for a paladin; a paladin has faith in what he's doing. The write-up sounds way too defeated and cynical for how I'd see a paladin in my...

There you go.