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I play in a party with a warmage. GODS does he create some hurt! wow! I mean, his friggin magic missile does something like 20 points of damage. It's nuts. and he burns spells willy-nilly because he never. runs. out. Our party is barbarian, cleric, warmage, and monk/rogue. The monk/rogue...

Well, our game has never used "lizardfolk." They are "lizardmen" and "lizardwomen," which is somehow more amusing. If I ever introduced mermen and mermaids, then yeah, we reject the stupid "merfolk," WtF? But please tell me about the spawn of Kyuss. I wasn't aware there were gendered terms...

I've been trying to put together an adventure that hinges more on Law v Chaos than Good v Evil, and playable by any alignment [neither Law nor Chaos is the "correct" way to play it]. It's hard!

wow, thanks for those links! I've got a hundred sheets of very large graph paper, so the wife would kill me if I scored one of those rolls, but I think I'll definitely snag those dice.

yay. This thread directly affects the party in my campaign. They're romping through the demonweb, and the Holy Liberator has his horse along. The druid's dire bear has already been spider climbing.

6, and after a few sessions I squeezed one of them out and into another game. I think 5 is the sweet spot for parties, though I'll go as low as 3.

wuh. All this is too complicated. I usually say "30% for armor, 30% for weapons, 30% for 'other,' and 10% consumables." That gives them a ballpark, and then they usually come up with a few wonky changes, but it's usually close. For the player in question, I would probably allow +3 armor and...

So, frankthedm, how many hit dice does a phantom steed have? I'm trying to apply that default -5 Constitution modifier to its hit-point calculation. I'm guessing that you believe it uses the d12 hit die, and therefore starts out (at caster level 5) as a 7HD creature?

I think a full half of my adventures involve rescuing the kidnapped victim, or some close variant.

I love Lawful Stupid. I always keep my eyes open for the latest in Lawful-Stupid fashion. A couple of days ago I watched the Bridge on the River Kwai, and Colonel Nicholson is the epitome of the lawful-stupid mindset. I think he is technically Lawful Neutral, or perhaps Lawful Good. But if...

I think the real question is, "Where do I put the A in 'sentence?'"

I like it a lot. Years ago I designed a database where I plug in the bad guys and I get little half-page blocks printed up. Everything is in the same place on the page, but it takes some getting used to, and doesn't work for every situation. For my current adventure, though, I have typed up...

This is fun! http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=178344

What's wrong with Move Earth?

good call, but then the other players start giving him puppy-dog eyes I like the sound of the emancipated spawn, though i have no idea what it is. I'll go poke around.

wha? Why would the interrupting PC get a surprise round? If everyone involved is aware of everyone else, then it's just a straight initiative check. I try to intersperse witty banter, but the PCs are so damn brutal that it's nearly impossible to get a word in edgewise. Heck, in our very...

well, can't you use a missile, e.g. an arrow, as a melee weapon with a -4 to hit?

damn glossary! Thanks for the tip. And just to weigh in again in the "kill him already" camp: sometimes it's fun to make ex-PCs into returning villains. A PC slain by a mohrg eventually returns as a zombie. I had the BBEG swoop in and use an artifact to turn this slain (and unrecoverable) PC...

I say those rolls are awesome, and the PC dies, and becomes a shadow, and everyone is happy that you didn't screw with the consistency of the rules. This is a memorable occasion! In a year your players will say, "oh, yar, remember Stumpy? yeah, that was a terrible event... <wipes tear from...

good point. Didn't think of that.